7Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron: but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it.
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And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it: …
Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones; …
And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door: …
And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door: …
As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-13)We have here, I. The great security of the prince’s of Jerusalem, notwithstanding the judgments of God that were upon them, The prophet was brought, in vision, to the gate of the temple where these princes sat in council upon the present arduous affairs of the city: The Spirit lifted me up, and brought me to the east gate of the Lord’s house, and behold twenty-five men were there . See how obsequi…
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