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Seems it a small thing to you to have fed on the good pasture, but you must tread down with your feet the residue of your pasture? and to have drunk of the clear waters, but you must foul the residue with your feet?
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Don't Spoil It for Others
Commentators explain that this verse condemns those who, after taking the best for themselves, carelessly or maliciously ruin what is left for others. This applies to both material resources and spiritual nourishment. God does not see it as a 'small thing' when the strong and privileged act with such selfish disregard for the needs of the weaker members of the community.
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Ezekiel
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19th Century
Anglican
Tread down ... foul the residue.— The charge against them is that they not only first supplied and took care of themselves, but with carel…
Baptist
And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats. Seemeth it a…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture This is directed to the rams and he goats, to the peo…
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Presbyterian
The whole nation seemed to be the Lord's flock, yet they were very different characters; but He knew how to distinguish between them. Good pastures…
