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Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and your judgments are [as] the light that goes forth.
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God's Word as an Ax
Commentators explain that God "hewed" and "slew" Israel not with physical violence, but with the sharp, convicting words of His prophets. Like a craftsman using an ax on hard wood or a hammer on stone, God used severe warnings to break through their stubborn sin. As Albert Barnes notes, God "slew them in word, so that He might not slay them in deed."
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets - Since they despised God’s gentler warnings and measures, He used more severe ones. “H…
19th Century
Anglican
The Septuagint renders, Therefore I have mowed down their prophets; but this would destroy the parallelism, in which “prophets” correspond…
16th Century
Protestant
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Therefore has I hewed [them] by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth
Sometimes Israel and Judah seemed disposed to repent under their sufferings, but their goodness vanished like the empty morning cloud, and the earl…
