25That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;
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The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. …
And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.
Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 21-28)In these verses we have, I. The duty which Jacob and Israel, now in captivity, were called to, that they might be qualified and prepared for the deliverance designed them. Our first care must be to get good by our afflictions, and then we may hope to get out of them. The duty is expressed in two words: Remember and return , as in the counsel to Ephesus, Rev. 2:4 , 5 . 1. “ Remember these, O Jacob…
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