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And a fruitful land into a salt waste, For the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
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Judgment on the Land
Commentators explain that this verse describes God's judgment, turning a productive land into a barren salt desert because of the inhabitants' wickedness. Multiple sources point to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah as the primary historical example of this principle in action.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
A fruitful land - Hebrew, A land of fruit. That is, a land that would produce abundance. The word “fruit” here is not used in the l…
19th Century
Anglican
Barrenness. —Better, a salt marsh, as in Septuagint and Vulgate ().
Baptist
Listen to this, you who are men of understanding. God can soon take away from any people the privileges which they no longer prize. He sent barrenn…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
A fruitful land into barrenness Or, "into saltness" F20 ; as Sodom and the land adjacent became a salt se…
What surprising changes are often made in human affairs! The present desolate state of Judea, and of other countries, explains this. If we look out…
