14Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.
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For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.
Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the LORD; and my name continually every day is blasphemed.
If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; …
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-14)It seems to have been a great while after David had been guilty of adultery with Bath-sheba before he was brought to repentance for it. For, when Nathan was sent to him, the child was born (2 Sam. 12:14), so that it was about nine months that David lay under the guilt of that sin, and, for aught that appears, unrepented of. What shall we think of David’s state all this while? Can we imagine that h…
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