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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed. Whenever God does come forth to execute judgment upon the ungodly, he will first pick out those who have defied him the most. Those who have the proudest spirit and the hardest heart shall be the first to feel the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein. The next chapter shows that, even when God was very angry with the wicked, there was still wonderful power in prayer. This exposition consisted of readings from...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thus hath the Lord God showed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king’s mowings. And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord God, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thus hath the Lord God showed unto me: and, behold, the Lord God called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part. Then said I, O Lord God, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. The Lord repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord God. This time, the prophet saw the fire...