11Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.
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Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh.
He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress. …
Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel.
And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-13)Notice is here given to Judah and Jerusalem that God is coming forth against them, and will be with them shortly; his presence , as a just avenger, his day , the day of his judgment and his wrath, are not far off, Zeph. 1:7. Those that improve not the presence of God with them as a Father, but sin away that presence, may expect his presence with them as a Judge, to call them to an account for the…
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