Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
The verse belongs to the recorded history of Israel. It explains that sitting in darkness and the shadow of death, bound in affliction and iron, comes because of rebellion against the words of God and contempt for the counsel of the Most High. As a result the heart is brought down with labor, so that the offenders fall down with no one to help.
The verse stands within the promise that God satisfies the longing soul and fills the hungry soul with goodness. When those in this bondage cry to the Lord in their trouble, He saves them out of their distresses, brings them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and breaks their bands in sunder, breaking the gates of brass and cutting the bars of iron in sunder. It calls men to praise the Lord for His goodness and loving-kindness and for His wonderful works to the children of men.
Studying this history helps reveal God's goodness, mercy, and love. The verse prompts parents to ask whether they are teaching their children the counsel of the Most High by opening God's Word and comparing their conduct with it.
The verse belongs to the recorded history of Israel. It explains that sitting in darkness and the shadow of death, bound in affliction and iron, comes because of rebellion against the words of God and contempt for the counsel of the Most High. As a result the heart is brought down with labor, so that the offenders fall down with no one to help.
The verse stands within the promise that God satisfies the longing soul and fills the hungry soul with goodness. When those in this bondage cry to the Lord in their trouble, He saves them out of their distresses, brings them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and breaks their bands in sunder, breaking the gates of brass and cutting the bars of iron in sunder. It calls men to praise the Lord for His goodness and loving-kindness and for His wonderful works to the children of men.
Studying this history helps reveal God's goodness, mercy, and love. The verse prompts parents to ask whether they are teaching their children the counsel of the Most High by opening God's Word and comparing their conduct with it.