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9Before your pots can feel{H8799)} the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind{H8799)}, both living, and in his wrath.
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Cross-References
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.
The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-11)In these verses we have, I. David’s prayers against his enemies, and all the enemies of God’s church and people; for it is as such that he looks upon them, so that he was actuated by a public spirit in praying against them, and not by any private revenge. 1. He prays that they might be disabled to do any further mischief (Ps. 58:6): Break their teeth, O God ! Not so much that they might not feed t…
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