10And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!
Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly.
And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast? …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-10)The prophet, having received his commission, here receives a charge with it. It is a post of honour to which he is advanced, but withal it is a post of service and work, and it is here required of him, I. That he be bold. He must act in the discharge of this trust with an undaunted courage and resolution, and not be either driven off from his work or made to drive on heavily, by the difficulties a…
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