7Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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.
For the kingdom is the LORD'S: and he is the governor among the nations.
Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.
For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?
For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-16)The prophet Isaiah, when he prophesied of the captivity in Babylon, added warnings against idolatry and largely exposed the sottishness of idolaters, not only because the temptations in Babylon would be in danger of drawing the Jews there to idolatry, but because the afflictions in Babylon were designed to cure them of their idolatry. Thus the prophet Jeremiah here arms people against the idolatro…
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