30Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die: because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the grove that was by it.
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Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.
They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 25-32)Here, I. Orders are given to Gideon to begin his government with the reformation of his father’s house, Jdg. 5:25 , 26 . A correspondence being settled between God and Gideon, by the appearance of the angel to him, it was kept up in another way; the same night after he had seen God, when he was full of thoughts concerning what had passed, which probably he had not yet communicated to any, The Lord…
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