24He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 23-29)Zophar, having described the many embarrassments and vexations which commonly attend the wicked practices of oppressors and cruel men, here comes to show their utter ruin at last. I. Their ruin will take its rise from God’s wrath and vengeance, Job 20:23. The hand of the wicked was upon him (Job 20:22), every hand of the wicked . His hand was against every one, and therefore every man’s hand will…
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