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Son of man, when a land sins against me by committing a trespass, and I stretch out my hand on it, and break the staff of the bread of it, and send famine on it, and cut off from it man and animal;
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National Sin, National Judgment
Commentators explain that this verse establishes a timeless principle: when a nation becomes thoroughly and grievously corrupt, it invites divine judgment. Scholars note that God is longsuffering, but when sin becomes pervasive and treacherous, He acts. This principle applies universally, as the text says 'a land,' not just a specific nation.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
(Jeremiah 14; Jeremiah 15) is a remarkable parallel to this prophecy. Here, as elsewhere, Ezekiel is commissioned to deliver…
19th Century
Anglican
When the land sinneth. —The definite article is not in the Hebrew, and should be omitted, as the proposition is a general…
16th Century
Protestant
The next verse is thought to be joined, for some interpreters completely distort the Prophet’s meaning by ending the sentence there, as if he had s…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Son of man, when the land sins against me by trespassing grievously That is, the inhabitants of the land, when they …
National sins bring national judgments. Though sinners escape one judgment, another is waiting for them. When God's professing people rebel against…
