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John Gill's Exposition on Isaiah 41:11
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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Behold, all they that were incensed against thee, &c.] For rejecting their idols, and idol worship; for receiving the Gospel, and professing it: shall be ashamed and confounded; their idols not being able to help them, nor they to defend the worship of them: the same is said with respect to Christ, (<234524>Isaiah 45:24): they shall be as nothing, and they that strive with thee shall perish; or, “the men of thy strife”f790; all shall come to nothing, and utterly perish, as to their persons, substance, power, and dignity; as did the Roman emperors, the persecutors of God’s people. Ver. 12 Thou shall seek them, and shalt not find them, &c.] They not existing, or being fled into holes and corners, to rocks and mountains, to hide themselves from the wrath of the Lamb, (<660615>Revelation 6:15-17): even them that contended with thee; or, “the men of thy contention”f791; who contended with them, not by words and arguments, but by severe persecutions, striving thereby to hinder the progress of the Gospel, and to root Christianity out of the world: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought: or, “the men of thy war”f792; that proclaimed and carried on war against the Christians, in order to destroy them utterly; yet they, and all their efforts, came to nothing, the Gospel prevailed, and Paganism was utterly abolished; which came to pass in Constantine’s time, at the opening of the sixth seal, (<660612>Revelation 6:12-14) which is a proper comment on this text.
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