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"Let the nations arouse themselves, And come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; For there will I sit to judge all the surrounding nations.
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A Sovereign Summons
Commentators explain that while the nations gather with their own hostile intentions, they are actually being summoned by God. Their "awakening" is a move toward their own judgment. This reveals God's absolute sovereignty, as He uses the wicked's own plans to bring about His divine justice in the "valley of Jehoshaphat."
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Let the pagan be awakened - This emphatic repetition of the word, “awaken,” seems intended to hint at the great awakening to Judgment, when …
16th Century
Protestant
The Prophet continues with the same subject: God will eventually become an avenger of the wrongs of His people when they are unjustly harassed by p…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Let the Heathen be awakened, and come to the valley of Jehoshaphat That is, let the e…
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