Hebrews 3:10-11 Why I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do always err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.… Methodius compares the inbred corruptions of man's heart to a wild fig tree growing upon the wall of some goodly temple or stately palace, whereof, although the main trunk of the stem be broken off and stump of the root be plucked up, yet the fibrous strings of it piercing into the joints of the stone work will not be utterly extracted, but will ever and anon be shooting and sprouting out until the whole frame of the building be dissolved and the stonework thereof be disjointed anal pulled in pieces. (T. Brooks.) Parallel Verses KJV: Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways. |
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