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Heb 6:8. Ἐκφέρουσα, bearing) This also coheres with πιοῦσα, drinking.-ἀκάνθας καὶ τριβόλους, thorns and briars) entirely, or at least chiefly.-ἀδόκιμος, rejected) so that it may be left uncultivated.-κατάρας ἐγγὺς, nigh to cursing) so that it may be overwhelmed with all evil.-ἧς) viz. γῆς, of which land.-εἰς καῦσιν, for burning) These words in this passage are expressive of great ἀποτομία, severity. Supply βλέπει or ἔρχεται; comp. LXX., Pro 14:12-13; Pro 16:25; or ἐστὶ, comp. LXX., Isa 44:15, ἵνα ᾖ ἀνθρώπος εἰς καῦσιν. The same ellipse is found at Heb 6:16, πέρας εἰς βεβαίωσιν. Fire is the punishment of the Jews, Mat 22:7, and of their land. A prophetical stricture a very few years before that the city Jerusalem was burnt. Those of the Jews were the most desperate, who resisted the faith in the city and around it.