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For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield [but] an ephah.
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A Catastrophic Failure
Commentators explain that this verse describes a supernatural agricultural disaster. Ten acres of vineyard, which should produce hundreds of gallons of wine, would yield only about seven and a half gallons (a "bath"). Likewise, a large amount of seed (a "homer") would only produce a tenth of that amount back (an "ephah"). This wasn't just a bad harvest; it was a near-total failure.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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19th Century
Anglican
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Baptist
In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. Yea, ten acres of viney…
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16th Century
Protestant
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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13th Century
Catholic
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