Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Let their habitation be desolate - Margin, “their palace.” The Hebrew word means properly a wall; then, a fortress or castle; and t…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Habitation. —The derivation is from a word meaning circle, and a better rendering is therefore encampment or

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Let their habitation be desolate. Here he proceeds further than in the preceding verse, praying that God would cause his wrath to descend …

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Let their habitation be desolate
Which is applied to Judas, (Acts 1:20) ; but not to the exclusion of ot…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

These are prophecies of the destruction of Christ's persecutors. Verses 22 and 23 are applied to the judgments of God upon the unbelieving Jews, in…

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