2And the people blessed all the men, that willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem.
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My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the LORD.
But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you. …
If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-19)Jerusalem is called here the holy city (Neh. 11:1), because there the temple was, and that was the place God had chosen to put his name there; upon this account, one would think, the holy seed should all have chosen to dwell there and have striven for a habitation there; but, on the contrary, it seems they declined dwelling there, 1. Because a greater strictness of conversation was expected from t…
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