“Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.”
Before him went pestilence, and plague followed close behind—the personification of pestilence and plague as divine attendants in God's procession emphasizes the total devastation attending God's judgment. These attendants suggest that divine wrath operates through natural forces and pestilence, not merely through military conquest. The verse emphasizes that God's judgment pervades creation at every level.
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