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مزامير 135:4
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the Lord: Psalms 33:12, Deuteronomy 7:6, Deuteronomy 7:7, Deuteronomy 10:15, 1 Samuel 12:22, Isaiah 41:8, Isaiah 43:20, Isaiah 43:21, Zechariah 2:10-12, 1 Peter 2:9
his peculiar: Exodus 19:5, Exodus 19:6, Deuteronomy 32:9, Malachi 3:17, Titus 2:14
Reciprocal: Exodus 34:9 - take us Deuteronomy 4:20 - a people 1 Samuel 10:1 - his inheritance 1 Chronicles 16:13 - his chosen Psalms 65:4 - choosest Psalms 74:2 - thine Psalms 149:2 - rejoice Isaiah 43:4 - precious Isaiah 63:19 - are thine Jeremiah 10:16 - Israel Jeremiah 13:11 - I caused Jeremiah 51:19 - the rod Ezekiel 16:7 - excellent ornaments Zechariah 2:12 - inherit Acts 13:17 - God Acts 27:23 - whose Romans 2:17 - thou art Ephesians 1:4 - as
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For the Lord hath chosen Jacob unto himself,.... To be his own special people, and not another's; for his own service, and for his glory; and to be an habitation for himself, and to be for ever with him. This is not to be understood personally of Jacob, though a chosen vessel of mercy; nor of his natural posterity as such, though chosen as a nation to outward favours; for not all they, only some of them, were chosen to special grace and glory, a remnant according to the election of grace: but mystical and spiritual Jacob and Israel are meant, even the whole church and people of God, whether Jews or Gentiles; these God has chosen, of his own free grace and good will, to all the blessings of grace and glory, and that from all eternity; which choice will remain firm and immutable, in time and for ever; and therefore is worthy of praise and thanksgiving, now, and to all eternity;
[and] Israel for his peculiar treasure; by whom they are accounted as such; even as the peculiar treasure of kings, as silver, gold, jewels, and precious stones; as his inheritance, his portion, and peculiar people; see Exodus 19:5.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For the Lord hath chosen Jacob unto himself - The descendants of Jacob. He has selected them from among all the inhabitants of the earth to be his special people.
And Israel for his peculiar treasure - The word here rendered treasure, means that which is acquired; property; wealth. They were what God possessed, owned, or claimed among all the people of the earth as especially his own. He had chosen them; he had redeemed them; he had made them his own, and he regarded them with the interest with which anyone looks on his own property, the fruit of his own toil. See Exodus 19:5; Deuteronomy 7:6; Deuteronomy 32:9; 1 Kings 8:53.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 135:4. For the Lord hath chosen Jacob — This is a third reason. He has taken the Israelites for his peculiar people, סגלתו segullatho, his peculiar treasure; and now has brought them home to himself from their captivity and wanderings.