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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong. The Jew had become the very model of a curse. “You are as cursed as a Jew,” said the enemies of Israel; but God would make them to be the very model of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For thus saith the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of hosts, and I repented not: So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not. It is a very instructive and encouraging passage. When God threatened to punish his people, he did...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates: and let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; Some have wickedly said that “thought is free, and can’t be condemned;” but here we see that, if it goeth after evil, it is a wicked...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
These are the things that ye shall do: Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour: execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates: And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD. He will have his people true, even if they swear to their...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD. And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts;...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me, saying, This is the point that I call your attention to. You had the question when I began to read, and here is the answer.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace. Here is an answer to more than they asked for. The messengers only enquired about one fast — what...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: and the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go also. You see that, in the latter days, there is to be a great spirit of prayer...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go also. It is a fine thing when we invite other people and can always say, “I will...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD. Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD. And it is so, even now. We have received our religion from a Jew. We believe in One who was of the seed of Abraham. We rejoice in him as also the Son of God, and many nations come crowding about the Christ of God. This exposition...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the LORD. And Hamath also shall border thereby, Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise. And Tyrus did build herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, — Or, Syria, —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the LORD. And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, — That is Tyre, —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Zidon, though it be very wise. And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets. Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire. This prophecy was literally fulfilled. Tyre was attacked by Alexander the Great,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited. And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdad, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited. When Alexander invaded the country, the Philistines expected that he would be hindered by the Tyrians; but, when Tyre fell, the Philistines were...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And a bastard — Or, stranger —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. And I will take away his blood out of his mouth — That is, the prey that he had caught; “I will snatch it out of his mouth,” —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite. There is no doubt that, after the days of Alexander, many Philistines became proselytes to the faith of the Jews, and were absorbed into the Jewish nation, so that an Ekronite became...