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John Gill's Exposition on Job 36:13
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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath, etc.] Or “and the hypocrites” f1239; for these are the same with the disobedient in (<183612>Job 36:12); who seem to be righteous, but are not; pretend to what they have not; have a double heart, (<191202>Psalm 12:2), or say one thing with their mouth, and mean another thing in their hearts; or with their mouths draw nigh to God, but their hearts are far from him, (<401508>Matthew 15:8); and so hypocrites, at least outwardly righteous before men, but inwardly full of wickedness, as the Pharisees were, whom our Lord often calls hypocrites, (<401507>Matthew 15:7 16:3 22:18): these “put” or add wrath, as Aben Ezra interprets it; they increase the wrath of God; or, as we express it, heap up wrath; or, to use the apostle’s phrase, treasure up wrath against the day of wrath: though some understand it of the wrath of the hypocrites against God for afflicting them; so Jarchi. When afflictions come upon them, they reproach and blaspheme; they are angry with God and are wrathful, and quarrel at his dealings with them: “they put the nose” f1240; so it may be literally rendered; they erect that against God, and point it at him in a proud, haughty, wrathful, and contumacious manner; they cry not when he bindeth them; in fetters and cords of affliction, (<183608>Job 36:8); or when he corrects them, as Mr. Broughton rightly as to the sense renders it: they pray not, as Ben Gersom interprets it; whereas sanctified afflictions bring good men to the throne of grace, who have been too long absent from it: but these men cry not unto God for grace and mercy, help, assistance, and deliverance; they cry out against God, but not unto him.
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