The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
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Gill's Exposition
The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound,.... Or landmark, which to do was contrary to the law, Deu 19:14; and has always been reckoned a heinous sin among all nations, and is only…
Barnes' Notes
The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound - All avaricious encroachment on the paternal inheritance of others, was strictly forbidden by God in the law, under the penalty of His curse.…
Adam Clarke
Like them that remove the bound - As execrable as they who remove the land-mark. They have leaped over law's enclosure, and scaled all the walls of right; they have despised and broken all laws, human…
Here is, I. A loud alarm sounded, giving notice of judgments coming (Hos 5:8): Blow you the cornet in Gibeah and in Ramah, two cities near together in the confines of the two kingdoms of Judah and…
Cambridge Bible
were like them that remove the bound Rather, are become like them that remove the landmark. The landmarks were under the protection of religion (Pro 22:28; Pro 23:10; Deu 19:14), and to remove them…
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