20Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.
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Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none. …
Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 19-31)The prophet is here in an agony, and cries out like one upon the rack of pain with some acute distemper, or as a woman in travail. The expressions are very pathetic and moving, enough to melt a heart of stone into compassion: My bowels! my bowels! I am pained at my very heart ; and yet well, and in health himself, and nothing ails him. Note, A good man, in such a bad world as this is, cannot but b…
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