Isaiah 8:9
Rage, ye peoples, and be broken in pieces! And give ear, all ye distant parts of the earth: Gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces!
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1 Kings 20:11And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell [him], Let not him that girdeth on boast himself as he that putteth off!
Proverbs 11:21Hand for hand! an evil [man] shall not be held innocent; but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
Isaiah 14:5Jehovah hath broken the staff of the wicked, the sceptre of the rulers.
Isaiah 28:13And the word of Jehovah was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little: that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
Isaiah 54:15Behold, they shall surely gather together, [but] not by me: whosoever gathereth together against thee shall fall because of thee.
Jeremiah 46:4Harness the horses, and mount ye horsemen, and stand forth with helmets; polish the spears, put on the coats of mail!
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 8:2-9
Judgments Announced. ( b. c. 740.) 1 Moreover the Lord said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Maher-shalal-hash-baz. 2 And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah. 3 And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the Lord to me, Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz. 4 For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of… Read the whole commentary →