That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD.
There came ... fourscore men, having their beards shaven ... - indicating their deep sorrow at the destruction of the temple and city.
Cut themselves - a pagan custom, forbidden Leviticus 19:27-28; Deuteronomy 14:1. These men mostly "from Samaria," where the ten tribes, previous to their deportation, had fallen into pagan practices.
Offerings - unbloody. They do not bring sacrificial victims, but "incense," etc., testify their piety.
To bring them to the house of the Lord - i:e., the place where the house of the Lord had stood, which was now burnt down by the Chaldeans (2 Kings 25:9). The place which a temple had stood, even when it had been destroyed, was held sacred (Papinian). Those "from Shiloh" would naturally seek the house of the Lord, since it was at Shiloh it originally was set up (Joshua 18:1).