4. is--rather, "was." This assigns the reason why He has thus destroyed
the foe
(Zep 3:8).
my redeemed--My people to be redeemed.
day . . . year--here, as in
Isa 34:8; 61:2,
the time of "vengeance" is described as a "day"; that of grace and of
"recompense" to the "redeemed," as a "year."
JFB.
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