uncover] It is as great a shame for a woman to be uncovered, as to be shorne, 1 Cor. 11. vers. 5. 6. this then was for her shame; or it might admonish her (being now to come to triall of her innocencie, or guilt) of Gods all-seeing eye, who seeth the most secret sin, all things being uncovered and naked in his sight, Hebrews 4:13. bitter water] Verse 24. not called so, as Exodus 15:23. & 2 Kings 2:19. (though it could not be of any good taste;) but it was bitter in the effect, if the woman were guilty, very bitter; for it was as bitter as death, 1 Samuel 15:32. and unholy to her, though called holy before, vers. 17.