11Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives again, which ye have taken captive of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the LORD is upon you.
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For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
Let brotherly love continue. …
For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-15)We have here, I. Treacherous Judah under the rebukes of God’s providence, and they are very severe. Never was such bloody work made among them since they were a kingdom, and by Israelites too. Ahaz walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and the king of Israel was the instrument God made use of for his punishment. It is just with God to make those our plagues whom we make our patterns or make o…
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