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You shall fan them - Keeping up the figure begun in the previous verse. To fan here means to winnow, an operation that was performed by thro…

You shall thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shall make the hills as chaff. You shall fan them, and the wind shall carry them away,…

You shall winnow them. The meaning is the same as in the former verse, but expressed through a different metaphor; for he compares the Chu…

You shall fan them, and the wind shall carry them away,
and the whirlwind shall scatter them

God speaks with tenderne ; Fear not, for I am with you: not only within call, but present with you. Are you weak? I will strengthen you. Are yo…

Let the islands keep silence before me. Here the prophet begins to strengthen the people for a firm expectation based on the lov…
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes