Isaiah 10:31

Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee.

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Interpretation

By our afflictions we may learn not to make creatures our confidence. Those only can with comfort stay upon God, who return to him in truth, not in pretence and profession only.

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This thought runs through Isaiah 10:30-32.

Isaiah 10:30 Isaiah 10:31 Isaiah 10:32

Glossary

Gebim Place: Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Ras el Kharruba.
Madmenah Place: Ibid., a town in Benjamin, not far from Jerusalem, towards the north ( Isa. 10:31 ). The same Hebrew word occurs in Isa. 25:10 , where it is rendered. Modern identification: Shufat.