6For thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast clapped thine hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite against the land of Israel;
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I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.
But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.
This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of hosts.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge, and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy it for the old hatred;
Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)Here, I. The prophet is ordered to address himself to the Ammonites, in the name of the Lord Jehovah the God of Israel , who is also the God of the whole earth. But what can Chemosh, the god of the children of Ammon, say, in answer to it? He is bidden to set his face against the Ammonites , for he is God’s representative as a prophet, and thus he must signify that God set his face against them , f…
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