that he would overthrow their offspring among the nations, and scatter them in the lands.
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that he would overthrow their offspring among the nations, and scatter them in the lands.
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To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.
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And that He would cast out their seed among the nations, and scatter them in the lands.
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Passages linked to Psalms 106:27 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Leviticus 26:33 I will scatter you among the nations, and I will draw out the sword after you. Your land will be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste.
- Psalms 44:11 You have made us like sheep for food, and have scattered us among the nations.
- Deuteronomy 28:64-65 Yahweh will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other end of the earth. There you will serve other gods which you have not known, you nor your fathers, even wood and stone. Among these nations you will find no ease, and there will be no rest for the sole of your foot; but Yahweh will give you there a trembling heart, failing of eyes, and pining of soul.
- Ezekiel 20:23 Moreover I swore to them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries;
- Deuteronomy 4:26-27 I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that you will soon utterly perish from off the land which you go over the Jordan to possess it. You will not prolong your days on it, but will utterly be destroyed. Yahweh will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where Yahweh will lead you away.
- Deuteronomy 28:37 You will become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword among all the peoples where Yahweh will lead you away.
- Deuteronomy 32:26-27 I said that I would scatter them afar. I would make their memory to cease from among men; were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy, lest their adversaries should judge wrongly, lest they should say, ‘Our hand is exalted, Yahweh has not done all this.’ ”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Psa 106:27 To overthrow their seed also among the…
Psa 106:27 To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.
Ver. 27. To overthrow their seed also among the nations] This clause of God’s oath is not expressed in Numbers, but drawn there hence as a fearful consequence, both here by the psalmist, and also by the prophet Ezekiel, Eze 20:1-49 And R. Solomon’s note upon this text is, Tunc erat decretum de desolando Templo, ut lachrymas pro re magna, sicut ante pro nihilo effunderent, Then was the desolation of the temple (though it fell out long after) determined, that those malcontents who cried for nothing before, might have somewhat to cry for.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain To overthrow their seed; he sware also (though not…
To overthrow their seed; he sware also (though not at the same time) that he would punish their sins, not only in their persons, but also in their posterity. See Exo 20:5; 32:34; Lev 26:33. Others refer this to the same oath and history, Num 14, because God intended at first to destroy both parents and children, even the whole nation, Psa 106:12,15, though afterwards upon Moses’s intercession he limited the judgment to that generation. But that destruction threatened was by the pestilence, Psa 106:12, not, as here, by captivity and banishment. Besides, God said that, Psa 106:11, but he did not swear it, but the oath came afterward, Psa 106:21.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain To overthrow their seed also among the nations,.... Their…
To overthrow their seed also among the nations,.... Their posterity was not overthrown in the wilderness; they were spared to possess the land their fathers despised. This respects later times, as does what follows:
and to scatter them in the lands; which Kimchi explains by the discomfiture of them by the Amalekites and Canaanites, when they presumed, contrary to the will of God, to go up to the top of the hill; and by Arad's taking some of them prisoner, afterwards, Num 14:45. But this was not done, nor to be done, in the wilderness: but the meaning is, that God lifted up his hand in the wilderness, and sware there, as Ezekiel says, Eze 20:23, that he would scatter them and disperse them among the Heathen; that is, at one time or another; which he did in part at the Babylonish captivity, and completely by the Romans: which is now their case, and is a standing proof of this prophecy, and an accomplishment of the oath of God.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Overthrow - He swear also (tho' not at the…
Overthrow - He swear also (tho' not at the same time) that he would punish their sins, not only in their persons, but in their posterity.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain To overthrow their seed also among the nations -…
To overthrow their seed also among the nations - Margin, as in Hebrew, “to make them fall;” to wit, among the surrounding people. The reference here is to the posterity of those who complained and fell in the wilderness. The result of their rebellion and complaining would not terminate with them. It would extend to their posterity, and the rebellion of the fathers would be remembered in distant generations. The overthrow of the nation, and its captivity in Babylon was thus one of the remote consequences of their rebellion in the wilderness.
And to scatter them in the lands - In foreign lands - as at Babylon. If this psalm was written at the time of the Babylonian captivity, this allusion would be most appropriate. It would remind the nation that its captivity there had its origin in the ancient and long-continued disposition of the people to revolt from God.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 27. To overthrow their seed—As this is spoken of…
27. To overthrow their seed—As this is spoken of the “seed,” or posterity, of the unbelieving Israelites of the desert, it may refer to any subsequent periods and generations, and is founded on such general warnings as Leviticus 26, and Deuteronomy 28.
To scatter them in the lands—This was so far fulfilled during the times of the Judges as fully to answer to Psa_106:47, without resorting to the exile in Babylon.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 27. And that he would scatter their seed among…
27. And that he would scatter their seed among the nations,
And disperse them in the lands.
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Almost verbatim as Eze_20:23, from which the text must be corrected here. The Heb. words for make to fall and scatter are very similar (הפיץ … הפיל), and the former was accidentally repeated from Psa_106:26. The allusion to the warnings of banishment from the land in Lev_26:33; Deu_28:64 is suggested by the mention of the exclusion of the faithless Israelites from the land in Psa_106:26.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (27) Overthrow.—This verse is evidently copied from Eze_20:23, but…
(27) Overthrow.—This verse is evidently copied from Eze_20:23, but the psalmist has either intentionally or accidentally changed the prophet’s verb “scatter” into “overthrow,” just used in Psa_106:26. The error, if an error, is as old as the LXX. version.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain To overthrow their seed also among the nations. Like…
To overthrow their seed also among the nations. Like Ezekiel, (Eze_20:23) the writer regards the Babylonish captivity as in part a punishment for the sins committed in the wilderness. And to scatter them in the lands. (comp. Lev_26:33 Deu_28:64) The Israelites were punished, not merely by being carried into captivity, but by being completely broken up as a nation, and "scattered" widely over Western Asia some in Gozan and on the Khabonr, (2Ki_17:6) some in Haran, (1Ch_5:26) some in "the cities of the Modes", (2Ki_18:11 RAPC Tob 1:14 3:7) others in Babylonia. (2Ki_24:14-16 2Ch_36:20 Eze_1:1-3, etc.) The "scattering" has in later times increased ever more and more.
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