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But those of those who escape shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, every one in his iniquity.
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A Fate Worse Than Death
Commentators emphasize that for the fugitives in this prophecy, escaping immediate death was not a blessing. Their life would be one of constant fear, isolation, and misery in desolate places. John Calvin suggests their fate was even more miserable than those who perished, as they would live in perpetual anxiety, unable to find peace or even complain freely.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
As doves whose natural home is the valleys moan mournfully when driven by fear into the mountains, so will the remnant, who have escaped actual dea…
19th Century
Anglican
Like doves of the valleys. —To this general destruction there will be exceptions, as generally in war there are fugitives…
16th Century
Protestant
The Prophet seems here to be at variance with himself, because he formerly pronounced them all devoted to destruction. How, then, does he now say t…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But they that escape of them shall escape Some few should escape the pestilence, famine, and sword, and flee to the mount…
Sooner or later, sin will cause sorrow; and those who will not repent of their sin may justly be left to pine away in it.
There are many who…
