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What then shall one answer the messengers of the nation? That Yahweh has founded Zion, and in her shall the afflicted of his people take refuge.
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God is the Church's Founder
Commentators unanimously agree that this verse is a powerful declaration of God's ultimate protection over His people. When messengers from other nations inquire about their status, the definitive answer is that God Himself has established and secured Zion (His people/church). This security is not dependent on human kings or military might, but on God's unwavering faithfulness and power.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
What shall one then answer - The design of this verse is obvious. It is to show that Judea would be safe from the invasions of the …
19th Century
Anglican
What shall one then answer ...? — The words obviously imply that the prophet either had received, or expected to receive, a message of inq…
Baptist
Though the passage seems dark at first, yet it is full of consolation to the people of God, and is of similar import to that other gracious promise…
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16th Century
Protestant
And what shall be answered to the messengers of the nation? I choose to interpret this of any nations whatever, and not of a sing…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
What shall [one] then answer the messengers of the nation? The phrase "&c." here means "or nations, of any of the nat…
Assurance is given of the destruction of the Philistines and their power, by famine and war. Hezekiah would be more formidable to them than Uzziah …
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13th Century
Catholic
409. Her time is near at hand. In this part, he promises liberation to the Jews through the destruction of Babylon, which he threatened abov…
