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Let their habitation be desolate. Let no one dwell in their tents.
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
Let their habitation be desolate - Margin, “their palace.” The Hebrew word means properly a wall; then, a fortress or castle; and t…
19th Century
Anglican
Habitation. —The derivation is from a word meaning circle, and a better rendering is therefore encampment or
16th Century
Protestant
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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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Let their habitation be desolate Which is applied to Judas, (Acts 1:20) ; but not to the exclusion of ot…
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…
