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When I passed by you, and saw you weltering in your blood, I said to you, [Though you are] in your blood, live; yes, I said to you, [Though you are] in your blood, live.
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A Picture of Utter Helplessness
Commentators explain that the image of a newborn infant, abandoned and "weltering in blood," represents Israel's utter helplessness and pollution during their slavery in Egypt. This was a state of imminent death, not potential. God's rescue began when they were at their absolute lowest, highlighting their complete inability to save themselves and the pure grace of His intervention.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Or, Then I passed by thee ... and I said.
Polluted - wallowing, "treading upon oneself."
In thy blood - may be…
19th Century
Anglican
Live. —While they were in this condition, God took pity on them. He delivered them from their oppressors; He raised up a leader fo…
Baptist
And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee …
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16th Century
Protestant
I have already explained the time to which the Prophet alludes, when the descendants of Abraham began to be tyrannically oppressed by the Egyptians…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And when I passed by you Alluding to a traveller passing by where an infant lies, exposed, and looks upon it, and ta…
In this chapter, God's dealings with the Jewish nation and their conduct toward Him are described, along with their punishment through the surround…
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