Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Doth he also deal with us, so as to suffer our sins to come to their height, and then take vengeance on us. 2 Maccabees 6:13For it is a token of great goodness, when sinners are not suffered to go on in their ways for a long time, but are presently punished. 2 Maccabees 6:14 For, not as with other nations, (whom the Lord patiently expecteth, that when the day of judgment shall come, he may punish them in the fulness of their sins:) 2 Maccabees 6:16 And therefore he never withdraweth his mercy from us: but though he chastise his people with adversity he forsaketh them not. 2 Maccabees 6:17 But let this suffice in a few words for a warning to the readers. And now we must come to the narration. Context 2 Maccabees 6…14For, not as with other nations, (whom the Lord patiently expecteth, that when the day of judgment shall come, he may punish them in the fulness of their sins:) 15Doth he also deal with us, so as to suffer our sins to come to their height, and then take vengeance on us. 16And therefore he never withdraweth his mercy from us: but though he chastise his people with adversity he forsaketh them not.… Cross References 2 Maccabees 6:13 For it is a token of great goodness, when sinners are not suffered to go on in their ways for a long time, but are presently punished. 2 Maccabees 6:14 For, not as with other nations, (whom the Lord patiently expecteth, that when the day of judgment shall come, he may punish them in the fulness of their sins:) 2 Maccabees 6:16 And therefore he never withdraweth his mercy from us: but though he chastise his people with adversity he forsaketh them not. 2 Maccabees 6:17 But let this suffice in a few words for a warning to the readers. And now we must come to the narration. |