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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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Albert Barnes
On Job 15:28
18th Century
Theologian
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…
Charles Ellicott
On Job 15:28
19th Century
Bishop
Which are ready to become heaps. —This completes the description of the haughty tyrant. He dwelt in cities that are to be desolate…
John Gill
On Job 15:28
17th Century
Pastor
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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Matthew Henry
On Job 15:17–35
17th Century
Minister
Eliphaz maintains that the wicked are certainly miserable, from which he would infer that the miserable are certainly wicked, and therefore that Jo…