10All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword.
They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; …
I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High. …
For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 4-23)The kings of Babylon, successively, were the great enemies and oppressors of God’s people, and therefore the destruction of Babylon, the fall of the king, and the ruin of his family, are here particularly taken notice of and triumphed in. In the day that God has given Israel rest they shall take up this proverb against the king of Babylon . We must not rejoice when our enemy falls, as ours; but wh…
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