13Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. …
Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9-15)The prophet here returns to speak of the present distress that Ahaz and his court and kingdom were in upon account of the threatening confederacy of the ten tribes and the Syrians against them. And in these verses, I. He triumphs over the invading enemies, and, in effect, sets them at defiance, and bids them do their worst ( Isa. 8:9 , 10 ): “ O you people, you of far countries , give ear to what…
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