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Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own schemes.
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Reaping What You Sow
Commentators agree that this verse illustrates the principle of natural consequences. The judgment described is not an arbitrary act from God but the direct and just result of rejecting wisdom. As scholar Albert Barnes puts it, 'The fault was all along their own.' People are made to 'eat the fruit' of the path they themselves have chosen.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
This is no arbitrary sentence. The fault was all along their own. The fruit of their own ways is death.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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