26I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
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He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.
The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 20-33)Solomon, having shown how dangerous it is to hearken to the temptations of Satan, here shows how dangerous it is not to hearken to the calls of God, which we shall for ever rue the neglect of. Observe, I. By whom God calls to us—by wisdom . It is wisdom that crieth without . The word is plural— wisdoms , for, as there is infinite wisdom in God, so there is the manifold wisdom of God , Eph. 3:10. G…
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