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Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 25:4

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Isaiah25:4

4 For thou hast been a strength to [illegible: 1 word] poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat , when the blast of the terrible one is as a storm against the wall .

For thou hast defended thy poor and helpless People, against the fiercest Assaults of their Enemies.

Or, for (as this Particle commonly signifies; or rather, therefore, as it is frequently used, because thou art their Defender) the blast of the terrible, or strong, or violent one, was like a storm (of Hail, or Rain, or Wind) against a wall, which makes a great and terrible noise, but without any effect, for the Wall stands firm in spight of it. It is probable the Prophet in these Words had a special respect to that miraculous Deliverance of Ierusalem from the Rage and Attempt of Sennacherib; although the Words be general, and include other Deliverances of a like nature.

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