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Wrath is not in me: would that the briers and thorns were against me in battle! I would march on them, I would burn them together.
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God's Anger Has Passed
Scholars unanimously see the phrase "Wrath is not in me" as a powerful declaration of God's heart toward His people. After a period of discipline, His anger has passed. He now expresses a fatherly love and protective care for them, His cherished vineyard. As John Calvin notes, this love reveals God's fundamental disposition of grace, which endures even when He must correct His children.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Fury is not in me — That is, I am no longer angry with it. He had punished His people by removing them to a distant land. But although He …
19th Century
Anglican
Fury is not in me. —Better, There is no wrath in me. Who will set briars and thorns before me? With war will I go forth agains…
Baptist
Men who are at enmity with God little know how terrifying the force of His strength is. They are like dry thorns when the fire catches them, and no…
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16th Century
Protestant
Fury is not in me. This verse contains excellent consolation, for it expresses the incredible warmth of love which the Lord bears towards …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Fury [is] not in me Against his vineyard he takes so much care of, his church and people, whom he has loved with an …
The Lord Jesus, with his strong sword, the power of his death, and the preaching of his gospel, does destroy and will destroy the one who had the p…
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13th Century
Catholic
In that day. In this part, the author recalls God’s divine and fatherly correction. This correction comes first by foreign scour…
