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17All this is come{H8804)} upon us; yet have we not forgotten{H8804)} thee, neither have we dealt falsely{H8765)} in thy covenant.
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As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.
Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;
Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:
That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-26)The people of God, being greatly afflicted and oppressed, here apply to him; whither else should they go? I. By way of appeal, concerning their integrity, which he only is an infallible judge of, and which he will certainly be the rewarder of. Two things they call God to witness to:— 1. That, though they suffered these hard things, yet they kept close to God and to their duty (Ps. 44:17): “ All th…
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