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The princes of Judah are like those who remove the landmark: I will pour out my wrath on them like water.
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Breaking God's Boundaries
The act of "removing the landmark" was a serious crime of theft and greed forbidden by God's law. Commentators explain this is a powerful metaphor for how Judah's leaders destroyed the moral and spiritual boundaries God had established. They blurred the lines between right and wrong, and between the worship of God and the worship of idols, leading the nation into chaos.
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Hosea
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound - All avaricious encroachment on the paternal inheritance of others was strictly f…
19th Century
Anglican
The princes of Judah, such as Ahaz, whose pusillanimity brought untold evil on both Israel and Judah (2 Kings 16:10–18).
16th Century
Protestant
Here the Prophet transfers the blame for all the evils that then prevailed in the tribe of Judah to their princes. He says that the people had fall…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound , &c.] Or landmark, which to do was contrary to the law, (…
The destruction of impenitent sinners is not mere talk, to frighten them; it is a sentence which will not be recalled. And it is a mercy that we ha…
