And when they ask you, `Where shall we go?' you shall say to them, `Thus says the LORD: "Those who are for pestilence, to pestilence, and those who are for the sword, to the sword; those who are for famine, to famine, and those who are for captivity, to captivity."'

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Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Such as are for death ... —The difference between the first two forms of punishment is that the first possibly points to …

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

God again repeats what we have previously observed—that as the impieties and sins of the people had arrived at the highest pitch, there was no more…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And it shall come to pass, if they say to you As doubtless they will, when this message is brought to them: w…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The Lord declares that even Moses and Samuel must have pleaded in vain. The posing of this as a hypothetical situation, even if they were to stand …

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

1. This section presents the final and decisive rejection of the prophet’s prayer for the people.

First, the rejection of the prayer …

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