Isaiah 16:3
“Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Take counsel, execute judgment,.... This refers either to what goes before, that they would take the counsel given, and…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Take counsel - Hebrew, ‘Bring counsel;’ or cause it to come (הבאו hâbı̂'ı̂û, or as it is in the keri הביאי). The…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Isaiah 16:1-5
God has made it to appear that he delights not in the ruin of sinners by telling them what they may do to prevent the…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921Isaiah 16:3-5
The address of Moab, through its ambassadors, to the court of Judah. Most of the older commentators took a different…
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