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The cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be a desolation; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
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A Comprehensive Judgment
Commentators emphasize that the promised destruction was not limited to Jerusalem. The prophecy explicitly includes all inhabited cities and the entire land of Judah. Scholars like John Calvin note this was to show that no corner of the nation could consider itself safe from the consequences of its widespread rebellion against God.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The people of the land – Chaldea.
Of the inhabitants – In respect to “the inhabitants.”
Desola…
16th Century
Protestant
He pursues the same sentiment. He had threatened destruction to Jerusalem and its citizens; he now adds the other cities of Judah which were still …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste Not only the city of Jerusalem, but the other cities of Judea; as t…
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