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32201 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 862.7 (Matthew Henry)
… . This character was remarkably answered in Seleucus Philopater, the elder son of Antiochus the Great, who was a great oppressor of his own subjects, and exacted …
32202 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 866.1 (Matthew Henry)
… bad character which the people of Israel now had; they were, as is said of the Athenians ( Acts 17:16 ), “wholly given to idolatry,” Hosea 3:1. II. The low condition which …
32203 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 867.5 (Matthew Henry)
… his character and office; and how then can it be thought that they should take a reproof from a private person? Note, Those sinners have their hearts wickedly …
32204 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 867.13 (Matthew Henry)
… in character; people and priest were both alike ignorant and profane, regardless of God and their duty, and addicted to idolatry: and so they shall be in condition …
32205 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 868.3 (Matthew Henry)
… true character however disguised, knows their secret wickedness however concealed. Note, Men’s rejecting the knowledge of God will not secure them from …
32206 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 870.14 (Matthew Henry)
… his character among them. God had said, The people shall dwell alone; but they mingled themselves with the heathen and learned their works, Psalms 106:35. They …
32207 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 873.3 (Matthew Henry)
… the character of Israel, they were as an empty vine, a vine that had no sap or virtue in it, and therefore none of those good fruits produced by it that were expected …
32208 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 874.1 (Matthew Henry)
… what God would yet do for them, Hosea 11:10, 11:11. VI. An honourable character given of Judah, Hosea 11:12 .
32209 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 875.14 (Matthew Henry)
… fair character they have among their neighbours. Ephraim was very secure; for, First, All his neighbours knew him to be diligent in his business; they had an …
32210 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 877.24 (Matthew Henry)
… them. God’s providences, being not duly improved by them, harden them in sin and contribute to their ruin. God’s discovery of himself both in the judgments …
32211 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 880.9 (Matthew Henry)
… the character, and such the conversation, of the enemies and persecutors of the people of God. The Tyrians and Philistines, when they seized any of the children …
32212 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 881.2 (Matthew Henry)
… general character of this prophecy. It consists of the words which the prophet saw. Are words to be seen? Yes, God’s words are; the apostles speak of the word of …
32213 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 882.3 (Matthew Henry)
… same character, Jeremiah 9:26; “As for Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, jumble them together; they are all alike;” the sentence here also is the same ( Amos 2:5 ): “ I will send a …
32214 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 883.3 (Matthew Henry)
… know God are known of him. In Judah is God known, and therefore Judah is more than any people known of God. God has known them, that is, he has chosen them, covenanted …
32215 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 887.18 (Matthew Henry)
… from God ought not to fear the face of man. (2.) The mean character he wore before he received that commission strengthened his warrant, so far was it from weakening …
32216 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 888.7 (Matthew Henry)
I. The heinousness of the sin they were guilty of; in short, they had the character of the unjust judge ( Luke 18:2 ) that neither feared God nor regarded man .
32217 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 888.8 (Matthew Henry)
… sad character which this gives of them, that they said, When will the sabbath be gone, that we may sell corn ? Yet is still the character of many that are called …
32218 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 891.11 (Matthew Henry)
… his character was, both as to his calling and as to his country. [1.] They enquire concerning his calling: What is thy occupation ? This was a proper question to be …
32219 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 893.4 (Matthew Henry)
… the character of a prophet. But, behold! the word of the Lord comes to him again, to show that when God forgives he forgets, and whom he forgives he gives a new heart …
32220 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 896.7 (Matthew Henry)
… encouraged. God’s words do good to those that walk uprightly. It is the character of good people that they walk uprightly ( Psalms 15:2 ); and it is their comfort …