Even the land was defiled; so I punished it for its sin, and the land vomited out its inhabitants. The land itself is described as defiled by the sexual practices of its inhabitants — and the land vomited out its inhabitants. The anthropomorphic description of the land as nauseated by the practices of the Canaanites communicates the incompatibility of these practices with the created order's integrity. The land that God made for human habitation rejects the humans who violate the created order's sexual design. Israel is warned that the same fate awaits them if they follow the same practices.

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