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Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets - Since they despised God’s gentler warnings and measures, He used more severe ones. “H…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
19th Century
Anglican
19th Century
The Septuagint renders, Therefore I have mowed down their prophets; but this would destroy the parallelism, in which “prophets” correspond…
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
16th Century
Protestant
16th Century
God shows here, by His prophet, that He was compelled by urgent necessity to deal harshly and roughly with the people. We know that nothing is more…
John Gill
JohnGill
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century
Therefore has I hewed [them] by the prophets; I have slain
them by the words of my mouth
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century
Sometimes Israel and Judah seemed disposed to repent under their sufferings, but their goodness vanished like the empty morning cloud, and the earl…
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes