| Geneva Study Bible As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall {i} submit themselves unto me. (i) Or lie: signifying a subjection constrained and not voluntary. Wesley's Notes 18:44 Hear - As soon as they understand my will and pleasure, they shall instantly comply with it. King James Translators' Notes As soon...: Heb. At the hearing of the ear submit...: or, yield feigned obedience strangers: Heb. sons of the stranger Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 44. submit, &c.-(compare Margin)-that is, show a forced subjection. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 18:32, and the following verses, are the gifts of God to the spiritual warrior, whereby he is prepared for the contest, after the example of his victorious Leader. Learn that we must seek release being made through Christ, shall be rejected. In David the type, we behold out of trouble through Christ. The prayer put up, without reconciliation Jesus our Redeemer, conflicting with enemies, compassed with sorrows and with floods of ungodly men, enduring not only the pains of death, but the wrath of God for us; yet calling upon the Father with strong cries and tears; rescued from the grave; proceeding to reconcile, or to put under his feet all other enemies, till death, the last enemy, shall be destroyed. We should love the Lord, our Strength, and our Salvation; we should call on him in every trouble, and praise him for every deliverance; we should aim to walk with him in all righteousness and true holiness, keeping from sin. If we belong to him, he conquers and reigns for us, and we shall conquer and reign through him, and partake of the mercy of our anointed King, which is promised to all his seed for evermore. Amen. | 
