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So let all your enemies perish, Yahweh: But let those who love him be as the sun when he goes forth in his might. The land had rest forty years.
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A Tale of Two Destinies
Commentators view this verse as both a prayer and a prophecy. It starkly contrasts the ultimate fate of God's enemies, who will perish in disappointment like Sisera, with the glorious destiny of those who love God. This isn't just a wish, but a declaration of how God's justice will ultimately prevail.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
A most striking conclusion, in which the spiritual truth, which the whole narrative is intended to convey, comes out. The enemies of the Lord will …
19th Century
Anglican
So let all thine enemies perish, O Lord. — The abrupt burst with which the song rushes, as it were, to its conclusion is …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
So let all thine enemies perish, O Lord ! &c.] As Sisera and his army did, and be disappointed as his mother and her…
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