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John Gill's Exposition on Job 20:27
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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The heaven shall reveal his iniquity, etc.] Either God the Maker and Possessor of heaven, who dwells there, and is sometimes so called, (<270425>Daniel 4:25 <421518>Luke 15:18); who sees and knows all things, even those that are most secret, as well as more openly committed, and will make all manifest, sooner or later; or else the angels of heaven, the inhabitants of it, so the Targum; who in the last day will be employed in gathering out of Christ’s kingdom all that offend, and do iniquity, (<401341>Matthew 13:41,42); or the judgments of God descending from heaven, or appear there, and are owing to it; such as drowning the old world by opening the windows of heaven, (<010711>Genesis 7:11); the burning of Sodom and Gomorrah by fire and brimstone from thence, (<011924>Genesis 19:24); and the destruction of persons by thunder, (<102215>2 Samuel 22:15 <19E406>Psalm 144:6), and lightning, (<090210>1 Samuel 2:10 7:10 <232906>Isaiah 29:6), and the like; which judgments falling upon men, show them to be guilty of crimes deserving of the wrath of God, (see <450118>Romans 1:18); and the earth shall rise up against him; when that becomes barren for the sins of men, and nothing but things hurtful to man rise up out of it; when it discloses the blood of murdered persons, and will at last give up the wicked dead that are buried in it; the Targum is, “the inhabitants of the earth;” and may be interpreted of their enmity, opposition, and hostility.
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