The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.
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Interpretation
The people whom Christ has redeemed with his blood, as well as by his power, will obtain joyful deliverance from every enemy. He that designs such joy for us at last, will he not work such deliverance in the mean time, as our cases require?
Glossary
- Exile People
- (1. ) Of the kingdom of Israel. In the time of Pekah, Tiglath-pileser II. carried away captive into Assyria ( 2 Kings 15:29 ; comp. Isa. 10:5 , 6) a part of the inhabitants of Galilee and of Gilead (B. C. 741).