12When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
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My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.
And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.
And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron. …
For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9-12)We have here a full account of the trial and condemnation of the first murderer. Civil courts of judicature not being yet erected for this purpose, as they were afterwards (Gen. 9:6), God himself sits Judge; for he is the God to whom vengeance belongs, and who will be sure to make inquisition for blood, especially the blood of saints. Observe, I. The arraignment of Cain: The Lord said unto Cain, W…
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