12I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD.
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What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.
And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein. …
The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-13)Things looked very bad with Jerusalem in the Zeph. 3:1-7; she has got into a very bad name, and seems to be incorrigible, incurable, mercy-proof and judgment-proof. Now one would think it should follow, Therefore expect no other but that she should be utterly abandoned and rejected as reprobate silver ; since they will not be wrought upon by prophets or providences, let them be made a desolation a…
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