Isaiah 42:9
earlier <07223> [the former.]
new <02319> [new things.]
Isaiah 65:17
create <01254> [I create.]
former <07223> [the former.]
anymore <03820> [into mind. Heb. upon the heart.]
Deuteronomy 32:7
Remember <02142> [Remember.]
past generations <01755> [many generations. Heb. generation and generation.]
Ask <07592> [ask.]
Nehemiah 9:7-37
chose <0977> [choose.]
Ur <0218> [Ur.]
changed <07760> [gavest.]
perceived <04672> [foundest.]
established <03772> [madest.]
Canaanites <03669> [the Canaanites.]
fulfilled <06965> [hast performed.]
righteous <06662> [righteous.]
saw <07200> [didst see.]
heard <08085> [heardest.]
performed <05414> [shewedst.]
acted presumptuously <02102> [they.]
made <06213> [didst.]
split <01234> [divide.]
pursuers <07291> [their persecutors.]
stone <068> [as a stone.]
guided <05148> [thou leddest.]
path <01870> [in the way.]
down <03381> [camest.]
spoke <01696> [spakest.]
provided them <05414> [gavest.]
true laws <08451 0571> [true laws. Heb. laws of truth.]
known <03045> [madest.]
issued ....... them <06680> [commandedst.]
Moses <04872> [Moses.]
provided ............. you ............................... give <05414> [gavest.]
forth <03318> [broughtest.]
enter <0935> [go.]
<03027> [sworn. Heb. lift up thine hand.]
presumptuously <02102> [dealt.]
<07185> [hardened.]
obey <08085> [hearkened.]
There were two things to which the Israelites did not duly give heed, else they had not done as they did. The word of God they heard, but they gave no heed to God's commandments: and the works of God they saw, but were not mindful of his wonders. Had they really considered them as miracles, they would have obeyed from a principle of faith and holy fear: had they duly considered them as mercies, they would have obeyed from a principle of gratitude and holy love.
refused <03985> [refused.]
recall <02142> [mindful.]
rebelled <04805> [in their rebellion.]
Instead of {bemiryam,} "in their rebellion," seven MSS., one edition, and the LXX., have {bemitzrayim,} "in Egypt:" "appointed a captain to return to their bondage in Egypt."
appointed <05414> [appointed.]
God <0433> [a God.]
forgiveness <05547> [ready to pardon. Heb. of pardons. gracious.]
abandon <05800> [forsookest.]
great <07227> [in thy.]
pillar ................. pillar <05982> [the pillar.]
imparted .................. provided <05414> [gavest.]
good <02896> [good.]
withhold <04513> [withheldest.]
imparted .................. provided <05414> [gavest.]
forty <0705> [forty.]
clothes ........ feet <08008 07272> [their.]
gave <05414> [thou.]
allocated <02505> [divide.]
Sihon <05511> [Sihon.]
multiplied <07235> [multipliedst.]
brought ............ enter <0935> [broughtest.]
told <0559> [which thou.]
descendants <01121> [So the.]
subdued <03665> [thou subduedst.]
pleased <07522> [as they would. Heb. according to their will.]
fortified <01219> [strong.]
fertile land <0127 08082> [a fat land.]
wells <0953> [wells. or, cisterns. fruit trees. Heb. trees of food. did eat.]
fat <08080> [and became fat.]
They became effeminate, fell under the power of luxury, got totally corrupted in their manners, sinned against all the mercies of God, and then were destroyed by His judgments.
enjoyed <05727> [delighted.]
disobedient <04784> [they were.]
disregarded ... law <08451 07993> [cast thy law.]
killed <02026> [slew.]
committed <06213> [wrought.]
delivered ................................. provided <05414> [thou deliveredst.]
time <06256> [in the time.]
deliverers ... rescue <03467> [saviours.]
back ... doing evil ................... again <07451 07725 06213> [did evil again. Heb. returned to do evil.]
heard <08085> [heardest.]
time <06256 07227> [many times.]
solemnly admonished <05749> [testifiedst.]
behaved presumptuously <02102> [yet they.]
individual <0120> [which.]
boldly turned from <03802 05414> [withdrew the shoulder. Heb. gave a withdrawing shoulder.]
rebelled <07185> [and hardened.]
many years <08141 07227> [many years.]
prolonged ............ admonished <04900 05749> [forbear them. Heb. protract over them. testifiedst.]
