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Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: An adversary [there shall be], even round about the land; and he shall bring down your strength from you, and your palaces shall be plundered.
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A Just Reversal
Commentators agree that the punishment is a direct and just reversal of Israel's sins. Because they filled their palaces with the spoils of oppression and robbery, God declares that their palaces will be plundered. As John Gill notes, this is a "just retaliation." God's judgment is not arbitrary but precisely fits the nature of the transgression.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Therefore thus saith the Lord God - There was no human redress. The oppressor was mighty, but mightier the Avenger of the poor. Man…
19th Century
Anglican
An adversary.— This rendering is preferable to “affliction” (Chaldean, Syriac). It is the subject of the following verb “bring dow…
16th Century
Protestant
The Prophet here announces the punishment God would inflict on the Israelites. An enemy, he says, and indeed one around you, and …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Therefore thus says the Lord God
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