5Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 4-11)Two things, two evil things, both Judah and Ephraim are here charged with, and justly accused of:— I. That they were not firm to their own convictions, but were unsteady, unstable as water , Hos. 6:4 , 5 . O Ephraim! what shall I do unto thee? O Judah! what shall I do unto thee ? This is a strange expression. Can Infinite Wisdom be at a loss what to do? Can it be nonplussed, or put upon taking new…
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