7I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.
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The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina. …
Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah. …
And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. …
For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee: …
For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 3-15)It has been the usual practice of God’s people, when they have been in distress and ready to fall into despair, to help themselves by recollecting their experiences, and reviving them, considering the days of old , and the years of ancient times (Ps. 77:5), and pleading with God in prayer, as he is pleased sometimes to plead them with himself. Isa. 63:11; Then he remembered the days of old . This…
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