12And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
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It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,
Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.
Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9-18)Here is, I. Elijah housed in a cave at Mount Horeb, which is called the mount of God , because on it God had formerly manifested his glory. And perhaps this was the same cave, or cleft of a rock, in which Moses was hidden when the Lord passed by before him and proclaimed his name , Exod. 33:22. What Elijah proposed to himself in coming to lodge here, I cannot conceive, unless it was to indulge his…
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