23I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
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That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. …
So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, …
Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 20-25)What here is said is intended, as before, I. For the conviction of idolators, to show them their folly in worshipping gods that cannot help them, and neglecting a God that can. Let all that have escaped of the nations , not only the people of the Jews, but those of other nations that were by Cyrus released out of captivity in Babylon, let them come, and hear what is to be said against the worshipp…
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