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Behold, I will throw her into a bed, and those who commit adultery with her into great oppression, unless they repent of her works.
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A Bed of Pain
Commentators unanimously explain the powerful imagery here. The 'bed' where Jezebel and her followers committed adultery becomes a 'bed' of sickness and suffering. Christ's judgment transforms the scene of sinful pleasure into the scene of punishment, a direct and fitting consequence for their actions.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Behold, I will cast her into a bed. This is not a bed of ease, but a bed of pain. There is evidently a purpose to contrast this with her f…
I do cast (βαλλω). Futuristic present active indicative rather than the future βαλω, since judgment is imminent.
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19th Century
Anglican
I will cast her into a bed.—The chamber of voluptuousness will become the chamber of sickness. The spot …
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Christ’s verdict continues with his strongest accusation directed against, not Jezebel’s perversion, serious as that is, nor even against her succe…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Behold, I will cast her into a bed Of sickness and languishing; and which denotes the sickly, pining, and languishin…
The Lord knows when the works of His people are performed in love, faith, zeal, and patience. Yet, if His eyes—which are as a flame of fire—observe…
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