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22Yea, for thy sake are we killed{H8795)} all the day long; we are counted{H8738)} as sheep for the slaughter.
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As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.
But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.
They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. …
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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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