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who struck the peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, who ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that none restrained.
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A Portrait of Tyranny
Commentators explain that this verse paints a vivid picture of Babylon's rule. It wasn't just conquest, but a "continual stroke" of oppression driven by anger and wrath. Scholars describe it as a tyrannical rule that relentlessly persecuted nations without any intermission or mercy.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
He who smote - This may either refer to the king of Babylon, or to the rod or scepter which he had used, and which was now broken. Herder re…
19th Century
Anglican
He who smote ... —Better, which smote, the whole verse being of the nature of a relative clause, with the “sceptre” for a…
Baptist
Babylon, which no one could resist, is herself destroyed, and there is no one to come to her assistance.
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke , &c.] The king of Babylon, who made war with the people an…
The whole plan of Divine Providence is arranged with a view to the good of the people of God. A settlement in the land of promise is of God's mercy…
13th Century
Catholic
409. Her time is near at hand. In this part, he promises liberation to the Jews through the destruction of Babylon, which he threatened abov…
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