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Or else let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; [yea], let him make peace with me.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Or let him - The Hebrew word rendered here "or" (או ) means “unless.” The sense is that the enemies of the Jewish people w…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Or let him take hold of my strength. —Or, Let him lay hold on my fortress: let him make peace with Me. The thoug…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

Or let him take hold of my strength,

This is what the repenting and believing sinner does; he lays hold of Christ; he takes the str…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Will she take hold of my strength? או (ō), is frequently a disjunctive conjunction, and therefore this passage is explained as if the part…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Or let him take hold of my strength
Not on the law, as the Targum and Kimchi; but on Christ, as Jerom rightly interp…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The Lord Jesus, with his strong sword, the power of his death, and the preaching of his gospel, does destroy and will destroy the one who had the p…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century
  1. In that day. In this part, the author recalls God’s divine and fatherly correction. This correction comes first by foreign scour…

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