10I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.
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I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and bare.
And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.
And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.
But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-12)Christ and his spouse having sufficiently confirmed their love to each other, and agreed it to be on both sides strong as death and inviolable, they are here, in these verses, like a loving husband and his wife, consulting together about their affairs, and considering what they should do. Yoke-fellows, having laid their hearts together, lay their heads together, to contrive about their relations a…
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