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The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, The earth shall rise up against him.
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No Sin Stays Hidden
Commentators explain that this verse describes the inescapable nature of divine judgment. For the wicked, their secret sins will not remain concealed. All of creation, poetically described as 'heaven and earth,' will conspire to expose their iniquity and act as agents of God's justice.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The heaven shall reveal his iniquity - The meaning here is, that the whole creation would conspire against such a man. Heaven and e…
19th Century
Anglican
The heaven shall reveal his iniquity. —All nature shall combine to bring about his ruin, which is, in fact, decreed by Go…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The heaven shall reveal his iniquity Either God the Maker and Possessor of heaven, who dwells there, and is sometime…
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Zophar, having described the troubles that attend wicked practices, shows their ruin from God's wrath. There is no defense against this, except in …
13th Century
Catholic
Since the author had said (in verse 11) that the bones of the evil person must be filled with the sins of their youth, so that they are punished af…
