Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.
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Gill's Exposition
He that is far off shall die of the pestilence,.... That flies from the enemy into the wilderness, or into other countries, thinking himself safe there, the plague shall seize him, and he shall die of…
The gleam of hope is but transitory. Darkness again gathers round, for as yet the prophet is predicting judgment. Eze 6:11 Smite ... stamp - Well-known modes of expressing grief. Eze 6:13 Sweet savor…
Adam Clarke
Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot - Show the utmost marks of thy astonishment and indignation, and dread of the evils that are coming upon them. Some have contended for the propriety of…
The same threatenings which we had before in the foregoing chapter, and in the former part of this, are here repeated, with a direction to the prophet to lament them, that those he prophesied to might…
Renewal of the threat of destruction because of idolatry
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