3Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.
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Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD.
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.
Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith.
I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. …
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)The reproofs and threatenings here are introduced with an order to the prophet to set the trumpet to his mouth (Hos. 8:1), thus to call a solemn assembly, that all might take notice of what he had to deliver and take warning by it. He must sound an alarm, must, in God’s name, proclaim war with this rebellious nation. An enemy is coming with speed and fury to seize their land, and he must awaken th…
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