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I will even deliver him into the hand of the mighty one of the nations; he shall surely deal with him; I have driven him out for his wickedness.
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God Uses Nations as Tools
Commentators emphasize that God is the ultimate agent behind Assyria's fall. He sovereignly delivered the proud nation into the hands of a "mighty one" (identified as the Babylonian king). This shows that even the most powerful earthly rulers are instruments in God's hands to carry out His divine judgment.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Assyria’s fall (Ezekiel 31:11).
More accurately: Therefore I will deliver him, etc. ... he shall surely deal with him. I hav…
19th Century
Anglican
The mighty one of the heathen.— The Chaldean monarch. At the time of the fall of Assyria this was Nabopolassar, Nebuchadnezzar’s f…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the Heathen Or, into the hand…
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