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When you cry, let those who you have gathered deliver you; but the wind shall take them, a breath shall carry them all away: but he who takes refuge in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain.
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Your Idols Will Fail You
Commentators explain that the 'companies' Israel gathered—whether foreign allies, physical idols, or worldly pleasures—are sarcastically challenged to save them. In the day of trouble, these false refuges are shown to be completely powerless, as easily swept away as dust in the wind. This serves as a stark warning against placing trust in anything or anyone besides God.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
When you cry - That is, when you are in trouble and feel your need of help.
Let your companies deliver you - The word used her…
19th Century
Anglican
Let thy companies ... —The word is used contemptuously of the crowd of gods introduced by the confluent idolatry of Manas…
Baptist
But the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit m…
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16th Century
Protestant
When thou shalt cry, let thy troops deliver thee. He states more fully what he had slightly touched upon in the previous verse: that when …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
When you cry, let your companies deliver you From distress and impending ruin, if they can; meaning not the allies a…
The idols and their worshippers will come to nothing; but those who trust in God's grace will be brought to the joys of heaven. With the Lord there…
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13th Century
Catholic
The just perishes. Here the prophet shows the difference between those who obey God’s counsels and those who do not, conc…
