27Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.
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Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: …
Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. …
But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 19-27)We have here the interpretation of Nebuchadnezzar’s dream; and when once it is applied to himself, and it is declared that he is the tree in the dream ( Mutato nomine de te fabula narratur—Change but the name, the fable speaks of thee ), when once it is said, Thou art the man , there needs little more to be said for the explication of the dream. Out of his own mouth he is judged; so shall his doom…
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