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A Specific, Violent Task
Commentators agree that this verse is not a general principle for all believers but a specific command to the Babylonian army. God calls their impending, violent destruction of Moab "the work of Jehovah," and curses them if they perform this task of judgment with negligence or mercy.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 48:10
18th Century
Theologian
Deceitfully – Better as in the margin.
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 48:10
19th Century
Bishop
Cursed be he ... —To the prophet the destruction of the tyrannous haughtiness was a righteous retribution in which he saw…
John Calvin
On Jeremiah 48:10
16th Century
Theologian
The Prophet here encourages the Chaldeans to severity, so that they would not stop until they had destroyed that nation. We have said that the prop…
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John Gill
On Jeremiah 48:10
17th Century
Pastor
Cursed [be] he that does the work of the Lord deceitfully ,
&c.] Which is said with respect to the Chaldeans, who we…