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All you animals of the field, come to devour, [yes], all you animals in the forest.
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A Sudden, Purposeful Shift
Commentators unanimously note the abrupt change from the previous verses' promises to this verse's harsh summons for judgment. John Calvin explains this isn't a contradiction but a divine strategy to prepare believers for future hardship so they don't lose faith, while also warning hypocrites who wrongly claim God's promises without obedience.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
All you beasts of the field - This evidently begins a new subject and refers to an invasion of the land of Judea.
In the previous cha…
19th Century
Anglican
All ye beasts of the field... —The sudden change of tone indicates that we enter on an entirely new section, which extend…
16th Century
Protestant
All you beasts of the field. This prediction appears to contradict what came before; for what the Prophet has until now said was full of t…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
All you beasts of the field, come to devour Which may be understood either literally of savage beasts being called t…
Desolating judgments are called for; and this severe rebuke of the rulers and teachers of the Jewish church is applicable to other ages and places.…
13th Century
Catholic
1. Thus says the Lord. Here, after He had promised liberation from evils, He begins to promise salvation by the granting of blessin…
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