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They were as fed horses roaming at large; everyone neighed after his neighbor`s wife.
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A Dehumanizing Picture of Sin
Commentators unanimously emphasize the shocking and degrading metaphor of a 'fed horse.' The point is not merely that the people committed adultery, but that their lust was shameless, public, and animalistic. As John Calvin notes, this comparison to an irrational beast was meant to show the depths of their depravity and how their sin had become dehumanizing.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
In the morning - Render, they rove about. Some prefer, “(horses) from Mesech.”
19th Century
Anglican
They were as fed horses in the morning. —Better, As fed stallion horses they rove about. The animal passion is taken, as in Ezeki…
16th Century
Protestant
Jeremiah comes now, I think, to the second table, and mentions one kind of evil; but his object was to show that there was no chastity, no faithful…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
They were as fed horses in the morning Adulterers are compared to horses, because they are very salacious and lustful cre…
None could be found who behaved as upright and godly men. But the Lord saw the true character of the people through all their disguises.
The…
13th Century
Catholic
1. Here, he discusses their sins specifically:
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