32Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt be no more remembered: for I the LORD have spoken it.
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Unto the men of the east with the Ammonites, and will give them in possession, that the Ammonites may not be remembered among the nations.
For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein. …
Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.
Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 28-32)The prediction of the destruction of the Ammonites, which was effected by Nebuchadnezzar about five years after the destruction of Jerusalem, seems to come in here upon occasion of the king of Babylon’s diverting his design against Rabbath, when he turned it upon Jerusalem. Upon this the Ammonites grew very insolent, and triumphed over Jerusalem; but the prophet must let them know that forbearance…
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