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I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: the multitude of your gardens and your vineyards and your fig-trees and your olive-trees hath the palmer-worm devoured: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

I have smitten you with blasting—Literally, “an exceeding scorching,” such as the hot east wind produced, and “an exceeding mildew,” a bligh…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Blasting and mildew—Burning up the corn before it is ready to ear, and producing a tawny yellow, instead of golden red, was anothe…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Although one kind of punishment may not convince people, they are still proven by it with sufficient clarity to be guilty before God.

But wh…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

I have smitten you with blasting and mildew
"Blasting" is what we commonly call "blights", generally occasioned by a…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

See the folly of carnal hearts; they wander from one creature to another, seeking for something to satisfy, and labor for that which does not satis…

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