10Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.
And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape. …
Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? …
But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-11)Here the prophet further encourages us to trust in the Lord for ever, and to continue waiting on him; for, I. He will make humble souls that trust in him to triumph over their proud enemies, Isa. 26:5 , 6 . Those that exalt themselves shall be abased: For he brings down those that dwell on high ; and wherein they deal proudly he is, and will be, above them. Even the lofty city Babylon itself, or N…
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