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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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smote
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Psa 18:34-40,47,48; Psa 20:7,8; Psa 149:6-9; 2Th 1:6 |
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the stroke
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Jer 18:21 |
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what they would
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Heb. according to their will. The Chaldee paraphrast says that none appeared against the Jews but Amalekites only, who were infatuated, and had their hearts hardened, as Pharaoh's against Israel, to take up arms to their own destruction. Some had such an inveterate, implacable malice against the Jews, that Haman's fall and Mordecai's advancement, instead of convincing, seemed only to exasperate them the more. How have the most dreadful scourges ravaged a country, and yet the inhabitants are unmindful of the Almighty Disposer of events, and that the cause of his righteous displeasure is their continual provocation! Forty years long was he grieved with one generation, who learned not his ways, although daily fed and clothed by a miracle. |
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Psa 18:34 |
He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. |
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Psa 18:35 |
Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great. |
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Psa 18:36 |
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip. |
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Psa 18:37 |
I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed. |
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Psa 18:38 |
I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet. |
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Psa 18:39 |
For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me. |
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Psa 18:40 |
Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me. |
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Psa 18:47 |
[It is] God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me. |
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Psa 18:48 |
He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man. |
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Psa 20:7 |
Some [trust] in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God. |
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Psa 20:8 |
They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright. |
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Psa 149:6 |
[Let] the high [praises] of God [be] in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand; |
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Psa 149:7 |
To execute vengeance upon the heathen, [and] punishments upon the people; |
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Psa 149:8 |
To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; |
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Psa 149:9 |
To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD. |
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2Th 1:6 |
Seeing [it is] a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; |
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Jer 18:21 |
Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their [blood] by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and [be] widows; and let their men be put to death; [let] their young men [be] slain by the sword in battle. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Esther 9:5," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Est/9/5.html>.
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