9In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.
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Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.
For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
Also before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw. …
But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him. …
If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.
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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