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Isaiah 50:9

whois hethat shall condemn me?] Comp. Romans 8:33 f.

wax old(better, be worn out) as a garment; the moth &c. Common images of gradual but inevitable destruction (cf. ch. Isaiah 51:6; Isaiah 51:8; Psalms 39:11; Psalms 102:26; Job 13:28 &c.).

Two striking parallels to the latter part of this discourse occur in the Book of Jeremiah. See ch. Jeremiah 17:17 f.; "Thou art my refuge in the day of evil. Let them be ashamed that persecute me, but let not me be ashamed … bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction": and Jeremiah 20:7; Jeremiah 20:11 ff.: "I am become a laughingstock all the day, every one mocketh me.…" "But the Lord is with me as a mighty one and a terrible; therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail; they shall be greatly ashamed" &c. Cf. also Jeremiah 22:6-21.

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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