It happened, when he saw her, that he tore his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! you have brought me very low, and you are one of those who trouble me; for I have opened my mouth to Yahweh, and I can't go back.
"Long neglect of the Mosaic law had left the Israelites with many mistaken notions about God’s will." [Note: Wolf, p. 381.] 