1Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.
Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD. …
I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-3)These may be taken either as the words of the prophet to the people, calling them to repentance, or as the words of the people to one another, exciting and encouraging one another to seek the Lord , and to humble themselves before him, in hopes of finding mercy with him. God had said, In their affliction they will seek me ; now the prophet, and the good people his friends, would strike while the i…
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