20And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.
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Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us? …
And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like? …
They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.
I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 19-25)The method of this song follows the method of the predictions in the foregoing chapter, and therefore, after the revolt of Israel from God, described in the Deut. 32:15 , 16 , here follow immediately the resolves of divine Justice concerning them; we deceive ourselves if we think that God will be thus mocked by a foolish faithless people, that play fast and loose with him. I. He had delighted in t…
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