(28) But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me? (29) Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.
These words form no unsuitable conclusion to Job's discourse. It is as if he had said; And will you now anymore prosecute me, while I am thus looking to my kinsman Redeemer? Will you endeavor to strip off my leaves, and my fruit of this glorious hope, when the root of the matter, even JESUS himself, is found in me? Oh! vain attempt! besides there is a judgment to be dreaded by you for such conduct. And this reasoning of Job was also founded on that gospel doctrine; Whoso toucheth you, toucheth the apple of his eye. Zechariah 2:8.