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He has lived in desolate cities, In houses which no one inhabited, Which were ready to become heaps.
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The Wicked's Inevitable Ruin
Most commentators agree that this verse describes the ultimate punishment of the wicked. Despite temporary power or wealth, their final destination is desolation. They are ejected from their comfortable homes and forced to inhabit ruined, abandoned places, illustrating that a life of pride and opposition to God leads to ruin.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And he dwells - Or rather, “therefore he shall dwell.” As a consequence of his opposing God and devoting himself to a life of sensuality and…
19th Century
Anglican
Which are ready to become heaps. —This completes the description of the haughty tyrant. He dwelt in cities that are to be desolate…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he dwelleth in desolate cities This is either a continuation of the account of the wicked man's prosperity, which makes hi…
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Eliphaz maintains that the wicked are certainly miserable, from which he would infer that the miserable are certainly wicked, and therefore that Jo…
13th Century
Catholic
After Eliphaz shows the anxieties and fear the wicked man suffers even in a state of prosperity, he now speaks about the bitter things that consume…
