So will I stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land desolate, yea, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath, in all their habitations: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
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Interpretation
It is our duty to be affected, not only with our own sins and sufferings, but to look with compassion upon the miseries wicked people bring upon themselves. Sin is a desolating thing; therefore, stand in awe, and sin not.
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This thought runs through Ezekiel 6:11-14.
Glossary
- Riblah Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Rableh.