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If I cause evil animals to pass through the land, and they ravage it, and it be made desolate, so that no man may pass through because of the animals;
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God's Control Over Nature
Commentators emphasize that the 'evil beasts' are not a random natural disaster but are instruments directly sent by God to execute His judgment. John Calvin notes that just as God normally restrains wild animals, He can also unleash them to fulfill His purposes. This verse demonstrates God's absolute sovereignty over the natural world.
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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
In these verses the same declaration is repeated, for the sake of emphasis, with each one of three other instruments of punishment, with only such …
16th Century
Protestant
Now he mentions the second kind of punishment. For we said that God’s four scourges were here brought before us, which are more familiarly known to…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land Evil and hurtful ones; not so much those that are poisonous as pe…
National sins bring national judgments. Though sinners escape one judgment, another is waiting for them. When God's professing people rebel against…
