17They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick; …
Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing. …
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. …
And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-24)These verses, like the pillar of cloud and fire, have a dark side towards the enemies of God’s kingdom and all that are rebels against his crown, and a bright side towards his faithful loyal subjects. Probably they refer to the Jews in captivity in Babylon, of whom some are said to have been sent thither for their hurt, and with them God here threatens to proceed in his controversy; they hated to…
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