6From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
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They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.
But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 2-9)We will hope to meet with a brighter and more pleasant scene before we come to the end of this book; but truly here, in the beginning of it, every thing looks very bad, very black, with Judah and Jerusalem. What is the wilderness of the world, if the church, the vineyard, has such a dismal aspect as this? I. The prophet, though he speaks in God’s name, yet, despairing to gain audience with the chi…
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