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A Trio of Total Judgment
Commentators note that "sword, famine, and pestilence" is a common biblical grouping representing the totality of God's judgment. Charles Ellicott explains that famine and disease were often the natural, devastating consequences that followed in the wake of war, showing a comprehensive and inescapable calamity.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 24:4–10
18th Century
Theologian
The complete fulfillment of this prophecy belongs to the Christian Church. There is a close analogy between Jeremiah at the first destruction of Je…
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 24:10
19th Century
Bishop
The sword, the famine, and the pestilence. —The three forms of suffering are grouped together, as in Jeremiah 14:12 and Ezekiel 14:21. The…
John Calvin
On Jeremiah 24:10
16th Century
Theologian
He confirms the former verse—that God would then punish them with extreme rigor, by allowing the city and the inhabitants who remained to be given …
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John Gill
On Jeremiah 24:10
17th Century
Pastor
And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them. Meaning not in other lands, where they should be d…
Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 24:1–10
17th Century
Minister
Good and bad figs represent the Jews in captivity, and those who remain in their own land.
The prophet saw two baskets of figs set before the…