21His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.
And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 19-28)God has spoken once to sinners by their own consciences, to keep them from the paths of the destroyer, but they perceive it not; they are not aware that the checks their own hearts give them in a sinful way are from God, but they are imputed to melancholy or the preciseness of their education; and therefore God speaks twice; he speaks a second time, and tries another way to convince and reclaim si…
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