Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
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Gill's Exposition
Then shall the Lord go forth,.... Out of his place in heaven, either in person, or by the display of his power; that is, the Lord Jesus Christ; whose name is called the Word of God, and is the King of…
Barnes' Notes
The Lord shall go forth and shall fight - Jerome: “Is to be taken like that in Habakkuk, ‘Thou wentest forth for the salvation of Thy people, for salvation with Thine Anointed” Hab 3:13, and in Micah,…
Adam Clarke
Then shall the Lord go forth, and fight against those nations - Against the Romans, by means of the northern nations; who shall destroy the whole empire of this once mistress of the world. But this is…
God's providences concerning his church are here represented as strangely changing and strangely mixed.
I. As strangely changing. Sometimes the tide runs high and strong against them, but presently it…
Cambridge Bible
in the day of battle Some, as Calvin, refer this generally to God's manifold interpositions on behalf of His people, throughout the course of their history; but it is better to confine it to the first…
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