Psalms 106:17-18
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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Psalms 106:17-18. The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram. And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
Jehovah’s mercy did not melt the people’s hard hearts, so perhaps the fear of his judgment would. God tried both methods with them, as he has done with us, for sometimes he has been very gracious to us, and at other times he has chastened us very sorely. He has tried the kiss and he has tried the blow. Yet what happened in the case of Israel?