1)
What is the significance of carrying the Kelim on the shoulder?
1.
Malbim: This is the way of one who flees.
2)
What is "ba'Alatah"?
1.
Rashi: When it is dark [Radak ? and without a lamp, like one who is ashamed to leave, and does not want people to see him].
3)
Why must he not cover his face and not see the ground?
1.
Radak: This is like "Boshenu Me'od Ki Azavnu Aretz" (Yirmeyah 9:18).
2.
Malbim: It is a Siman for Tzidkiyah's fleeing. His path will not be known until he falls to the enemy and is taken to Bavel. This is a Siman for Beis Yisrael ? what will happen to them and their king.
