8In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them.
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But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. …
And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes.
For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.
The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)Here is, I. The title of this charter of promises made to God’s Israel; it is the burden of the word of the Lord , a divine prediction; it is of weight in the delivery of it; it is to be pressed upon people, and will be very pressing in the accomplishment of it; it is a burden , a heavy burden, to all the church’s enemies, like that talent of lead , Zech. 5:7 , 8 . But it is for Israel ; it is for…
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