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If the family of Egypt doesn`t go up, and doesn`t come, neither [shall it be] on them; there shall be the plague with which Yahweh will strike the nations that don`t go up to keep the feast of tents.
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A Symbolic Prophecy
Commentators agree this prophecy is symbolic, not literal. As it's impossible for all nations to physically travel to Jerusalem, scholars explain that the 'Feast of Tabernacles' represents the joyful, ongoing worship of God in the gospel era. The punishment of 'no rain' is also symbolic, representing God withholding whatever blessings a nation needs most.
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Zechariah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And if the family of Egypt do not go up, and do not come, who have no rain — Rather, “and there shall not be.” It may be that the prophet …
19th Century
Anglican
That have no rain. —This is an impossible rendering of the original. We must read these words in connection with those that follow…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not To Jerusalem, the church of God; do not go thither to worship the…
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Since it is impossible for all nations literally to come to Jerusalem once a year to keep a feast, it is evident that a figurative meaning must be …
