11The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD'S, and he hath set the world upon them.
Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth;
Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-14)The truth received a great deal of light from the dispute between Job and his friends concerning those points about which they differed; but now they are upon a subject in which they were all agreed, the infinite glory and power of God. How does truth triumph, and how brightly does it shine, when there appears no other strife between the contenders than which shall speak most highly and honourably…
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