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They said in their heart, "We will crush them completely." They have burned up all the places in the land where God was worshipped.
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A War on Worship
Commentators like John Calvin emphasize that the enemy's goal was not merely physical destruction. Their deeper intent was to completely 'blot out the name of God' and 'annihilate the worship of God' from the land. This verse describes a spiritual war aimed at erasing God's presence and memory from among His people.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
They said in their hearts - They purposed; they designed it.
Let us destroy them together - Let us destroy a…
19th Century
Anglican
All the synagogues of God in the land. —This expression excludes from moed either of the meanings possible for it in Psal…
16th Century
Protestant
They have said in their heart, Let us destroy them all together. To express more forcefully the atrocious cruelty of the enemies of the Ch…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
They said in their hearts, let us destroy them together The Targum is, ``their children, are together;'' or "their k…
This psalm appears to describe the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple by the Chaldeans. The deplorable case of the people of God, at the time,…
