15Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.
Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?
How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-16)Having seen how vicious and corrupt the court was, we now come to enquire how it is with the country, and we find that to be no better; and no marvel if the distemper that has so seized the head affect the whole body, so that there is no soundness in it; the iniquity of Ephraim is discovered , as well as the sin of Samaria , of the people as well as the princes, of which here are divers instances.…
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