Spirit <07307> [by thy spirit.]
prophets <05030> [thy prophets. Heb. the hand of thy prophets. therefore.]
abundant <07227> [for thy great.]
merciful <02587> [gracious.]
God <0430> [our God.]
keeps <08104> [keepest.]
hardship <08513> [trouble. Heb. weariness. little before thee.]
befallen .... kings ................... kings <04672 04428> [come upon us. Heb. found us. on our kings.]
days .......... day <03117> [since the time.]
righteous <06662> [Howbeit.]
wrong <07561> [but we.]
attention <07181> [nor hearkened.]
testimonies <05715> [thy testimonies.]
admonished <05749> [thou didst.]
serve <05647> [For they.]
kingdom <04438> [in their kingdom.]
Instead of {bemalkuthom,} "in their kingdom," {bemalkuthecha,} "in thy kingdom," is the reading of two of Dr. Kennicott's MSS., LXX., Syriac, and Arabic.
incredible <07227> [thy great.]
fertile land <0776 08082> [fat land.]
abundant <07235> [it yieldeth.]
rule <04910> [dominion.]
Psalms 78:1-72
well-written song <04905> [A.M. 3074. B.C. 930. (Title.) Maschil. or, A Psalm for]
Asaph, to give instruction.
This Psalm was probably written, as Calmet and others suppose, by Asaph in the days of Asa, who had gained, by the aid of the Syrians, a great victory over the Israelites, and brought back to the pure worship of God many out of the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon. .# 2Ch 15:1-16:14
[See on Ps.]
sing ......... make <06605 05042> [I will.]
insightful observations <02420> [dark sayings.]
hide <03582> [We will.]
tell <05608> [shewing.]
praiseworthy acts <08416> [praises.]
established <06965> [For he.]
rule <05715> [testimony.]
The word testimony is used for the ark, and for the law, written on tables of stone, put within the ark, and covered with the mercy seat. This testified the Lord's gracious presence with his people, and seemed to point out to them both the way of access and acceptance, and the standard or rule of their duty.
known <03045> [that they.]
generation <01755> [That.]
grow up <06965> [who.]
Then .... place <07760> [set.]
forget <07911> [not forget.]
<05341> [keep.]
ancestors <01> [as their.]
committed <03559 03820> [set not. Heb. prepared not.]
<07307> [whose.]
Ephraimites <01121> [The children.]
Some think this refers to a defeat of the Ephraimites mentioned in 1 Ch 7:20-22; but it probably refers to the conduct and defeat of the ten tribes of which Ephraim was the head. Nothing is recorded in the history of Israel concerning the cowardice of the Ephraimites, as distinct from that of the other tribes: some therefore think, "that the children of Ephraim" is put by a figure of speech for the nation in general.
armed <07411> [carrying. Heb. throwing forth. turned.]
amazing <06382> [Marvellous.]
Zoan <06814> [Zoan.]
Zoan, the ancient capital of the Pharaohs, where Moses wrought so many miracles, is rendered by the Chaldee, {Tanium,} LXX. [Tanis,] Vulgate, {Tanis,} and Coptic, {Tan‚,} from the Coptic, {ten,} plain, flat, level; being situated in the low ground of the Delta, on one of the eastern branches of the Nile, bearing its own name, near a large lake, now called the lake of Menzala, 44 miles west of Pelusium, and 169 miles east of Alexandria, according to the Antonine Itinerary, and three miles from the Mediterranean, according to the Geograph. Nubiens. Clim. 3, par. 3. There are ruins still remaining to mark the site of Zoan, or Tanis, called San by the Arabs; comprising broken obelisks, capitals of the Corinthian order, a granite monument, etc.
divided <01234> [He divided.]
water <04325> [made.]
asking ... food <07592 0400> [by asking meat.]
insulted <01696> [Yea.]
God ... able <03201 0410> [Can God.]
give <06186> [furnish. Heb. order.]
struck <05221> [he smote.]
can .... give <03201 05414> [can he give.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
fire <0784> [a fire.]
command <06680> [Though.]
opened <06605> [opened.]
rained <04305> [had rained.]
grain ... heaven <08064 01715> [the corn of heaven.]
