5That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.
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Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.
What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.
The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly.
And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it: it shall not be quenched.
In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)The prophet had faithfully delivered the message he was entrusted with, in the close of the foregoing chapter, in the terms wherein he received it, not daring to add his own comment upon it; but, when he complained that the people found fault with him for speaking parables, the word of the Lord came to him again, and gave him a key to that figurative discourse, that with it he might let the people…
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