Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Kings 17:18
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1 Kings17:18
18 And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee , O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance , and to stay my son?
Wherein have I injured or provoked thee? Or, Why didst thou come to Sojourn in my House, (as the following Words seem to Explain these) if this be the fruit of it? They are Words of a troubled Mind, favouring of some rashness and impatience.
Didst thou come for this end, that thou mightest severely observe my Sins, and by thy prayers bring down God's just Judgment upon me, for them, as thou hast for the like cause brought down this Famine upon the Nation?
Either, 1. To my remembrance; that I should by this dreadful Judgment be brought to the knowledge and remembrance of my Sins, which have procured it. Or rather, 2. To God's Remembrance: for God is oft said in Scripture, to remember sins, when he punisheth them; and to forget them, when he spares the Sinner. See 2 Sem. 16. 10. Have I instead of the Blessing which I expected from thy presence, met with a Curse?
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