2The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,
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And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land. …
Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day. …
And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD.
And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:
Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)The prophet, in the close of the foregoing chapter, had given a necessary caution to all not to put confidence in man, or any creature; he had also given a general reason for that caution, taken from the frailty of human life and the vanity and weakness of human powers. Here he gives a particular reason for it—God was now about to ruin all their creature-confidences, so that they should meet with…
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