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Outside shall the sword bereave, In the chambers terror; [It shall destroy] both young man and virgin, The suckling with the man of gray hairs.
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No One is Spared
Commentators explain that God's judgment is comprehensive and inescapable. The 'sword without' refers to external enemies, while 'terror within' describes internal suffering like famine and fear. The verse explicitly lists every age group—from infants to the elderly—to show that when judgment for persistent sin comes, it affects everyone without distinction.
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Deuteronomy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Song of Moses
If (Deuteronomy 32:1–3) is regarded as the introduction, and (Deuteronomy 32:43) as the conclus…
19th Century
Anglican
Consumed with hunger, and devoured with pestilence, and bitter destruction—
Or, possibly, “Regaled with hunger, and fe…
Baptist
For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the fo…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The sword without Either without the city, the sword of the Roman army besieging it, which destroyed all that came o…
The revolt of Israel was described in the foregoing verses, and here follow the judgments of Divine justice concerning them. We deceive ourselves i…
