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They shall come there, and they shall take away all the detestable things of it and all the abominations of it from there.
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Cleansing as Repentance
Commentators agree that this verse describes the returning exiles actively purging the land of all idols. This act is seen as the primary evidence of genuine repentance and a return to the sincere, pure worship of God. It represents a direct reversal of the very sins that led to their exile.
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Ezekiel
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19th Century
Anglican
They shall take away.— Chastened and purified by their chastisement, they would return to the land to utterly remove the …
16th Century
Protestant
Here he adds something more important—that when the Israelites had returned to their country, they would be sincere worshippers of God, and not onl…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And they shall come there That those of the captivity shall come to the land of Israel, they or their posterity: …
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Presbyterian
The pious captives in Babylon were insulted by the Jews who continued in Jerusalem, but God made gracious promises to them. It is promised that God…
