20Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.
For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword. …
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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