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Behold, the day, behold, it comes: your doom is gone forth; the rod has blossomed, pride has budded.
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Sin's Inevitable Harvest
Commentators agree that Israel's punishment was not random. The verse uses agricultural metaphors: 'the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded.' Scholars explain that Israel's own pride was the seed or root that grew into the 'rod' of judgment, King Nebuchadnezzar. This illustrates a profound biblical principle: our sin directly cultivates the consequences we eventually face.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The morning - Rather, “The conclusion”: a whole series (literally circle) of events is being brought to a close. Others render it: Fate.
19th Century
Anglican
The morning is gone forth.— The word here is the same as in Ezekiel 7:7, and used in the same sense: the circle is comple…
16th Century
Protestant
Now Ezekiel uses another figure, but for the same purpose. He repeats what he had said before: the day is come, and he adds another part, …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Behold the day, behold, it is come That is, the day of trouble and distress, said to be near, ([Reference Ezekiel 7:…
The abruptness of this prophecy, and the many repetitions, show that the prophet was deeply affected by the prospect of these calamities. Such will…
