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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
I will take no bullock out of thy house,.... That is, will accept of none; such sacrifices being no more agreeable to the will of God, Hebrews 10:5; the "bullock" is mentioned, that being a principal creature used in sacrifice; as also the following, [nor] he goats out of thy folds; the reasons follow.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds. “Do you think that these things in themselves are of any value to me. O ye formalists? I will not even take them.”
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For every beast of the forest [is] mine,.... By creation and preservation; and therefore he stood in no need of their bullocks and he goats; [and the cattle upon a thousand hills; meaning all the cattle in the whole world.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. Though men call them theirs, yet they are thy God’s.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine. If any man thinks that he can make God his debtor by any offering that he brings to him, what a great mistake he makes! Whatever you bring to God, you will only bring to him what is already...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
I know all the fowls of the mountains,.... God not only knows them, but takes care of them; not a sparrow fails to the ground without his knowledge, and all the fowls of the air are fed by him, Matthew 10:29; and therefore needed not their turtledoves and young pigeons, which were the only fowls used in sacrifice; and the wild beasts of the field...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
If I were hungry, I would not tell thee,.... Or "say to thee" (w); ask for anything for the world [is] mine, and the fulness thereof; with which, was the former his case, he could satisfy himself; see Psalms 24:1. (w) לא אמר לך "non dicam tibi", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Musculus; "non dicerem tibi", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fullness thereof. Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats? “Think you that there is any offering that man can present to me which can appease my wrath, or give me pleasure?”
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?] That is, express a pleasure, take delight and satisfaction, in such kind of sacrifices, which can never take away sin: no, I will not; wherefore other sacrifices, more agreeable to his nature, mind, and will, and to the Gospel dispensation, are next mentioned.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Offer unto God thanksgiving,.... Which is a sacrifice, Psalms 50:23; and the Jews say (x), that all sacrifices will cease in future time, the times of the Messiah, but the sacrifice of praise; and this should be offered up for all mercies, temporal and spiritual; and unto God, because they all come from him; and because such sacrifices are well...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High: The offering of the heart is better than the gift from the purse. The praise and thanksgiving that come out of the very soul, these God will accept.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High; and call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. See the three ways of praising God. One is by giving him your grateful thanksgiving. Banish your murmurings; sweep away your mistrusts; and let your mouth be filled with his praise all the day...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Offer unto God thanksgiving: This is what he wants — heart-work. Psa_50:14. And pay thy vows unto the most High: This is what he demands — obedience.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And call upon me in the day of trouble,.... This is another part of spiritual sacrifice or worship, which is much more acceptable to God than legal sacrifices. Invocation of God includes all parts of religious worship, and particularly designs prayer, as it does here, of which God, and he only, is the object; and which should be performed in...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee and thou shalt glorify me. But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth? There were, in those days, wicked priests who taught the people what they did not themselves practice, just as there are, in these...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. Thus you see God has spoken to his professing people — to those who were moral, decent, and observant of outward ritual. He now turns to some others — some others, perhaps, quite as outwardly religious, but their lives were immoral; their conduct was a breach...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But unto the wicked God saith,.... By whom are meant, not openly profane sinners; but men under a profession of religion, and indeed who were teachers of others, as appears from the following expostulation with them: the Scribes, Pharisees, and doctors among the Jews, are designed; and so Kimchi interprets it of their wise men, who learnt and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth? Unconverted preachers, unsaved Sabbath-school teachers, what answer can you give to this question of the Most High?
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth? Your unholiness, even though you were of the tribe of Levi, would disqualify you from declaring my statutes. Your mouth full of slander, how should you dare to use it to speak of my covenant with it?
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Seeing thou hatest instruction,.... Or "correction" (z); to be reproved or reformed by the statutes and covenant they declared to others; they taught others, but not themselves, Romans 2:21; or evangelical instruction, the doctrines of grace, and of Christ; for, as concerning the Gospel, they were enemies, Romans 11:28; and since they were haters...