28But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies;
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So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.
And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died. …
So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years.
Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest;(for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)
When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house: …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 4-38)We have here an account how the work of this fast-day was carried on. 1. The names of the ministers that were employed. They are twice named ( Neh. 9:4 , 5 ), only with some variation of the names. Either they prayed successively, according to that rule which the apostle gives (1 Cor. 14:31; You may all prophesy one by one ), or, as some think, there were eight several congregations at some distan…
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