2Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? …
Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the LORD.
Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.
And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-10)We have here the justice of God passing sentence upon a provoking people; and observe, I. With what solemnity the sentence is passed. The prophet saw in vision the Lord standing upon the altar (Amos 9:1), the altar of burnt-offerings; for the Lord has a sacrifice , and multitudes must fall as victims to his justice. He is removed from the mercy-seat between the cherubim , and stands upon the altar…
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