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مزامير 106:40
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the wrath: Psalms 78:59-62, Judges 2:14, Judges 2:20, Judges 3:8, Nehemiah 9:27-38
insomuch: Leviticus 20:23, Deuteronomy 32:19, Zechariah 11:8
his own: Psalms 74:1, Deuteronomy 9:29, Lamentations 2:7
Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:11 - abhor Deuteronomy 28:29 - thou shalt be 1 Samuel 4:2 - and they 1 Kings 11:25 - abhorred 1 Kings 20:15 - seven thousand 2 Kings 13:22 - Hazael 2 Kings 21:14 - deliver 2 Chronicles 6:25 - forgive the sin Ezra 5:12 - he gave Psalms 74:2 - thine Psalms 89:38 - and Isaiah 5:25 - the anger Isaiah 27:11 - therefore Isaiah 42:24 - General Jeremiah 14:21 - not abhor Ezekiel 23:18 - then Amos 6:8 - I abhor
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people,.... Sin is the cause of wrath, which is compared to fire kindled by the breath of the Almighty, and is intolerable; this shows that the offence must be very great, as to incense the Lord against a people he had chosen above all others to be his peculiar people; as well as it was an aggravation, of their sin, so highly to provoke the Lord, whom they had vouched to be their God. There may be appearances of wrath for sin against those who are the Lord's people in the highest and best sense.
Insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance; the people of Israel, whom he had chosen for his inheritance, and were his portion, and the lot of his inheritance. This must be understood of the body of the people, not of every individual; not of the remnant according to the election of grace among them, of which there were some in all ages; for this would be contrary to his love, and the unchangeableness of it: and however not of the persons of his people, but of their sins; and of the appearances of his providence towards them, which look like wrath, indignation, and abhorrence; for God will not cast off his people, nor forsake his inheritance, Psalms 94:14 the following verses explain this wrath and abhorrence. The Targum in the king's Bible is,
"the Word of the Lord abhorred,''
&c. see Zechariah 11:8.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people - Anger is often compared with a fire; as we say now, a man is “inflamed” with passion. See Esther 1:12; Lamentations 2:3; Psalms 79:5; Psalms 89:46; Jeremiah 4:4; Judges 2:14. Of course, this must be taken in a manner appropriate to God. It means that his treatment of his offending people was as if he were burning with wrath against them.
Insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance - He was offended with his people; he treated them “as if” they were an abomination to him. He punished them; he cast them off; he left them to the just results of their own conduct. Were ever any writers more candid and honest than the sacred penmen? There is no effort to vindicate the nation; there is no apology offered for them; there is no concealment of their guilt; there is no attempt to soften the statement in regard to the feelings of God toward them. Their conduct was abominable; they deserved the divine displeasure; they were ungrateful, evil, and rebellious; and the sacred writers do not hesitate to admit the truth of this to the fullest extent.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 106:40. Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled — God kindled a fire in his judgments for those who by their flagitious conduct had inflamed themselves with their idols, and the impure rites with which they were worshipped.