7Behold, therefore I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to the heathen; and I will cut thee off from the people, and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.
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Matthew Henry
(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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