9Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:
The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.
In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain.
Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty. …
Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-11)Here is, I. A sign, the marring of a girdle, which the prophet had worn for some time, by hiding it in a hole of a rock near the river Euphrates. It was usual with the prophets to teach by signs, that a stupid unthinking people might be brought to consider, and believe, and be affected with what was thus set before them. 1. He was to wear a linen girdle for some time, Jer. 13:1 , 2 . Some think he…
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