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Her cities are become a desolation, a dry land, and a desert, a land in which no man dwells, neither does any son of man pass thereby.
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Judgment on an Entire Empire
Commentators like John Calvin and John Gill clarify that this prophecy of desolation isn't just for the capital city, but for all the cities in the Babylonian empire. Calvin notes that the prophet repeats this theme because the idea of such a powerful empire completely falling was hard for the original audience to believe, underscoring the comprehensive nature of God's judgment.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
A wilderness – Or, a desert of sand.
A land in which – Rather, “a land – no man shall dwell in them (i.e., its cities), an…
19th Century
Anglican
Her cities are a desolation ... —The word for “wilderness” is Arabah, commonly used of the sandy desert south of…
16th Century
Protestant
He repeats what he had previously said, but we have previously reminded you why he speaks at such length on a subject that is not obscure in itself…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness , &c.] Which some understand of Babylon itself, divided in…
The particulars of this prophecy are dispersed and interwoven, and the same themes are left and then returned to. Babylon is abundant in treasures,…
