10If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
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Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou? …
Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?
When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-12)Zophar here speaks very good things concerning God and his greatness and glory, concerning man and his vanity and folly: these two compared together, and duly considered, will have a powerful influence upon our submission to all the dispensations of the divine Providence. I. See here what God is, and let him be adored. 1. He is an incomprehensible Being, infinite and immense, whose nature and perf…
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