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14Thou brakest{H8765)} the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest{H8799)} him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.
Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? …
So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts. …
Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-17)The lamenting church fastens upon something here which she calls to mind, and therefore hath she hope (as Lam. 3:21), with which she encourages herself and silences her own complaints. Two things quiet the minds of those that are here sorrowing for the solemn assembly:— I. That God is the God of Israel, a God in covenant with his people (Ps. 74:12): God is my King of old . This comes in both as a…
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