Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.
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Gill's Exposition
Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me,.... Not by the Lord, by his command or order to do his will, and execute his pleasure, which sometimes was the case, as in Sennacherib,…
Barnes' Notes
Behold, they shall surely gather together - The idea in this verse is, that the enemies of the people of God would indeed form alliances and compacts against them, but it would not be under the divine…
Adam Clarke
Shall fall for thy sake "Shall come over to thy side" - For יפול yippol, twenty-eight MSS. (eight ancient) have יפל yipal, in its more common form. For the meaning of the word in this place, see Jer…
Very precious promises are here made to the church in her low condition, that God would not only continue his love to his people under their troubles as before, but that he would restore them to their…
Cambridge Bible
The verse is somewhat difficult. The rendering "gather together" can hardly be defended, and moreover it does not suit the construction ("against," in the second line, is really "with"). The verb is…
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