12And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.
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Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.
For the LORD'S portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name.
Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
The portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former of all things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the LORD of hosts is his name.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-13)Here is, I. Joy proclaimed to the church of God, to the daughter of Zion , that had separated herself from the daughter of Babylon . The Jews that had returned were in distress and danger, their enemies in the neighbourhood were spiteful against them, their friends that remained in Babylon were cool towards them, shy of them, and declined coming in to their assistance; and yet they are directed to…
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