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He hath cut off in fierce anger all the horn of Israel; He hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy: And he hath burned up Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Since the horn is the symbol of power, the cutting off of every horn means depriving Israel of all power of resistance. The drawing back of God’s r…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

All the horn of Israel ... —The horn, as elsewhere (1 Samuel 2:1; Psalms 92:10; Psalms 112:9),…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Jeremiah expresses the same thing in various ways; but all that he says tends to show that it was an evidence of God’s extreme vengeance when the p…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

He has cut off in [his] fierce anger all the horn of Israel , &c.] All its power and strength, especially its kingly powe…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

A sad representation is made here of the state of God's church, of Jacob and Israel; but the focus seems mostly to be on the hand of the Lord in th…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

Here he shows the impossibility of resisting.

  1. He excludes human strength: the horn, that is, power. And I will bre…

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