19The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
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They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.
How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors. …
They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-23)Job’s friends had seen a great deal of the misery and destruction that attend wicked people, especially oppressors; and Job, while the heat of disputation lasted, had said as much, and with as much assurance, of their prosperity; but now that the heat of the battle was nearly over he was willing to own how far he agreed with them, and where the difference between his opinion and theirs lay. 1. He…
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