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The streams of [Edom] shall be turned into pitch, and the dust of it into sulfur, and the land of it shall become burning pitch.
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A Picture of Total Ruin
Commentators unanimously explain that the imagery of streams turning to pitch and dust to brimstone is not literal. Instead, it's a powerful, figurative description of absolute destruction. The prophet intentionally alludes to the biblical account of Sodom and Gomorrah to paint a picture of complete and irreversible divine judgment against Edom.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And the streams of it — The idea here is that there would be as great and awful a destruction as if the streams everywhere were to become pi…
19th Century
Anglican
The streams thereof shall be turned into pitch ... —The imagery of the punishment which is to fall on Edom is suggested p…
16th Century
Protestant
And its streams shall be turned into pitch. What the Prophet now adds contains nothing new, but describes this desolation more fully. We h…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch The Septuagint render it, "the valleys"; the word signifying both…
Those who aim to ruin the church can never achieve that, but will ruin themselves. What dismal changes sin can make! It turns a fruitful land into …
13th Century
Catholic
Come near, you Gentiles. In this part, he threatens those who were allies of the Assyrians.
First, he threatens al…
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