23Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD.
Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 23-29)This parable, which (like many of our Saviour’s parables) is borrowed from the husbandman’s calling, is ushered in with a solemn preface demanding attention, He that has ears to hear, let him hear , hear and understand, Isa. 28:23. I. The parable here is plain enough, that the husbandman applies himself to the business of his calling with a great deal of pains and prudence, secundum artem—accordin…
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