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I will also water with your blood the land in which you swim, even to the mountains; and the watercourses shall be full of you.
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A Grim Reversal
Commentators explain the verse's powerful and grim reversal of imagery. Egypt, a land that thrived by being 'watered' by the Nile river, would now be 'watered' with the blood of its people. This poetic justice illustrates the totality of God's judgment, turning the nation's source of life into a symbol of its death.
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Ezekiel
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And I will also water with your blood the land wherewith youswimmest
Where he resided, over which he ruled; a…
Presbyterian
It is fitting for us to weep and tremble for those who will not weep and tremble for themselves. Great oppressors are, in God's account, no better …
