9Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name.
Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.
Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying, …
And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD'S hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-9)The first verse is the title of the whole chapter: it does indeed all concern the dearth , but much of it consists of the prophet’s prayers concerning it; yet these are not unfitly said to be, The word of the Lord which came to him concerning it, for every acceptable prayer is that which God puts into our hearts; nothing is our word that comes to him but what is first his word that comes from him.…
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