9Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?
Thou sayest,(but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the LORD our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 3-9)Finding that Pharaoh had no veneration at all for God, Moses and Aaron next try whether he had any compassion for Israel, and become humble suitors to him for leave to go and sacrifice, but in vain. I. Their request is very humble and modest, Exod. 5:3. They make no complaint of the rigour they were ruled with. They plead that the journey they designed was not a project formed among themselves, bu…
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