You have ended his splendor, and thrown his throne down to the ground.
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You have ended his splendor, and thrown his throne down to the ground.
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Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.
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(89-45) Thou hast made his brightness to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.
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- 1 Samuel 4:21-22 She named the child Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel!” because God’s ark was taken, and because of her father-in-law and her husband. She said, “The glory has departed from Israel; for God’s ark has been taken.”
- 1 Kings 12:16-20 When all Israel saw that the king didn’t listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, “What portion have we in David? We don’t have an inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, Israel! Now see to your own house, David.” So Israel departed to their tents. But as for the children of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the men subject to forced labor; and all Israel stoned him to death with stones. King Rehoboam hurried to get himself up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem. So Israel rebelled against David’s house to this day. When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all Israel. There was no one who followed David’s house, except for the tribe of Judah only.
- 1 Kings 14:25-28 In the fifth year of king Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and he took away the treasures of Yahweh’s house, and the treasures of the king’s house. He even took away all of it, including all the gold shields which Solomon had made. King Rehoboam made shields of bronze in their place, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who kept the door of the king’s house. It was so, that as often as the king went into Yahweh’s house, the guard bore them, and brought them back into the guard room.
- Psalms 89:39 You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have defiled his crown in the dust.
- Lamentations 4:1-2 How the gold has become dim! The most pure gold has changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street. The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how they are esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
- Daniel 7:20-25 and concerning the ten horns that were on its head, and the other horn which came up, and before which three fell, even that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spoke great things, whose look was more stout than its fellows. I saw, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them, until the ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the Most High, and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom. “Thus he said, ‘The fourth animal will be a fourth kingdom on earth, which will be different from all the kingdoms, and will devour the whole earth, and will tread it down, and break it in pieces. As for the ten horns, ten kings will arise out of this kingdom. Another will arise after them; and he will be different from the former, and he will put down three kings. He will speak words against the Most High, and will wear out the saints of the Most High. He will plan to change the times and the law; and they will be given into his hand until a time and times and half a time.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:3-10 Let no one deceive you in any way. For it will not be, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of destruction, he who opposes and exalts himself against all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, setting himself up as God. Don’t you remember that, when I was still with you, I told you these things? Now you know what is restraining him, to the end that he may be revealed in his own season. For the mystery of lawlessness already works. Only there is one who restrains now, until he is taken out of the way. Then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will kill with the breath of his mouth, and destroy by the manifestation of his coming; even he whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deception of wickedness for those who are being lost, because they didn’t receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Psa 89:44 Thou hast made his glory to cease,…
Psa 89:44 Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.
Ver. 44. Thou hast made his glory to cease] Heb. his brightness, the splendent glory and dignity of the kingdom. Some understand it of the priesthood, and the following words of the kingdom.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain The days of his youth hast thou shortened,.... His…
The days of his youth hast thou shortened,.... His days of joy and pleasure; such as days of youth are, in opposition to the days of old age, which are evil, Ecc 11:9, these were shortened when his sorrows and sufferings came on, and God hid his face from him; and indeed he was a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief all his days: the Vulgate Latin version renders it, "the days of his time"; and the Arabic version "the days of his years"; for he did not live out half the time of man's age, which is threescore years and ten, Psa 90:10, he dying at the age of thirty three or four; but, notwithstanding this, he lives again, and lives for evermore; he has length of days for ever and ever, Psa 21:4, though his days were in some sense shortened, yet in another sense they are and will be prolonged, even his own, and those of his spiritual seed, according to the promise of God, Isa 53:10,
thou hast covered him with shame; see Psa 69:7, when his face was covered with shame and spitting, from which he hid it not, Isa 1:6, but now he is crowned with glory and honour; wherefore all these complaints, though true, are no objections to what is before said and swore to.
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Selah. See Gill on Psa 3:2.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 44. Thou hast made his glory to cease]…
Verse 44. Thou hast made his glory to cease] The kingly dignity is destroyed, and there is neither king nor throne remaining.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Thou hast made his glory to cease - Margin,”…
Thou hast made his glory to cease - Margin,” brightness.” Luther, “Thou destroyest his purity.” The original word means brightness, sp endour. The literal translation here would be, “Thou causest to cease from being brightness;” that is, Thou hast taken away from his brightness, so that it is gone. The allusion is to the splendor, the glory, the magnificence connected with his rank as king. This had been destroyed, or had come to nought.
And cast his throne down to the ground - See Psa 89:39.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 44. Made his glory to cease, etc.—Contrast Psa_89:24-27
44. Made his glory to cease, etc.—Contrast Psa_89:24-27
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 44. his glory] R.V. his brightness: the lustre of…
44. his glory] R.V. his brightness: the lustre of his kingdom.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (44) Thou hast . . .—Literally, Thou hast made…
(44) Thou hast . . .—Literally, Thou hast made to cease from his brightness—i.e., the brightness of the sun, promised in Psa_89:36.
To the ground.—From being as the sun in heaven.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Thou hast made his glory to cease; literally, thou…
Thou hast made his glory to cease; literally, thou hast put an end to his brightness; but the meaning is that given in the text. And cast his throne down to the ground (comp. ver. 39).
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Charles H. Spurgeon 1885 · Public Domain Ver. 44. Thou hast made his glory to cease.…
Ver. 44. Thou hast made his glory to cease. The brightness of his reign and the prosperity of his house are gone, his fame is tarnished, his honour disgraced.
And cast his throne down to the ground. He has lost his power to govern at home or to conquer abroad. This happened to kings of David's line, and, more grievous to tell, it is happening in these days to the visible kingdom of the Lord Jesus. Where are the glories of Pentecost? Where is the majesty of the Reformation? Where does his kingdom come among the sons of men? Woe is unto us, for the glory has departed, and the gospel throne of Jesus is hidden from our eyes!
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Ver. 44-45.
1. A prophecy that the Messiah would be meek and lowly. "Made his glory to cease."
2. Would become a servant to the Father. "Cast his throne down", etc.
3. Would be cut off in the midst of his days. "The days of his youth", etc.
4. That he would die an ignominious death. "Hast covered him", etc.
Psalms 89:45*
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 you have brought down his throne to the ground
you have brought down his throne to the ground
Here "throne" represents the power to rule as king. AT: "you, Yahweh, have ended his reign as king" (See: Metonymy)
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You have shortened the days of his youth
This is a way of saying God made the king seem old even while he was still young. AT: "Even while he is young you have made him weak like an old man" (See: Idiom)
covered him with shame
Yahweh completely humiliating the king is spoken of as if shame were a garment that God used to cover the king. (See: Metaphor)
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