10Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded.
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O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-15)We have here fair warning given of the destruction of the land of Israel, which was now hastening on apace. God, by the prophet, not only sends notice of it, but will have it inculcated in the same expressions, to show that the thing is certain, that it is near, that the prophet is himself affected with it and desires they should be so too, but finds them deaf, and stupid, and unaffected. When the…
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