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“uncover thy locks,” that is, uncover her hair,

unveil her hair; (2) “make bare the leg”; and

then (3) “uncover the thigh, pass over the

rivers,” and verse 3 says, “Thy nakedness shall

be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen . . .”

So in this passage there’s shame. There's no

reference to an immoral act, but the shame is

the fact that the woman is going to be seen by

men who are not her husband as she lifts her

skirt to cross over a river. He's using a woman

here to illustrate the condemnation and the

curse of Babylon. So do you know what I get out

of this passage when putting it together with

other passages? Nakedness is not only when

you expose the private parts, but nakedness

includes exposing the thigh and the leg. It also

includes exposing the chest and the loins; in

other words, nakedness starts at the neck, and

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