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They shall also bring up a company against you, and they shall stone you with stones, and thrust you through with their swords.
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A Punishment That Fits the Crime
Commentators unanimously explain that the punishment described—being stoned by a 'company'—directly mirrors the penalty for adultery under Mosaic Law. Jerusalem, having committed spiritual adultery through idolatry, faces a judgment that symbolically and literally fits its crime.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Judah is now represented as undergoing the punishment adjudged to an adulteress and murderess. Only in her utter destruction will the wrath of the …
16th Century
Protestant
Since what Ezekiel has until now brought forward was incredible, he now explains the manner of its accomplishment: that the Chaldeans and Assyrians…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
They shall also bring up a company against thee An army, so the Targum; the Chaldean army: and they shal…
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In this chapter, God's dealings with the Jewish nation and their conduct toward Him are described, along with their punishment through the surround…
