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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth,.... Up to the heavens. Aben Ezra interprets this of the mist which went up out of the earth, and watered it, Genesis 2:6; and still vapours are exhaled out of the earth by the force of the sun, and carried up into the air, and form various things, as wind, rain, c. The Targum, Kimchi,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; That is a very wonderful work; what millions of tons of water are every day turned into vapor, and caused to ascend from different regions of the earth to fall again afterwards in cheerful, refreshing rain! What should we do if this process were suspended? It is the very life-blood of the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast. Which was the last of the plagues inflicted on the Egyptians; and is particularly mentioned, because, by means of it, they were made willing to let the children of Israel go out of their land: and so this includes the deliverance of the Israelites, God's firstborn, when he slew the firstborn...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast. It was God’s own hand that did it. The firstborn of man and beast could not have died by accident all over the land of Egypt at the same hour of the night; but Jehovah thus punished the guilty nation. Had they not oppressed his firstborn? Had they not cruelly trampled on his people, and...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
[Who] sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt,.... Or, "signs and wonders". Meaning the other extraordinary plagues sent among the Egyptians, before that of slaying their firstborn; and which have some likeness to the vials of God's wrath, which will be poured out on the city called spiritually Sodom and Egypt, Revelation 11:8;...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants. “Tokens and wonders;” — not only prodigies which astounded the people, but “tokens” which taught them, for the plagues were directed against their deities, and large books might be written to show how every plague exposed the impotence of some one...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings. Or "many nations" (l). The seven nations of the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites; the kings of which were mighty and many, even thirty one in number, Joshua 12:1. This the Lord did by Joshua, a type of Christ; who has overcome the world by his sufferings...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings; Two of them are mentioned, perhaps because they were two of the most powerful kings who blocked the road of Israel.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan,.... These are particularly named, because they were the first that were slain, and were the most mighty and powerful; see Deuteronomy 3:11. These the Lord slew by the hand of Moses, a type of Christ; who has destroyed the god and prince of this world, that had the power of death, the devil; and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan: and gave their land for an heritage, an heritage unto Israel his people. Thy name, O LORD, endureth for ever;.— He is the same Jehovah now as ever he was. Multitudes of people, nowadays, have made unto themselves new gods; they have imagined a new character for...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And gave their land [for] an heritage,.... The land of the two kings before mentioned, which was given to the Reubenites, and Gadites, and half tribe of Manasseh, Deuteronomy 3:12; and the lands belonging to the several kingdoms of Canaan were given to the rest of the tribes; an heritage unto Israel his people; a type of the heavenly Canaan, the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Thy name, O Lord, [endureth] for ever,.... The Lord himself endures for ever, in his nature, being, and perfections; and the fame of him, the fame of those acts of power and goodness before mentioned: the name of Christ endures for ever; his person and offices, his Gospel, which is his name; his children and people, who are called by his name, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And thy memorial, O LORD, throughout all generations. For the LORD will judge his people, and he will repent himself concerning his servants. For they have their dark times, and are often in trouble through their sin. Then the Lord sends chastisement upon them, but when it has answered his purpose, he gladly enough withdraws it. How different are...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For the Lord will judge his people,.... Rule and govern, protect and defend them; plead their cause, and avenge them of their enemies; judge between them, distinguish them by his care and providence, make them visible, so that others shall see the difference between them; especially at the last day, when he will judge them, and, as the righteous...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
The idols of the Heathen [are] silver and gold,.... This, with what follows, is observed, to show that when God judges his people, and takes vengeance on their enemies, the idols they serve will not be able to protect them, and deliver them out of his hands; and also to prove what is before asserted, that our Jehovah is great above all gods,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands. They can do no works, for they are themselves the result of the work of men. Their handiwork can be nothing, for they are the work of men’s hands.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
They have mouths, but they speak not,.... Return no answer to the request and petition of their votaries; [See comments on Psalms 115:5]; eyes have they, but they see not; the same is observed in the above place, which see.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not; they have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths. They that make them are like unto them: so is every one that trusteth in them. The original conveys the idea that those who make such gods grow to be like them, they are continually getting to be...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
They have ears, but they hear not,.... [See comments on Psalms 115:6]; neither is there [any] breath in their mouths; they are lifeless statues, they have not so much as what the brute creatures have, breath; our Jehovah, as the living God, is rightly opposed to them, who gives life, and breath, and all things, unto man; and yet what amazing...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
They that make them are like unto them,.... Are as blind, stupid, and senseless as they; or "let them that make them", c. (q) so some versions and interpreters; [See comments on Psalms 115:8]; [so is] everyone that trusteth in them; alike ignorant and sottish: and so are all such that set up idols and lusts in their own hearts, and serve them; or...