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I will do in you that which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all your abominations.
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An Unprecedented Judgment
Commentators emphasize that God's judgment on Jerusalem would be uniquely severe, a punishment without historical parallel. Scholars note it would be worse than the flood or the destruction of Sodom. This was not an ordinary chastisement but a shocking and 'portentous' act of vengeance meant to be a terrifying example because of Israel's deep-seated 'abominations,' particularly idolatry.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Compare Matthew 24:21. The calamities of the Babylonian were surpassed by the Roman siege, and these again were but a foreshadowing of still more t…
19th Century
Anglican
That which I have not done, and to which I will not do any more the like. —Our Lord uses similar language ([Reference Mat…
16th Century
Protestant
Now God adds that their punishment would be so severe that no similar example could be found in the world—I will do what I have not done, nor i…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And I will do in you that which I have not done In any other nation, or to any other people;
not in the old w…
The sentence passed upon Jerusalem is very dreadful, the manner of expression makes it still more so. Who is able to stand in God's sight when He i…