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A Prophecy Fulfilled
Commentators unanimously highlight that the New Testament applies this verse prophetically. In Acts 1:20, Peter quotes this passage in reference to the fate of Judas Iscariot. Scholars like John Gill and Matthew Henry extend this prophecy to the wider judgment on Christ's persecutors, culminating in the desolation of Jerusalem and its Temple.
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Psalms
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 69:25
18th Century
Theologian
Let their habitation be desolate - Margin, “their palace.” The Hebrew word means properly a wall; then, a fortress or castle; and t…
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 69:25
19th Century
Bishop
Habitation. —The derivation is from a word meaning circle, and a better rendering is therefore encampment or
John Calvin
On Psalms 69:25
16th Century
Theologian
Let their habitation be desolate. Here he proceeds further than in the preceding verse, praying that God would cause his wrath to descend …
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John Gill
On Psalms 69:25
17th Century
Pastor
Let their habitation be desolate
Which is applied to Judas, (Acts 1:20) ; but not to the exclusion of ot…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 69:22–29
17th Century
Minister
These are prophecies of the destruction of Christ's persecutors. Verses 22 and 23 are applied to the judgments of God upon the unbelieving Jews, in…