The manna fell about their camp in the form of seeds; and as it appeared to come down from the clouds, it was not improperly termed {degan shamayim,} the corn of heaven or heavenly grain. See notes on Ex 16:22, 31.
Man <0376> [Man, etc.]
Or, Every one did eat the bread of the mighty. {Lechem abbeerim,} "bread of the mighty:"--they ate such food as could only be expected at the tables of the rich and great;--the best, the most delicate food. Or, it might be so called because it rendered the people healthy and vigorous, and fit for their marches.
sent <07971> [he sent.]
east wind <06921> [He caused.]
brought <05265> [blow. Heb. go.]
rained down <04305> [He rained.]
birds <05775 03671> [feathered fowls. Heb. fowl of wing.]
gave <0935> [for he gave.]
food <0400> [But.]
knees <03766> [smote down. Heb. made to bow. chosen men. or, young men.]
sin <02398> [they sinned.]
trust <0539> [believed.]
unsatisfied <03117> [days.]
terror <08141> [years.]
remembered <02142> [remembered.]
God .... protector ...... God <0410 0430 06697> [God was.]
sovereign <05945> [the high.]
{Ail ‚lyon go„lom,} "the strong God, the Most High, their redeemer," or kinsman: that one who possessed the right of redemption; the nearest akin to him who had forfeited his inheritance, as the word originally means; and hence is used for a redeemer; and here denotes Him who redeemed them from Egyptian bondage.
deliverer <01350> [their redeemer.]
deceived <06601> [Nevertheless.]
lied <03576> [lied.]
<03820> [their heart.]
unfaithful <0539> [stedfast.]
compassionate <07349> [But he.]
often <07235> [many.]
stir <05782> [did not.]
remembered <02142> [For he.]
wind <07307> [a wind.]
Or, as the Hebrew {roo„ch holaich welo yashoov} may be rendered, "the spirit goeth away and returneth not again." To this purpose the Arabic, "He remembered that they were flesh; and a spirit which when it departs, returneth not again." The human being is composed of flesh and spirit, or body and soul: these are easily separated, and when separated, the body turns to dust, and the spirit returns no more to animate the body in a state of probation.
How .... rebelled <04100 04784> [How oft.]
rebelled ...... wilderness <04784 04057> [provoke him. or, rebel against him. grieve.]
again <07725> [Yea.]
offended <08428> [limited.]
remember <02142> [remembered.]
<03117> [the day.]
enemy <06862> [the enemy. or, affliction.]
performed <07760> [How.]
performed <07760> [wrought. Heb. set. wonders.]
The miracles mentioned in this and the four subsequent verses, evidently shew the power of God over the elements of nature, which at that time were the objects of Egyptian worship.
sent <07971> [sent.]
frogs <06854> [frogs.]
gave ... crops <05414 02981> [gave also.]
[the caterpillar.]
{Chosal,} from {chasal,} to consume, eat up, is rendered [\~broucov\~, brouchos] by the LXX., in 2 Ch 6:28, and Aquila here, and also the Vulgate in Chron. and Isa 33:4 and Jerome here, {bruchus,} the chaffer, which every one knows to be a great devourer of the leaves of trees. The Syriac in Joel 1:4; 2:25, renders it {tzartzooro,} which Michaelis, from the Arabic {tzartzar,} a cricket, interprets the mole-cricket, which in its grub state is also very destructive to corn, grass, and other vegetables, by cankering the roots on which it feeds.
destroyed <02026> [destroyed. or, killed. with hail.]
[sycamore.]
From the value of the sycamore in furnishing wood for various uses, from the grateful shade which its wide spreading branches afforded, and on account of the fruit, which Mr. Maillet says the Egyptians hold in the highest estimation, we may conceive somewhat of the loss they sustained when "their vines were destroyed with hail; and their sycamore trees with frost." See Note on 1 Ch 27:28.
driving rain <02602> [frost. or, great hailstones.]
rained ... down <05462> [gave up. Heb. shut up. hot thunderbolts. or, lightnings.]
sent <07971> [cast.]
lashed out <04917> [by sending.]
sent <06424> [made away. Heb. weighed a path. he spared.]
lives over ... destruction <05462 01698 02416> [life over to the pestilence. or, beasts to the murrain.]
struck <05221> [smote.]
firstfruits <07225> [the chief.]
tents <0168> [tabernacles.]
people <05971> [But.]
flock <05739> [like a.]
