17For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives.
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For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.
Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity; …
And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 16-27)Here is, I. The great distress which the kingdom of Ahaz was reduced to for his sin. In general, 1. The Lord brought Judah low , 2 Chron. 28:19. They had lately been very high in wealth and power; but God found means to bring them down, and make them as despicable as they had been formidable. Those that will not humble themselves under the word of God will justly be humbled by his judgments. Iniqu…
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