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4I will make mention{H8686)} of Rahab and Babylon to them that know{H8802)} me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born{H8795)} there.
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And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.
In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians. …
Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.
If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him.
Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 4-7)Zion is here compared with other places, and preferred before them; the church of Christ is more glorious and excellent than the nations of the earth. 1. It is owned that other places have their glories (Ps. 87:4): “ I will make mention of Rahab ” (that is, Egypt) “and Babylon, to those that know me and are about me, and with whom I discourse about public affairs; behold Philistia and Tyre, with E…
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