Therefore i.e. Not, as thou thinkest, because of thy might, but because I sent thee; for this reason it is that the people against whom thou camest were dismayed.

of small power Literally, as in the margin -short of hand". Cf. the question of Moses (Numbers 11:23) -Is the Lord's hand waxen short?" See also Isaiah 50:2; Isaiah 59:1.

They wereas the grass of the field All these figures of frailty are found in other places of Scripture. See Psalms 27:2; Psalms 90:5; Psalms 102:4; Psalms 102:11; Isaiah 40:7. The grass upon the housetops, Psalms 129:6.

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