7And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.
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And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: …
The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, …
The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;
The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-11)The foregoing vision was very plain and easy, but in this are things dark and hard to be understood ; and some think that the scope of it is to foretel the final destruction of the Jewish church and nation and the dispersion of the Jews, when, by crucifying Christ and persecuting his gospel, they should have filled up the measure of their iniquities; therefore it is industriously set out in obscur…
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