14And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seemeth him good.
Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. …
So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-15)We have here, I. The conspiracy which the Jews’ enemies formed against them, to stay the building by slaying the builders. The conspirators were not only Sanballat and Tobiah, but other neighbouring people whom they had drawn into the plot. They flattered themselves with a fancy that the work would soon stand still of itself; but, when they heard that it went on a prospered, they were angry at the…
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