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You shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bulls, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
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Commentators clarify that the verse uses powerful symbolic language. The 'princes,' 'rams,' 'lambs,' and 'bullocks' are not literal animals but metaphors for the powerful human enemies of God—kings, commanders, and mighty warriors. The reference to 'fatlings of Bashan' emphasizes their previous wealth and strength, highlighting the totality of their defeat at God's hand.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The purposes of the past dispensation shall be made clear to God’s people themselves and to the pagan. His judgments were the consequence of their …
19th Century
Anglican
Drink the blood of the princes.— In these verses there is a curious mingling of the figurative and the literal; thus the “princes”…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
You shall eat the flesh of the mightyOf the soldiers, men of strength and courage, and fit for war, with which the a…
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