Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 22:24
And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
24. Those who had shewn heartlessness towards widows and orphans will perish in battle (cf. Isa 9:17), and their wives and children will become widows and orphans themselves.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
And my wrath shall wax hot,…. Against those that afflict them, being so devoid of humanity, compassion, and tenderness, and so guilty of oppression and injustice, which are aggravated by the circumstances of the persons they ill treat, and therefore the more provoking to God:
and I will kill you with the sword; with the sword of death, says the Targum of Jonathan; it designs one of God’s sore judgments, the sword of an enemy; the meaning is, that when such evils should become frequent among them, God would suffer a neighbouring nation to break in upon them in an hostile way, and put them to the sword; hence it follows:
and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless; be in the same circumstances with those they have injured, and therefore should consider not only the destruction that would come upon themselves, being cutoff by the sword, but the case of their families; and how, could they be sensible of it, they would like to have their wives and children used as they have used the widows and fatherless.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
24. I will kill you with the sword Observe here that Jehovah is the governor and judge over all, and will, sooner or later, punish all evildoers and them that forget mercy . The magistrate bears not the sword in vain if he maintain justice and defend the weak; but if he fail in these high responsibilities, God’s own hand will interpose and bring deserved retribution .
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Exo 22:24 And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
Ver. 24. Your wives shall be widows. ] God delights to punish cruelty in kind, as he did in Agag. 1Sa 15:33
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
my wrath: Job 31:23, Psa 69:24, Psa 76:7, Psa 90:11, Nah 1:6, Rom 2:5-9, Heb 10:31
your wives: Job 27:13-15, Psa 78:63, Psa 78:64, Psa 109:9, Jer 15:8, Jer 18:21, Lam 5:3, Luk 6:38
Reciprocal: Exo 32:10 – my wrath Deu 24:15 – lest he Jdg 3:8 – was hot
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
22:24 And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your {h} wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
(h) The just plague of God on the oppressors.