5Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: …
Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner.
Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him. …
The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)The apostle Paul (an expositor we may depend upon) has given us the true sense of these verses, and told us what was the event they pointed at and were fulfilled in, namely, the calling in of the Gentiles and the rejection of the Jews, by the preaching of the gospel, Rom. 10:20 , 21 . And he observes that herein Esaias is very bold , not only in foretelling a thing so improbable ever to be brought…
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