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I would soon subdue their enemies, And turn my hand against their adversaries.
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Obedience Unlocks Victory
Commentators unanimously highlight that God's promise to defeat Israel's enemies was conditional. He states that He would have swiftly subdued their adversaries if only His people had listened and obeyed. This reveals a direct link between hearkening to God's voice and experiencing His divine protection and victory in our struggles.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I should soon have subdued their enemies - This is one of the consequences that, it is said, would have followed if they had been o…
19th Century
Anglican
Hearken ... subdue. —The verbs should be taken in a future sense, “Oh that my people would hearken ... I shou…
Baptist
I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries. The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves…
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16th Century
Protestant
I would soon have brought their enemies low. Here the Israelites are taught that all the calamities which had befallen them were to be imp…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I should soon have subdued their enemies The Canaanites, and others: this he would have done in a very little time, …
We cannot expect too little from the creature, nor too much from the Creator. We may have enough from God if we pray for it in faith. All the wicke…
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