47Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
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Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth. …
These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?
Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD. …
The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.
For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 42-54)It is easier to chide ourselves for complaining than to chide ourselves out of it. The prophet had owned that a living man should not complain, as if he checked himself for his complaints in the former part of the chapter; and yet here the clouds return after the rain and the wound bleeds afresh; for great pains must be taken with a troubled spirit to bring it into temper. I. They confess the righ…
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