27And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:
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Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven. …
When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.
But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 23-33)Communion with God is kept up by the word and by prayer. In the word God speaks to us; in prayer we speak to him. God had revealed to Abraham his purposes concerning Sodom; now from this Abraham takes occasion to speak to God on Sodom’s behalf. Note, God’s word then does us good when it furnishes us with matter for prayer and excites us to it. When God has spoken to us, we must consider what we ha…
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