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The adversary has spread out his hand on all her pleasant things: For she has seen that the nations are entered into her sanctuary, Concerning whom you did command that they should not enter into your assembly.
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Commentators agree that the “pleasant things” plundered were not just personal riches but the sacred treasures of the Temple, like the altar and holy vessels. John Calvin notes this spiritual devastation was more painful to the faithful than losing all their personal property, as it represented an attack on God's honor.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Her pleasant things – Chiefly, the sacred vessels of the temple (2 Chronicles 36:10).
Sanctuary ... congregation
19th Century
Anglican
Upon all her pleasant things ... —The use of a similar phrase in 2 Chronicles 36:10; 2 Chronicles 36:19, of the ve…
16th Century
Protestant
The Prophet again deplores the profanation of all sacred things. This complaint, as I have said, proceeded from the bitterest sorrow. For though it…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The enemy has spread out his hands on all her pleasant things Meaning not the wealth …
The prophet sometimes speaks in his own person. At other times, Jerusalem, personified as a distressed woman, or some of the Jews are the speakers.…
13th Century
Catholic
Here, the prophet weeps over their bondage concerning the looting of their possessions, which they endured from their victorious enemies.
He…
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