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Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because they say to you, You [land] are a devourer of men, and have been a bereaver of your nation;
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A Misunderstood Curse
Commentators explain that the surrounding nations had a superstitious belief that the land of Israel was inherently fatal, a "devourer of men." They failed to see the true cause: God's righteous judgment upon His people for their persistent sin. The problem wasn't the land, but the spiritual state of its inhabitants.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The judgments which God sent upon the land had so destroyed the inhabitants that people deemed it a fatal land, which brought destruction to all wh…
19th Century
Anglican
Thou land devourest up men. —Compare Numbers 13:32, a passage probably in the prophet’s mind, though he uses it for a different reason. Is…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Thus says the Lord God, because they say to you The Heathens that dwelt round about the land of Judea said to the mo…
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