7I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and bare.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.
And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.
I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers' skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk. …
And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-14)In there verses we have an account of the great things which God did for the Jewish nation in raising them up by degrees to be very considerable. 1. God saved them from the ruin they were upon the brink of in Egypt (Ezek. 16:6): “ When I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thy own blood , loathed and abandoned, and appointed to die, as sheep for the slaughter , then I said unto thee, Live . I…
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