5And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.
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Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger.
Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness. …
I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works:
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)Here is, I. The spiteful scornful reflection which Sanballat and Tobiah cast upon the Jews for their attempt to build the wall about Jerusalem. The country rang of it presently; intelligence was brought of it to Samaria, that nest of enemies to the Jews and their prosperity; and here we are told how they received the tidings. 1. In heart. They were very angry at the undertaking, and had great indi…
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