3I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD.
Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms; …
And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. …
Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the strong holds thereof.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)The general title of this book was, The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz , Isa. 1:1. Here we have that which Isaiah saw, which was represented to his mind as clearly and fully as if he had seen it with his bodily eyes; but the particular inscription of this sermon is the burden of Babylon . 1. It is a burden, a lesson they were to learn (so some understand it), but they would be loth to learn it,…
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