Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
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Interpretation
Here again is shown that all mankind are under the guilt of sin, as a burden; and under the government and dominion of sin, as enslaved to it, to work wickedness. This is made plain by several passages of Scripture from the Old Testament, which describe the corrupt and depraved state of all men, till grace restrain or change them.
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This thought runs through Romans 3:13-17.
Glossary
- Tongues, Confusion of People
- At Babel, the cause of the early separation of mankind and their division into nations. The descendants of Noah built a tower to prevent their dispersion; but God “confounded their language”.