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They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way. They found no city to live in.
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A Picture of Being Lost
Commentators widely agree that this verse powerfully illustrates the spiritual condition of a person before coming to faith. Like travelers lost in a barren desert with no city for shelter, people without God are wandering, spiritually empty, and unable to find true peace or a place of rest. As Charles Spurgeon notes, this feeling of being lost and desperate often precedes a person crying out to God for salvation.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
They wandered in the wilderness - On their return from Babylon; or, when God was conducting them again to their own land. The word “wilderne…
19th Century
Anglican
The wanderers.
Baptist
They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in. Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way Not the people of Israel, as the Targum. These seem not to be particularly i…
In these verses, there is reference to the deliverance from Egypt, and perhaps that from Babylon; but the circumstances of travelers in those count…
