9Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.
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Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.
Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:
Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.
I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9-20)In these verses we have God rising up to judgment against the vile persons, to punish them for their villainy; but at length returning in mercy to the liberal, to reward them for their liberality. I. When there was so great a corruption of manners, and so much provocation given to the holy God, bad times might well be expected, and here is a warning given of such times coming. The alarm is sounded…
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