32And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it.
Linguistic Insight
Tap any underlined word in the verse to see its original meaning.
Cross-References
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.
To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.
And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.
And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-39)After God had set the blessing before them (the life and good which would make them a happy people if they would be obedient), he here sets the curse before them, the death and evil which would make them as miserable if they were disobedient. Let them not think themselves so deeply rooted as that God’s power could not ruin them, nor so highly favoured as that his justice would not ruin them if the…
My Notes
Notes are saved on this device.