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: — God warns before He strikes.

I. THE COURSE OF CONDUCT CONDEMNED. "Thou didst not lay," &c. This insensibility to the threatened judgments of heaven is —

1. Very common.

2. Very sinful.

3. Very foolish.

4. Very dangerous.

II. THE FEARFUL JUDGMENT DENOUNCED — a type on a large scale of the overthrow of sinners.

1. The certainty of it (vers. 8. 9).

2. The suddenness of it. "In a moment" (ver. 9).

3. The retributory character of it.An exact proportionment of the punishment to the crime. No undue severity shown even to Babylon (ver. 6; James 2:13; Revelation 18:5, 6). Nor even to the chief of sinners. Always a just recompense of reward.

4. The utter hopelessness of those on whom it comes (vers. 12-15).

(S. Thodey.)

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KJV: And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it.

WEB: You said, I shall be mistress forever; so that you did not lay these things to your heart, neither did remember the latter end of it.