<06342> [so that.]
sea <03220> [but.]
covered <03680> [overwhelmed. Heb. covered.]
brought <0935> [And he.]
right hand <03225> [his right.]
[cost.]
assigned <05307> [divided.]
tribes <07626> [and made.]
unfaithful <05472> [But.]
unreliable <02015> [they were.]
pagan shrines <01116> [their high.]
jealous <07065> [moved.]
pagan shrines ........ idols <01116 06456> [with.]
God <0430> [God.]
completely <03966> [greatly.]
strong <05797> [his strength.]
That is, the ark, where his power and glory were displayed.
splendor <08597> [glory.]
delivered <05462> [gave.]
[wrought.]
Fire <0784> [fire.]
virgins <01330> [maidens.]
unmarried <01984> [given to marriage. Heb. praised.]
priests <03548> [priests.]
widows <0490> [widows.]
Lord <0136> [Then.]
warrior <01368> [and like.]
drove <05221> [And he.]
target <05414> [he put.]
chose <0977> [chose.]
Mount <02022> [mount.]
enduring <01129> [And he.]
<07311> [high.]
earth <0776> [earth.]
established <03245> [established. Heb. founded.]
chose <0977> [chose.]
took <03947> [and took.]
following <0310> [From following. Heb. From after. ewes.]
took <0935> [brought.]
shepherd <07462> [feed.]
motives <08537> [according.]
led <05148> [guided.]
Psalms 105:1--106:48
[A.M. 2962. B.C. 1042. (Title.)]
It appears from 1Ch ch. 16, where the former part of this Psalm, as far as the 16th verse, is found with little variation, that David composed it at the removal of the ark to Mount Zion, and he himself probably enlarged it afterwards with the glorious detail of God's merciful dealings with Abraham and his posterity till their settlement in the land of Promise. The Hallelujah, which terminates the preceding Psalm, is made the title of this by the Septuagint, Vulgate, Arabic, and Ethiopic; and the Syriac considers it a paraphrase on the words, "Fear not, Jacob, to go down into Egypt;" "and teaches us spiritually not to fear when we are obliged to contend with devils; for God is our shield, and will fight for us."
Give thanks <03034> [Give.]
Call <07121> [call.]
known <03045> [make known.]
Sing <07891 02167> [Sing unto.]
music ........ miraculous <07878 06381> [talk ye.]
Boast <01984> [Glory.]
hearts <03820> [let the heart.]
Seek ......... Seek <01875 01245> [Seek.]
strength <05797> [his strength.]
Seek ......... Seek ... presence <01875 01245 06440> [seek his face.]
Recall <02142> [Remember.]
[the judgements.]
children <02233> [ye seed.]
chosen ones <0972> [his chosen.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
judgment <04941> [judgments.]
remembers <02142> [He hath remembered.]
thousand <0505> [a thousand.]
lasting <05769> [an everlasting.]
give <05414> [Unto thee.]
portion <02256> [lot. Heb. cord.]
few <04962> [a few.]
resident aliens <01481> [and strangers.]
touch <05060> [Touch.]
chosen ones <04899> [mine.]
prophets <05030> [and do.]
called <07121> [Moreover.]
cut off <07665> [brake.]
sent <07971> [He sent.]
Joseph <03130> [Joseph.]
feet <07272> [Whose.]
placed .... iron collar <05315 0935 01270> [he was laid in iron. Heb. his soul came into iron.]
prediction <01697> [his word.]
put <07760> [made.]
property <07075> [substance. Heb. possession.]
advisers <02205> [teach.]
Israel <03478> [Israel.]
Jacob <03290> [Jacob.]
land <0776> [the land.]
fruitful <06509> [And he.]
numerous <06105> [made.]
caused <02015> [He turned.]
hate <08130> [to hate.]
sent <07971> [sent.]
