19And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
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For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. …
How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven: …
For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
Wherefore(as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-22)Here is, I. The promise of the great prophet, with a command to receive him, and hearken to him. Now, 1. Some think it is the promise of a succession of prophets, that should for many ages be kept up in Israel. Besides the priests and Levites, their ordinary ministers, whose office it was to teach Jacob God’s law, they should have prophets, extraordinary ministers, to reprove them for their faults…
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