Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,
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Gill's Exposition
Behold, it is written before me,.... This account of their sins; it was in his sight and constant remembrance, and punishment for them was determined by him, written in the book of his decrees:
I…
Barnes' Notes
Behold, it is written before me - That is, the crimes of which they had been guilty, or the sentence which would be consequent thereon. The allusion is to the custom of having the decrees of kings…
Adam Clarke
Behold, it is written before me - Their sin is registered in heaven, calling aloud for the punishment due to it.
I will - recompense into their bosom - The bosom is the place where the Asiatics have…
The apostle Paul (an expositor we may depend upon) has given us the true sense of these verses, and told us what was the event they pointed at and were fulfilled in, namely, the calling in of the…
Sentence is now pronounced on the reprobates, who by their persistent idolatries have served themselves heirs to the guilt of their fathers.
it is written before me The sins mentioned above stand…
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