Aaron <0175> [Aaron.]
They executed <07760> [They.]
signs <0226> [his signs. Heb. words of his signs. wonders.]
made <07971> [sent.]
disobey <04784> [rebelled.]
overrun <08317> [brought.]
come <0935> [there.]
gnats <03654> [and lice.]
hail ..... rain <01259 01653> [them hail for rain. Heb. their rain hail.]
locusts <0697> [the locusts.]
struck <05221> [He smote.]
firstfruits <07225> [chief.]
out <03318> [brought.]
stumbled <03782> [and there.]
Considering the immense number of men, women, children, and cattle, it must certainly have appeared extraordinary, that there was none among them weak or feeble, none unable to perform the journey. The order was that "not a hoof should be left behind;" and He who commanded gave strength to obey.
happy <08055> [glad.]
afraid <06343> [for.]
spread <06566> [spread.]
asked <07592> [asked.]
satisfied <07646> [satisfied.]
food <03899> [bread.]
opened <06605> [opened.]
remembered <02142> [For he.]
Abraham <085> [Abraham.]
led .... out <03318> [And he.]
joy <08342> [with joy.]
shouted <07440> [gladness. Heb. singing.]
handed <05414> [gave.]
took possession <03423> [inherited.]
produced <05999> [the labour.]
That is, "the produce of their labour;" the cities and houses they had built, the vineyards they had planted, etc.
keep <08104> [That.]
Praise ... Lord <01984 03050> [Praise ye the Lord. Heb. Hallelujah.]
[(Title.)]
As part of the preceding Psalm is found in 1 Ch ch. 16, so the first and two last verses of this are found in the same place; and it is highly probable this was composed upon the same occasion as the former, to which it seems to be a continuation; for as that celebrates the mercies of God to Israel, so this confesses and deplores the rebellions of Israel against Jehovah.
Praise <01984 03050> [Praise ye the Lord. Heb. Hallelujah.]
Give thanks <03034> [O give.]
good <02896> [for he.]
adequately <04448> [utter.]
praiseworthy <08416> [all his praise.]
blessed <0835> [Blessed.]
who promote <08104> [keep.]
do <06213> [doeth.]
time <06256> [at all times.]
Remember <02142> [Remember.]
attention <06485> [visit.]
see <07200> [may see.]
rejoice <08055> [rejoice.]
boast <01984> [glory.]
ancestors <01> [Our.]
remember <02142> [they.]
many <07230> [multitude.]
rebelled <04784> [but.]
delivered <03467> [he saved.]
power <01369> [that he.]
shouted <01605> [He rebuked.]
In the descriptions of the Psalmist, everything has life. The sea is an animated being, behaves itself proudly, is rebuked, and retires in confusion.
<03212> [so he.]
delivered <03467> [And he.]
rescued <01350> [redeemed.]
quickly forgot <04116 07911> [They soon forgat. Heb. They made haste, they forgat.]
Three days afterwards, at the waters of Marah.
wait <02442> [waited.]
craving <0183> [But.]
insatiable craving <08378 0183> [lusted exceedingly. Heb. lusted a lust. tempted.]
granted <05414> [he gave.]
struck <07971> [but sent.]
They despised the manna, calling it light or innutritive food. God gave them flesh as they desired, but no blessing accompanied it; and, in consequence, they did not fatten, but grew lean upon it; and many, surfeited by excess, died of disease. Instead of {razon,} "leanness," however, Bp. Lowth supposes we should read {zeraâ€n,} "nausea or loathing," which appears to be supported by several ancient versions, and by Nu 11:20, where this portion of the history of the Israelites is recorded, and where the word {zara} is used, and rendered, "it be loathsome."
resented <07065> [envied.]
holy priest <06918> [the saint.]
traded <04171> [Thus.]
majestic <03519> [their glory.]
That is, their God, who ought to have been the peculiar object of their glory.
image <08403> [into.]
rejected <07911> [forgat.]
God <0410> [God.]
performed <06213> [which.]
amazing <06381> [Wondrous.]
