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7But ye shall die{H8799)} like men, and fall{H8799)} like one of the princes.
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Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.
To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.
Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-8)We have here, I. Earthly gods abased and brought down, Ps. 82:6 , 7 . The dignity of their character is acknowledged (Ps. 82:6): I have said, You are gods . They have been honoured with the name and title of gods. God himself called them so in the statute against treasonable words Exod. 22:28; Thou shalt not revile the gods . And, if they have this style from the fountain of honour, who can disput…
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