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You shall even drink it and drain it out, and you shall gnaw the broken pieces of it, and shall tear your breasts; for I have spoken it, says the Lord Yahweh.
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The Certainty of Full Judgment
Commentators explain that the graphic imagery—drinking a cup of wrath to the dregs, gnawing the broken pottery, and tearing one's flesh—is meant to convey the absolute completeness and severity of God's judgment. The punishment for persistent sin would be inescapable and endured to its fullest extent, a certainty guaranteed by God's own declaration: "I have spoken it."
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Ezekiel
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
You shall even drink it, and suck it out The very dregs of it, that which lies at the bottom, which is the most nauseous …
Presbyterian
A history of the apostasy of God's people from Him, and its aggravation.
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