Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel; which is very easily done with a bar of iron; and, when it is done, the pieces can never be put together again: so that by the metaphor is signified the easy and irreparable ruin of the wicked; see Isa 30:14.

Related Bible passage: PSA.2.9

Topics: Eternity & Hope Beyond Death, The Bible & the Word of God

John Gill

John Gill war ein englischer baptistischer Theologe und Gelehrter des 18. Jahrhunderts, der über fünfzig Jahre lang als Pastor in London wirkte. Er verfasste die erste vollständige Vers-für-Vers-Auslegung der gesamten Bibel, sah sich wegen seiner strengen Prädestinationslehre jedoch auch dem Vorwurf des Hyper-Calvinismus ausgesetzt. Heutigen Bibellesern dient sein Werk als detailreiches historisches Referenzwerk mit seltenen Einblicken in rabbinische Hintergründe der biblischen Texte.

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