“For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.”
"For the company of the godless is barren, and fire consumes the tents of those who love bribes." Eliphaz moves from individual to collective: the wicked person's community is sterile and destined for destruction. Fire consumes their dwellings. The verse extends the retribution to entire societies based on unrighteousness, suggesting that moral judgment operates at social scale.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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