5And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: …
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. …
And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-11)Here we see that early prophecy eminently fulfilled in which God said he would put enmity between the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent , Gen. 3:15. You will observe, I. The attempts of Satan and his agents to prevent the increase of the church, by devouring her offspring as soon as it was born ; of this we have a very lively description in the most proper images. 1. We see how the chu…
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