“I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the Lord.”
I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea, and the rubbish heaps along with the wicked. I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth, declares the LORD—the comprehensive scope of judgment encompasses all creation: humanity, animals, birds, fish, and the detritus of civilization. The specific inclusion of 'rubbish heaps' suggests judgment penetrates every level of society from the most exalted to the most degraded. The multiple iteration of 'sweep away' reinforces totality.
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