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You will destroy their descendants from the earth, Their posterity from among the children of men.
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A Legacy Cut Off
Commentators unanimously agree that "their fruit" and "their seed" refer to the offspring and descendants of God's enemies. The verse describes a complete end to their lineage and influence on the earth, signifying the total and final nature of God's judgment against those who persistently oppose him.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Their fruit - Their offspring; their children; their posterity, for so the parallelism demands. The fruit is that which th…
19th Century
Anglican
Their fruit. —More fully, fruit of the womb (Psalms 127:3; Psalms 132:11).
Baptist
The LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them. Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from…
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16th Century
Protestant
Thou shalt destroy their fruit from the earth. David amplifies the greatness of God’s wrath from the fact that it will extend even to the …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Their fruit shall you destroy from the earth
Meaning the offspring of wicked men; the fruit of the womb, ([Referen…
The psalmist teaches us to look forward with faith, hope, and prayer to what God would do further. The success with which God blessed David was a t…
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13th Century
Catholic
In the preceding psalm, a petition was made for the king’s exaltation; here, it is as though the psalmist, having been heard, now announc…
