Search for: god's character
32121 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 746.18 (Matthew Henry)
… of God’s elect home to Christ. All shall be welcome, and nothing shall be wanting for their assistance and encouragement. [2.] The character under which they …
32122 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 748.7 (Matthew Henry)
… which God gave them they defiled it ( Jeremiah 2:7 ), by defiling themselves and disfitting themselves for the service of God. It was God’s land; they were but tenants …
32123 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 749.13 (Matthew Henry)
… the character of a backslider, So Judah is called treacherous, because, though she professed to keep close to God when Israel had backslidden (she adhered …
32124 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 749.19 (Matthew Henry)
… the character given of David when God pitched upon him to be king. 1 Samuel 13:14; The Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart. Observe, (1.) When a church is gathered …
32125 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 750.19 (Matthew Henry)
… of God himself, for so the prophet chose to give this character of the people, rather than in his own words, or as from himself: My people are foolish. God calls …
32126 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 751.3 (Matthew Henry)
… true character? And is not this the truth of their character, that they have made their faces harder than a rock ?” Or, “ Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward …
32127 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 751.18 (Matthew Henry)
… . The character of this people is the true character of all people by nature, till the grace of God has wrought a change. We are foolish, slow of understanding …
32128 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 752.17 (Matthew Henry)
… God appeals to the prophet himself, and his own observation concerning their character, that he might be fully satisfied in the equity of God’s proceedings …
32129 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 753.20 (Matthew Henry)
… and character were still the same. They are worse, and not better, than their fathers. (1.) Jeremiah can himself witness against them that they were disobedient …
32130 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 754.3 (Matthew Henry)
… the characters and accounts of them they had received, which gave rise and countenance to much of the abominable wickedness of the heathen. 4. They sought …
32131 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 755.6 (Matthew Henry)
… scandalous character and conduct of his people. Though he dwells in Judah where God is known, in Salem where his tabernacle is, yet he is ready to cry out, Woe …
32132 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 755.8 (Matthew Henry)
… true character, without guile. So very false are they that you cannot trust in a brother, but must stand as much upon your guard as if you were dealing with a stranger …
32133 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 757.17 (Matthew Henry)
… . God says, I will punish them; let me alone to deal with them. I will visit this upon them; so the word is. God will enquire into it and reckon for it. Two of God’s four …
32134 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 761.13 (Matthew Henry)
… of characters ascribed to them. So persecuted they the prophets. But one would be apt to suspect that surely Jeremiah had given them some provocation, else …
32135 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 761.24 (Matthew Henry)
… of God has made it.” Men’s hearts and lives must come up to God’s law and comply with that, for God’s law will never come down to them nor comply with them.
32136 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 762.4 (Matthew Henry)
… his character both as a pious man and as a prophet; and one would think it should have made him better beloved among his people than it should seem he was. But …
32137 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 763.3 (Matthew Henry)
… before God in the most legible and indelible characters, and sealed among his treasures, never to be forgotten, Deuteronomy 32:34. They are written there with …
32138 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 763.9 (Matthew Henry)
… true character and due weight. He tries it, as the gold is tried whether it be standard or no, as the prisoner is tried whether he be guilty or no. And this judgment …
32139 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 764.23 (Matthew Henry)
… with God for them, had used his interest in heaven on their behalf, which was the greatest kindness they could expect from one of his character. He is a prophet …
32140 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 767.5 (Matthew Henry)
… of God for them (so some read it): “ Entreat the Lord for us; be an intercessor for us with God.” Note, Those that slight the prayers of God’s people and ministers when …