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John Gill's Exposition on Psalms 76:12
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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He shall cut off the spirit of princes, etc.] The pride of their spirits, as the Targum, humble their proud spirits, and bring them down; or dispirit them, take away their courage from them, upon which they flee apace to rocks and mountains to cover them; or confound them, blast their schemes, and carry their counsel headlong, and even take away their breath, or life; which he can as easily do as a man can cut off a bunch of grapes from the vine, as the word f1084 here used signifies; the destruction of the wicked is expressed by cutting down the vine of the earth, and casting it into the winepress of God’s wrath, (<661417>Revelation 14:17-19), he is terrible to the kings of the earth; as he was to the king of Assyria, when he sent his angel, and destroyed his army; and as he has been to others in all ages; so he will be to the kings of the earth that have committed fornication with the whore of Rome, who will be in the utmost panic at the time of her destruction, (<661809>Revelation 18:9,10), and who will themselves be overcome by the Lamb, (<661614>Revelation 16:14,16 17:12,14 19:19-21). The Targum is, he is to be feared above all the kings of the earth.
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