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In that day shall their strong cities be as the forsaken places in the wood and on the mountain top, which were forsaken from before the children of Israel; and it shall be a desolation.
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A Tragic Reversal of Fortune
Commentators like Calvin and Gill highlight a profound irony. The verse recalls how the Canaanite nations forsook their cities "before the children of Israel" when God gave them the land. Now, due to their own sin and ingratitude, the Israelites will forsake their own cities in the very same way. God's past deliverance becomes the standard for their present judgment.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
His strong cities - The cities of the united kingdoms of Damascus and Samaria.
Be as a forsaken bough - There has been much di…
19th Century
Anglican
In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough. —Better, his fortified cities shall be like a forsaken tr…
16th Century
Protestant
In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough. He continues what he had begun to say about driving out the inhabitants of the…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch M…
Sin desolates cities. It is strange that great conquerors should take pride in being enemies to mankind; but it is better that flocks should lie do…
13th Century
Catholic
The burden of Damascus. Here he begins to threaten those who created an occasion of sin for the people of God, because by trusti…
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