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For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches of it.
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A Tale of Two Cities
Scholars are divided on the identity of the "fortified city." Some, like Albert Barnes, see it as an enemy city like Babylon, whose destruction is a cause for celebration. Others, like John Calvin, interpret it as Jerusalem, serving as a stark warning to God's own people about the consequences of unfaithfulness. This core disagreement shapes the verse's primary application.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Yet the defended city - Gesenius supposes that this means Jerusalem. So Calvin and Piscator understand it. Others understand it of Samaria, …
19th Century
Anglican
The defenced city shall be desolate ... —The key to this prediction is found in Isaiah 25:2, where the same words occur. …
16th Century
Protestant
Yet the defenced city shall be desolate. Here the connective ו (vau) is generally thought to mean for, and some take it …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Yet the defenced city [shall be] desolate Or "but", or "notwithstanding" F2 ; though the Lord deals merci…
In the days of the gospel, the latter days, the gospel church shall be more firmly fixed than the Jewish church and shall spread further. May our s…
13th Century
Catholic
In that day. In this part, the author recalls God’s divine and fatherly correction. This correction comes first by foreign scour…
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