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Your rigging is loosed; they could not strengthen the foot of their mast, they could not spread the sail: then was the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame took the prey.
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The Enemy's Shipwreck
Commentators unanimously explain this verse uses the metaphor of a completely disabled ship to describe God's enemies, specifically the Assyrian army. Their ropes are loose, the mast is unstable, and the sails are useless. This powerful image illustrates how God can suddenly and totally neutralize even the most formidable human powers, rendering their confident plans for destruction completely futile.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Your tacklings - This is evidently an address to Sennacherib. The mention of the war-galley and the ship seems to have suggested the applica…
19th Century
Anglican
Your tacklings are loosed ... —The words have been taken as applicable either to Assyria, as one of the “ ships …
16th Century
Protestant
Thy cords were loosed. He directs his discourse to the Assyrians, and through them, he also addresses all the enemies of the Church. After…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Your tacklings are loosed Or "are left" F8; forsaken by the mariners, as being of no use and service:
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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