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Psalm 83:14 KJV
Psalms · chapter 83 · verse 14
As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;Psalm 83:14 · King James Version
Psalm 83:14 in context
12Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.
13O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
14As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;
15So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.
16Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- mountainshara mountain or range of hillsH2022 →
- burnethbâʻarto kindleH1197 →
- settethlâhaṭproperly, to lickH3857 →
- flamelehâbâh{a flashH3852 →
- fireʼêshfireH784 →
- woodyaʻara copse of bushesH3293 →
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The psalmist here, in the name of the church, prays for the destruction of those confederate forces, and, in God's name, foretels it; for this prayer that it might be so amounts to a prophecy that it shall be so, and this prophecy reaches to all the enemies of the gospel-church;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-18