4For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
For it is the day of the LORD'S vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.
Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD'S vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.
To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.
Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)It is a glorious victory that is here enquired into first and then accounted for. 1. It is a victory obtained by the providence of God over the enemies of Israel; over the Babylonians (say some), whom Cyrus conquered and God by him, and they will have the prophet to make the first discovery of him in his triumphant return when he is in the country of Edom: but this can by no means be admitted, bec…
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