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Isaiah 65:12

The Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 65:12

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Therefore will I number you; or, apportion you (maaithi)—a play upon the name of M'ni. The sword … slaughter. Not, perhaps, intended literally. Wicked men are God's sword (), and deliverance into their hand would be deliverance to the sword and slaughter.

The exiles suffered grievously at the hands of their Babylonian masters (; , etc.). The character of their sufferings is given in the ensuing verses (, ).

When I called, ye did not answer (see , ; ; ).

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