Ezekiel 7:16

"“‘The sword is outside, and the pestilence and the famine within. He who is in the field will die by the sword. He who is in the city will be devoured by famine and pestilence."

Key Reflection

This passage vividly depicts the comprehensive nature of judgment, showing that whether one is in the open fields exposed to warfare or in the cities where disease and scarcity reign, there is no escape from the divine punishment. It underscores the severe and encompassing consequences of societal sins, leaving no quarter for survivors.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

As doves whose natural abode is the valleys moan lamentably when driven by fear into the mountains, so shall the remnant, who have escaped actual death, moan in the land of their exile.

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