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For, lo: as this confirms what the 8th verse promiseth, so it requireth a very diligent and full attention of us.
I will command, or give a charge to all nations whither these exiled persons shall come, and they shall observe the charge, it shall as surely be done as it is spoken.
I will sift the house of Israel among all nations; though Assyrians and other nations be the means and instruments, yet God’s hand is principal; whilst they would toss and scatter Israel with violence, yet God will hold the sieve, and guide their hands, and set bounds to their violence.
Like as corn is sifted in a sieve, by a skilful and careful husbandman, who designs to separate the chaff from the corn; to preserve this, to tread the other under foot.
Yet shall not the least grain; though covered under much chaff, though tumbled and tossed with the greatest violence, and without any regard to it, yet the smallest and least regarded good grain shall not be lost or destroyed with that fire which consumeth the chaff.
Fall upon the earth, i.e. perish, or be lost; so the phrase 1Sa_26:20 2Sa_14:11 1Ki_1:52. Here is a promise of preservation as great and wonderful, and as hardly comprehended, as was the threatened punishment.