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NASB | Leviticus 18:25 'For the land has become defiled, therefore I have brought its punishment upon it, so the land has spewed out its inhabitants. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Leviticus 18:25 'For the land has become defiled; therefore I have brought its punishment upon it, and the land vomits out its inhabitants. |
Bible Question: In the book of Leviticus chapter18 and verse 25 God tells the children of Isreal that "For the land is defiled: therefore i visit the punishment of its iniquity upon it, and the land vomits out it's inhabitants." My question is how does a land vomit out it's inhabitants? Please explain. |
Bible Answer: Dear Sharolyn, Welcome to the forum. "the land vomits..." should not be treated in its literal sense but rather an analogy as per John Gill's explanation: "Verse 25. And the land is defiled,.... The inhabitants of it, with the immoralities and idolatries before mentioned: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it; or punish the inhabitants that are on it for their sins: and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants; as a stomach loaded with corrupt and bad food it has taken in, nauseates it, and cannot bear and retain it, but casts it up, and never receives it again; so the land of Canaan is represented as loathing its inhabitants, and as having an aversion to them, and indignation against them, and as not being able to bear them, but entirely willing to be rid of them and throw them out of their places in it, never to be admitted more, being as nauseous and as useless as the cast of a man's stomach; see Revelation 3:16." Hope it helps. Shalom Azure |
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