6And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.
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That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-21)We must take all these verses together, that we may have the parable and the explanation of it at one view before us, because they will illustrate one another. 1. The prophet is appointed to put forth a riddle to the house of Israel (Ezek. 17:2), not to puzzle them, as Samson’s riddle was put forth to the Philistines, not to hide the mind of God from them in obscurity, or to leave them in uncertai…
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