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Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: They shall prosper that love thee.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem – This means the prosperity and welfare of Jerusalem, for peace is everywhere the image of prosperi…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

It is impossible in English to reproduce the effect of the original in these references to the usual greetings of the East, since at the same time …

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:

Ask that she may be free from persecution from outside, and from anything like disturbance within:…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Pray ye for the peace of Jerusalem. David now exhorts all the devout worshippers of God to make supplication for the prosperity of the hol…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem
This is said to the persons that solicited the psalmist to go into the house of the …

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Those who can do nothing else for the peace of Jerusalem, may pray for it. Let us consider all who seek the glory of the Redeemer, as our fellow be…

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