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Fire devoured their young men; Their virgins had no wedding song.
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The "Fire" of War
Commentators agree that the "fire" mentioned is not literal but a powerful metaphor for the destructive devastation of war. God used the "flaming glittering sword of the enemy" as His instrument of judgment, highlighting how He can work through even calamitous events to enact His will.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The fire consumed their young men - Fire here may be regarded as an image of destructive war, as in (Numbers 21:28): For t…
19th Century
Anglican
Were not given. —See margin. The desolation and misery were marked by the absence of the glad nuptial song.
Baptist
But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow. For they provoked him to anger with th…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The fire consumed their young men Not Nadab and Abihu, as some of the Jewish Rabbins interpret it, of which Jarchi m…
After the Israelites were settled in Canaan, their children were like their fathers. God gave them his testimonies, but they turned back. Presumptu…
