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You will I scatter among the nations, and I will draw out the sword after you: and your land shall be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste.
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God's Active Judgment
Commentators emphasize the active and personal nature of this judgment. God Himself is depicted as scattering His people and drawing a sword "after" them. Scholar Charles Ellicott explains this shows a complete dispersion, with God wielding the very sword He had promised would not pass through their land if they were obedient, representing a direct reversal of blessing into curse.
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Leviticus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
As “the book of the covenant” (Exodus 20:22–33) concludes with promises and warnings (Exodus 23:20–33), so does this collec…
19th Century
Anglican
And I will scatter you among the heathen. — They will not even be permitted to remain among the ruins of their favored pl…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And I will scatter you among the Heathen As with a fan, (Jeremiah 15:7) ; so they were at the time of the Ass…
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After God has set the blessing before them that would make them a happy people if they were obedient, He here sets the curse before them—the evils …
