27None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks: …
He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 18-30)Here are, I. Sins described which will bring judgments upon a people: and this perhaps is not only a charge drawn up against the men of Judah who lived at that time, and the particular articles of that charge, though it may relate primarily to them, but is rather intended for warning to all people, in all ages, to take heed of these sins, as destructive both to particular persons and to communitie…
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