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The time is come, the day draws near: don`t let the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn; for wrath is on all the multitude of it.
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Commentators explain that the coming judgment on Israel would be a 'great equalizer.' The normal joy of buying property and the sorrow of selling it would become meaningless. Because God's wrath was upon the entire nation, everyone—rich and poor, buyer and seller—would face the same fate of exile and loss, rendering earthly possessions irrelevant.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The day – Either of temporal or final judgment.
It was grievous for an Israelite to part with his land. But now the seller need not m…
16th Century
Protestant
The Prophet now uses another kind of speech. Meanwhile, he teaches that there is to be such a change that all things will be so mixed as if there w…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The time is come, the day draws near According to the Targum, the time of the recompence of iniquities, and the day …
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