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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Isaiah 34:10

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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It--The burning pitch, &c. (Isa 34:9). smoke . . . for ever-- (Rev 14:11; Rev 18:18; Rev 19:3). generation to generation-- (Mal 1:4). none . . . pass through--Edom's original offense was: they would not let Israel pass through their land in peace to Canaan: God recompenses them in kind, no traveller shall pass through Edom. VOLNEY, the infidel, was forced to confirm the truth of this prophecy: "From the reports of the Arabs, southeast of the Dead Sea, within three days' journey are upwards of thirty ruined towns, absolutely deserted."
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