10But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.
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Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-14)The prophet is here, in the name of the church, taking a review, and making a thankful recognition, of God’s dealings with his church all along, ever since he founded it, before he comes, in the latter end of this chapter and in the next, as a watchman upon the walls, earnestly to pray to God for his compassion towards her in her present deplorable state; and it was usual for God’s people, in thei…
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