20And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land. …
As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.
A Song of degrees of David. If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say; …
Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: …
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
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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