16But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
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Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted.
Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.
For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-17)The world and the flesh are the two great enemies that we are in danger of being overpowered by; yet we are in no danger if we do not ourselves yield to them. Eagerness of the world, and indulgence of the flesh, are the two sins against which the prophet, in God’s name, here denounces woes. These were sins which then abounded among the men of Judah, some of the wild grapes they brought forth (Isa.…
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