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Those who are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies` lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.
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The Inner Torment of Sin
Commentators explain that "pining away" describes more than physical decline; it's a deep, internal suffering. John Calvin highlights this as a hidden torment where a guilty conscience creates constant fear and anxiety, even without an external threat. This spiritual judgment, as Matthew Henry calls it, is a miserable state where a person is afflicted by their own mind.
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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 those of you who are left will pine away in their iniquity. —Better, But those of you who remain will pine away b…
16th Century
Protestant
And those of you who are left. This is another form of vengeance: although they may survive for a time, still they will gradually pine awa…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands
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 …
