14Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moreshethgath: the houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel.
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And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages:
And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria.
Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. …
The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-16)We have here a long train of mourners attending the funeral of a ruined kingdom. I. The prophet is himself chief mourner ( Mic. 1:8 , 9 ): I will wail and howl; I will go stripped and naked , as a man distracted with grief. The prophets usually expressed their own grief for the public grievances, partly to mollify the predictions of them, and to make it appear that is was not out of ill-will that…
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