37O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
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O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not! …
He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: …
Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 34-39)We have left the blind leaders fallen into the ditch, under Christ’s sentence, into the damnation of hell; let us see what will become of the blind followers, of the body of the Jewish church, and particularly Jerusalem. I. Jesus Christ designs yet to try them with the means of grace; I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes . The connection is strange; “ You are a generation of vipers…
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