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96581 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 889.12 (Matthew Henry)
… 11:7. Christ died to gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad, here said to be those that were called by his name. The promise is to …
96582 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 890.7 (Matthew Henry)
3. Do they depend upon their wealth and treasure, the abundance of which is looked upon as the sinews of war? Isa. their money their defence? Isa. that their strong …
96583 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 890.8 (Matthew Henry)
… 1:7 ): “The men of thy confederacy, all of them, the Ammonites and Moabites, and other thy high allies that were at peace with thee, that entered into a league offensive …
96584 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 890.9 (Matthew Henry)
… 49:7. This was, (1.) The just punishment of their folly in trusting to an arm of flesh: There is no understanding in them, Obadiah 1:7. They have not sense to trust in …
96585 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 890.13 (Matthew Henry)
… 137:7 ), that in the day of Jerusalem they said, Rase it, rase it, and Ezekiel 25:12. They are here told particularly what they did, by being told what they should not …
96586 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 891.1 (Matthew Henry)
… 1:7-1:10. V. The casting of him into the sea, for the stilling of the storm, Jonah 1:11-1:16. VI. The miraculous preservation of his life there in the belly of a fish ( Jonah …
96587 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 891.4 (Matthew Henry)
… 135:7 ), and out of these treasures God sent forth, he cast forth (so the word is), with force and violence, a great wind into the sea; even stormy winds fulfil his word …
96588 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 891.7 (Matthew Henry)
IV. Jonah is found out to be the cause of the storm.
96589 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 891.19 (Matthew Henry)
… , Micah 7:19 .
96590 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 892.7 (Matthew Henry)
1. He reflects upon the earnestness of his prayer, and God’s readiness to hear and answer ( Jonah 2:2 ): He said, I cried, by reason of my affliction, unto the Lord. Note …
96591 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 892.8 (Matthew Henry)
… 3:7. He has hedged me about, that I cannot get out, nor see which way I may flee for safety. All thy billows and they waves passed over me. Observe, He calls them God’s …
96592 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 892.9 (Matthew Henry)
… , 2:7. (1.) He began to sink into despair, and to give up himself for gone and undone to all intents and purposes. When the waters compassed him about even to the soul …
96593 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 892.10 (Matthew Henry)
… 2:7 ): My prayer, being sent to him, came in unto him, even into his holy temple; it was heard in the highest heavens, though it was prayed in the lowest deeps. (2.) He wonderfully …
96594 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 892.13 (Matthew Henry)
7. He concludes with an acknowledgment of God as the Saviour of his people: Salvation is of the Lord; it belongs to the Lord, Psalms 3:8. He is the God of salvation …
96595 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 893.7 (Matthew Henry)
1. He was sent as a herald at arms, in the name of the God of heaven, to proclaim war with Nineveh ( Jonah 3:2 ): “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city,” that metropolis, and …
96596 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 893.16 (Matthew Henry)
… 3:7-3:9. It was ordered by the decree of the king and his nobles; the whole legislative power concurred in appointing it, and the whole body of the people concurred …
96597 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 894.7 (Matthew Henry)
I. Jonah’s sullen expectation of the fate of Nineveh. We may suppose that the Ninevites, giving credit to the message he brought, were ready to give entertainment …
96598 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 894.9 (Matthew Henry)
… 4:7, 4:8. God that had provided comfort for him provided also an affliction for him in that very thing which was his comfort; the affliction did not come by chance …
96599 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 895.6 (Matthew Henry)
… 1:7. 1. The gods they worshipped shall be destroyed: The graven images shall be beaten to pieces by the army of the Assyrians, and all the idols shall be laid desolate …
96600 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 895.7 (Matthew Henry)
We have here a long train of mourners attending the funeral of a ruined kingdom.