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They shall be left together to the ravenous birds of the mountains, and to the animals of the earth; and the ravenous birds shall summer on them, and all the animals of the earth shall winter on them.
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A Picture of Total Defeat
Commentators explain that this verse paints a graphic picture of a defeated army left unburied. The sheer number of bodies will provide food for birds and beasts for an entire year, through summer and winter. This signifies not just a military loss, but a complete and dishonorable annihilation, demonstrating the totality of God's judgment against those who oppose His people.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
They shall be left together — The figure of speech here is dropped, and the literal narration is resumed. The meaning is that the army wil…
19th Century
Anglican
They shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains ... —The figure and the reality are strangely blended. The grapes of that vint…
16th Century
Protestant
They shall be left together. He means that they will be cast aside as a thing of no value, as John the Baptist also compares them to chaff…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
They shall be left, together unto the fowls of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth
God's care for his people, and the increase of the church.
This chapter is one of the most obscure in Scripture, though more of it was proba…
13th Century
Catholic
Woe to the land, the winged cymbal. Here he threatens the Egyptians.
First, he threatens their punishment by comparing it…
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