10Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:
Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.
Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;
According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9-11)Here the prophet returns to foretel the woeful desolations that should be made in the land of Israel by the army of the Assyrians. 1. That the cities should be deserted. Even the strong cities, which should have protected the country, shall not be able to protect themselves: They shall be as a forsaken bough and an uppermost branch of an old tree, which has gone to decay, is forsaken of its leaves…
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