1Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
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These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.
Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.
Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. …
Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. …
Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-2)When our Lord Jesus promised to send the Comforter he added, When he shall come he shall convince ( John 16:7 , 8 ); for conviction must prepare for comfort, and must also separate between the precious and the vile, and mark out those to whom comfort does not belong. God had appointed this prophet to comfort his people (Isa. 40:1); here he appoints him to convince them, and show them their sins. I…
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