Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they say unto you, Thou land devourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations;
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Gill's Exposition
Thus saith the Lord God, because they say unto you,.... The Heathens that dwelt round about the land of Judea said to the mountains, or to the whole land,
thou land devourest up men; eats up the…
Barnes' Notes
The judgments which God sent upon the land, had so destroyed the inhabitants that men deemed it a fatal land, which brought destruction to all that should occupy it (compare 2Ki 17:25).
The prophet had been ordered to set his face towards the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them, Eze 6:2. Then God was coming forth to contend with his people; but now that God is returning in…
Cambridge Bible
Comp. the report of the spies, Num 13:32, "the land is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof." The land whose population perishes of scarcity is regarded as itself devouring them. It is…