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They shall only bow down under the prisoners, and shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
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No Escape: Captivity or Death
Scholars agree this verse presents a grim and final choice for the unjust. Having forsaken God, their only alternatives are to "bow down under the prisoners" (becoming captives) or to "fall under the slain" (be killed). Commentaries emphasize there is no third option or hiding place from this judgment.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Without me - בלתי biltı̂y. There has been a great variety of interpretation given to this expression. Our translators eviden…
19th Century
Anglican
Without me they shall bow down ... —The Hebrew text is obscure, but these words were probably intended as the answer to t…
16th Century
Protestant
If they shall not fall down. As the meaning of the particle בלתי (bilti) is ambiguous, commentators have given various interpreta…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain
These verses are to be joined with the preceding chapter. Woe to the superior powers that devise and decree unrighteous decrees! And woe to the inf…
13th Century
Catholic
1. Woe to them that make wicked laws. Here he begins to threaten the foreign enemies who persecute them physically.
He threa…
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