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8Come{H8798)}, behold{H8798)} the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made{H8804)} in the earth.
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Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men.
Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands. …
And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.
For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-11)These verses give glory to God both as King of nations and as King of saints. I. As King of nations, ruling the world by his power and providence, and overruling all the affairs of the children of men to his own glory; he does according to his will among the inhabitants of the earth, and none may say, What doest thou ? 1. He checks the rage and breaks the power of the nations that oppose him and h…
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