The plagues he inflicted on the Egyptians. Egypt is called the land of Ham, or rather, Cham, because it was peopled by Mizraim the son of Ham, and grandson of Noah. Plutarch informs us, that the Egyptians called their country [Chemia,] Chemia; and the Copts give it the name of Chemi, [Chemi,] to the present day.
acts <03372> [terrible.]
threatened <0559> [he said.]
chosen one <0972> [his chosen.]
interceded <05975> [stood.]
rejected <03988> [they despised.]
fruitful land <02532 0776> [the pleasant land. Heb. a land of desire.]
believe <0539> [they believed.]
grumbled <07279> [murmured.]
obey <08085> [hearkened.]
<05375> [Therefore.]
<05375> [lifted.]
die <05307> [overthrow. Heb. make them fall. to scatter.]
worshiped <06775> [joined.]
dead <04191> [of the dead.]
The word {maithim} signifies dead men; for the idols of the heathen were generally men,--warriors, kings, or lawgivers,-- who had been deified after their death; though many of them had been execrated during their life.
actions <04611> [with their.]
plague <04046> [the plague.]
angry <07107> [angered.]
suffered <03415> [so that.]
aroused <04784> [Because.]
spoke <0981> [he spake.]
destroy <08045> [did not.]
<03068> [concerning.]
mixed <06148> [But.]
learned <03925> [learned.]
worshiped <05647> [And.]
snare <04170> [which.]
sacrificed <02076> [they sacrificed.]
However unnatural and horrid human sacrifices may appear, it is certain, that they did not only exist, but almost universally prevailed in the heathen world, especially among the Canaanites and Phoenicians.
demons <07700> [devils.]
shed <08210> [shed.]
land <0776> [the land.]
defiled <02930> [defiled.]
unfaithful <02181> [went.]
deeds ...... actions <04639 04611> [their own.]
angry <0639> [the wrath.]
despised <08581> [insomuch.]
people who belong to him <05159> [his own.]
handed <05414> [he gave.]
hated <08130> [and they.]
Many <07227> [Many.]
attitude <06098> [with their.]
degraded <04355> [brought low. or, impoverished, or weakened.]
remembered <02142> [And he.]
relented <05162> [repented.]
great <07230> [to the.]
Deliver .... Lord <03467 03068> [Save us.]
Gather <06908> [gather.]
give thanks <03034> [to give.]
deserves <01288> [Blessed.]
Praise ... Lord <01984 03050> [Praise ye the Lord. Heb. Hallelujah.]
Psalms 111:4
does <06213> [He hath.]
merciful <02587> [gracious.]
compassionate <07349> [full.]
Jeremiah 23:7-8
Daniel 9:6-15
attention <08085> [have we.]
kings <04428> [our kings.]
righteous <06666> [righteousness.]
humiliated <01322> [belongeth unto thee. or, thou hast, etc. unto us.]
near <07138> [near.]
scattered <05080> [whither.]
humiliated <01322> [to us.]
sinned <02398> [because.]
Lord <0136> [To the Lord.]
From God's goodness flow His mercies; and from His mercies, forgiveness.
rebelled <04775> [though.]
set <05414> [which.]
Israel <03478> [all.]
judgment <0423> [the curse.]
threats <06965> [confirmed.]
rulers .............. happened <08199> [our judges.]
heaven <08064> [for under.]
The destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans, and the condition of the Jews during almost eighteen centuries, have far more exceeded all the miseries of the capture of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans, and in the Babylonish captivity, than those miseries exceeded the judgments inflicted on other nations; for the guilt of crucifying the Messiah, and rejecting his gospel, was immensely more atrocious than all their other transgressions.
written <03789> [As it is.]
Thus every succeeding part of the Sacred writings attests and prove the Divine authority of the preceding. The history relates the fulfilment of former predictions; and then new prophecies are add, which future events accomplish, and thus demonstrate their inspiration to the latest ages.
pacify <06440 02470> [made we not our prayer before. Heb. intreated we not the face of.]
back <07725> [that we.]
mindful <08245> [watched.]
LORD ............... LORD <03068> [the Lord.]
LORD ............... LORD ............... obeyed <03068 08085> [for.]
brought <03318> [that hast.]
made <06213> [and hast.]
made ... name <08034 06213> [gotten thee renown. Heb. made thee a name. we have sinned.]
