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And a man’s uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that [is] by the sides of the house, [Is there] yet [any] with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD.
Amos 6:10 — KJV
A man’s uncle. Or, “a man’s kinsman,” that is, a man’s nearest surviving relative.
He that burneth him. The relative enters the house to perform the funeral rites over his dead body. Some believe these rites consisted of the burning of incense near the body, but others believe that the burning mentioned here was actually cremation. Generally the Jews buried their dead, but in certain instances cremation was employed (see Lev. 20:14; 1 Sam. 31:12). Cremation might have been necessary at that time because of the large number of deaths, or because of the nature of the pestilence, or because the burying place outside the city could not be reached because of the siege. If the near relative could not put the body in a grave, he would be forced to burn it.
The bones. That is, the corpse.
Sides. Heb. yarkethim, “back parts,” “remotest parts,” or “innermost parts.” The near relative is here pictured as talking to some survivor hiding in some recess of the house.
Not make mention. This prohibition has been variously interpreted: (1) That it sprang from utter despair, the survivors feeling that because this was the day of judgment, it was too late to call upon the name of the Lord. They did not call upon God in life; they cannot call upon Him in death. (2) That the “not” is an indication of the hardness of heart and unbelief of the people, who in spite of their miseries would not confess the name of the Lord. (3) That the prohibition expresses the fear that invoking God’s name would cause His eyes to be directed to this survivor, and he also would meet the judgment of death. (4) That the speaker thinks that God is the author of all their calamities, and thus is impatient at the very mention of the Lord’s name. (5) That, either because of a regulation or because to do so would bring ridicule or some other social pressure to bear upon the one who should presume to “mention” the name of the Lord, it was preferable for one who sincerely loved the Lord and sought to obey Him to avoid reprisal by holding his tongue. Perhaps a sense of despair on the part of the surviving Israelites would be the best explanation for the prohibition, the feeling that it would be of no avail now to call on the Lord.
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