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Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins.
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A Prophetic Judgment
Commentators suggest this isn't just David's personal wish but a prophetic judgment. Matthew Henry views it as Jesus speaking as a Judge, denouncing the consequences of rejecting salvation. John Gill specifically applies it to the descendants of Judas and others who rejected Christ, whose children were scattered after Jerusalem's destruction. This frames the harsh words as a divine sentence on sin, not just personal revenge.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg—Let them continually wander about with no home—no fixed habitation. Let them be …
19th Century
Anglican
Be continually vagabonds. —“Wander and wander about” would better reproduce the original.
Desolate places. …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg Wander from place to place, begging their bread: this is denied of…
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The Lord Jesus may speak here as a Judge, denouncing sentence on some of His enemies to warn others. When men reject the salvation of Christ, even …