4For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;
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But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me.
Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 3-8)The prophet is here, in God’s name, encouraging those that were hearty in joining themselves to God and yet laboured under great discouragements. 1. Some were discouraged because they were not of the seed of Abraham. They had joined themselves to the Lord , and bound their souls with a bond to be his for ever (this is the root and life of religion, to break off from the world and the flesh, and de…
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