23That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
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He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing.
To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day; …
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 18-26)The prophet here reproves those, 1. Who represented God by creatures, and so changed his truth into a lie and his glory into shame, who made images and then said that they resembled God, and paid their homage to them accordingly. 2. Who put creatures in the place of God, who feared them more than God, as if they were a match for him, or loved them more than God, as if they were fit to be rivals wi…
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