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As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.

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Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

In the place ... he shall die. —The distinct prophecy of the death of Zedekiah at Babylon is here given in a form to brin…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

An explanation of the allegory is now added. The figure being dropped, God shows what He had until now set forth enigmatically. We said the object …

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

[As] I live, says the Lord God
This is the form of an oath, as Kimchi and Ben Melech observe; the Lord swears, in hi…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The parable is explained, and the particulars of the history of the Jewish nation at that time may be traced. Zedekiah had been ungrateful to his b…

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