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and it shall happen, that because of the abundance of milk which they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall everyone eat that is left in the midst of the land.
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Commentators agree that the "abundance of milk" is a sign of judgment, not blessing. The land will be so desolate and depopulated that the few remaining animals will have vast, uncultivated pastures, producing plenty of milk. The diet of butter and honey for the remnant signifies a return to a primitive, pastoral existence because organized agriculture has collapsed.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For the abundance of milk ... - Meaning, on account of, or by means of, the great quantity of milk. This image also denotes that the land wo…
16th Century
Protestant
On account of the abundance of milk. Some explain it this way: “There will hardly be enough milk obtained from one cow to feed a family, f…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk [that] they shall give. The cow and the two sheep, having large past…
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13th Century
Catholic
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