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Your heart shall muse on the terror: Where is he who counted, where is he who weighed [the tribute]? where is he who counted the towers?
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Gratitude in Deliverance
Commentators agree this verse describes looking back on a time of terror with gratitude. After God's deliverance, the people will ask, "Where are the powerful enemies who once oppressed us?" The "scribe," "weigher," and "counter of towers" were specific, feared Assyrian officials whose sudden disappearance highlights the totality of God's victory.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Your heart - The heart of the people of Jerusalem.
Shall meditate terror - This is similar to the expression…
19th Century
Anglican
Your heart shall meditate terror —i.e., will recall the memory of the past evil days, as a dream that had passed away, le…
16th Century
Protestant
Your heart shall meditate terror. Believers are again informed what calamities are at hand, so that, by being suddenly overtaken with such…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Thine heart shall meditate terror shall recollect, and think of with pleasure and thankfulness, the terror they were…
The true believer watches against all occasions of sin. The Divine power will keep him safe, and his faith in that power will keep him at ease. He …
13th Century
Catholic
1. Woe to you who plunder. In this part, the prophet begins to foretell the destruction of Israel’s enemies. This is presented in t…
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