1Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. …
Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.
And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; …
For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-2)The scope of these verses is to show that when God is coming towards us in a way of mercy we must go forth to meet him in a way of duty. I. God here tells us what are his intentions of mercy to us (Isa. 56:1): My salvation is near to come —the great salvation wrought out by Jesus Christ (for that was the salvation of which the prophets enquired and searched diligently , 1 Pet. 1:10), typified by t…
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