Violence has grown up into a rod of wickedness. None of them shall remain, nor their abundance, nor their wealth; neither shall there be preeminence among them.
Contempt of God always begets cruelty and rapine and all injustice. The rod of His vengeance grew up from the root of Israel's own wickedness, not elsewhere; they provoked His anger, and so complete was the slaughter that no one remained to lament the dead.
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When the town is on fire, men cry "Fire! fire!" through the streets with a loud voice, not quaint expressions. So I proclaim: An end! An end! It has come, it has come. This is the end they were warned of so often, the one they flattered themselves would never arrive. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
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Commenting on Ezekiel 7:1-15
When such destruction comes, the buyer cannot rejoice in his purchase and the carrier mourns not for what he lost; wrath falls on all the multitude without distinction, high and low, rich and poor, all leveled together in the same ruin.
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