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Won`t all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, `Woe to him who increases that which is not his, and who enriches himself by extortion! How long?`
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Wealth as "Thick Clay"
Commentators explain that ill-gotten gain is not a treasure but a burden. The Bible calls it "thick clay"—heavy, dirty earth that weighs down the soul, hinders one's spiritual journey, and buries a person in guilt and anxiety. Riches acquired unjustly are not truly owned; instead, they bring a "Woe" of divine judgment upon the accumulator.
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Habakkuk
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him? - Nebuchadnezzar gathered, (Daniel 3:4–5)…
19th Century
Anglican
How long? — that is, how long will this continual annexation be witnessed?
That ladeth himself with thi…
Baptist
What is said of ambition may also be said of covetousness.
What an idle task it is for a man to go on perpetually hoarding, heaping together …
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16th Century
Protestant
Finally, the Prophet denounces punishment on the Babylonian king and the Chaldeans, for the Lord would make them a laughingstock for all. Some thin…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Shall not all these take up a parable against him A proverbial expression, a short sentence, a laconic speech, deliv…
The prophet proclaims the doom of all proud and oppressive powers that weigh heavily upon God's people. The lusts of the flesh, the lust of the eye…
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