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When the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the LORD’s word came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves. I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance, and my wrath won’t be poured out on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
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Verse 7. A little help. I will not suffer them to be quite destroyed. Hebrew also signifies, “shortly.” Calmet.—Fall, (stillabit) like drops of water, even to the last. Bible.—How soon is God appeased! Tirinus.—Even when he punishes, he does not let the whole flood of his indignation fall upon the guilty. Menochius.
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