Kings shall be your nursing fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers: they shall bow down to you with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of your feet; and you shall know that I am Yahweh; and those who wait for me shall not be put to shame.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

And kings shall be your nursing fathers — Margin, ‘Nourishers.’ That is, they would patronize the church of God; they would protect…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Kings shall be thy nursing fathers ... — As a rule kings gave their children to be brought up by their nobles (2 Kings 10:5). …

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

Shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell. Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath …

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

And kings shall be thy nursing fathers. After speaking of the obedience of the Gentiles, he shows that this relates not only to the common…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And kings shall be your nursing fathers, and their queens your
nursing mothers
Who sh…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Zion is addressed as an afflicted widow, bereaved of her children. Numbers flock to her, and she is assured that they come to be a comfort to her.<…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century
  1. Give ear, you islands. In this part, he describes the order of liberation in more detail. Regarding this, he does two things:

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