_A.M. 2553. B.C. 1451._ An exhortation to obedience in consideration of past and promised mercies, Deuteronomy 8:1. A caution not to forget God in prosperity, Deuteronomy 8:10. A threatening in case of apostacy, Deuteronomy 8:19; Deuteronomy 8:20.... [ Continue Reading ]
_That ye may live_ Comfortably and prosperously, for _life_, in the Scripture phrase, signifies more than bare life, namely, happiness and prosperity, Genesis 17:18; 1 Samuel 25:6; Leviticus 25:36; 1 Thessalonians 3:8. On the other hand, afflictions and calamities are called death, Exodus 10:17, and... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thou shalt remember_ Call to mind and meditate upon the wisdom and goodness of God toward thee, and the power exerted on thy behalf. _All the way which the Lord led thee_ All the events which befell thee in the way, the miraculous protections, deliverances, provisions, instructions, which God gave... [ Continue Reading ]
_By every word of the Lord doth man live_ By every, or any thing which God appoints and blesses for this end, how unlikely soever it may seem to be for the support and nourishment of the human frame. For it is not the creature, without God, that is sufficient for the support of life; it is only his... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee_ The common interpretation of these words is, that, by a constant miracle, their clothes did not so much as decay, _nor their foot swell_, or, as some render it, _grow callous_, by so long travelling in hot and stony places. But Le Clerc thinks “it is hardly to b... [ Continue Reading ]
_As a man chasteneth his son_ That is, unwillingly, being constrained by necessity; moderately, in judgment remembering mercy; and for his reformation, not his destruction.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Depths_ Deep wells, or springs, or lakes, which were numerous and large. _Whose stones are iron_ Where iron mines are as plentiful as quarries of stone are in other places. _Thou mayest dig brass_ That is, copper, of which brass is made.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Bless the Lord_ Solemnly praise him for thy food; which is a debt both of gratitude and justice, because it is from his providence and favour that thou receivest both thy food and refreshment, and strength by it. The more unworthy and absurd is that too common profaneness of them, who, professing t... [ Continue Reading ]
_Lifted up_ As if thou didst receive and enjoy these things, either by thy own wisdom, and valour, and industry, or by thy own merit.... [ Continue Reading ]
_That he might humble thee_ By keeping thee in constant dependance upon himself for every day's food, and convincing thee what an impotent, helpless creature thou art, having nothing whereon to subsist, and being supported wholly by the alms of divine goodness from day to day. The mercies of God, if... [ Continue Reading ]
_So shall ye perish_ Assure yourselves, if you apostatize from the worship and service of God, and relapse into idolatry, irreligion, or vice, your nation will be involved in the same ruin and destruction that you are now going to execute upon the Canaanites for the like national sins. These caution... [ Continue Reading ]