19If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil; …
Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.
And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 16-20)Though God had rejected their services as insufficient to atone for their sins while they persisted in them, yet he does not reject them as in a hopeless condition, but here calls upon them to forsake their sins, which hindered the acceptance of their services, and then all would be well. Let them not say that God picked quarrels with them; no, he proposes a method of reconciliation. Observe here,…
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