16Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey. …
Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel. …
I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word. …
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-21)Here, as before, we have, I. The prophet’s humble address to God, containing a representation both of his integrity and of the hardships he underwent notwithstanding. It is a matter of comfort to us that, whatever ails us, we have a God to go to, before whom we may spread our case and to whose omniscience we may appeal, as the prophet here, “ O Lord! thou knowest ; thou knowest my sincerity, which…
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