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He made them also to be pitied By all those who carried them captive.
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God's Sovereignty Over Hearts
Commentators overwhelmingly agree that the captors' pity was not a natural human response but a direct, supernatural act of God. Scholars like Calvin and Barnes explain that God has sovereign control over all human hearts, able to soften even the most hardened enemies and incline them toward mercy. This demonstrates God's power to intervene in any human situation.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
He made them also to be pitied by all those who carried them captive—That is, he exercised such control over the minds of the pagan that the…
19th Century
Anglican
Made them also to be pitied. —Literally, gave them for companions, a phrase found in Solomon’s prayer ([Reference 1 Kings…
Baptist
He regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry: and he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his …
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16th Century
Protestant
And he made them to find pity. As he had previously said, the Jews had been delivered into the hands of their enemies because God’s anger …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried themcaptives . ] He not only…
The conduct of the Israelites in Canaan, and God's dealings with them, show that the way of sin is downhill; omissions make way for commissions: wh…
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