Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Deuteronomy 29:17
What sorry tools they are, what senseless and ridiculous deities; so that you have great reason to value your God, and to cleave to him in covenant, and to take heed of such abominable idolatries.
What sorry tools they are, what senseless and ridiculous deities; so that you have great reason to value your God, and to cleave to him in covenant, and to take heed of such abominable idolatries.
IDOLS - See the margin, “dungy gods;” i. e. clods or stocks which can be rolled about (compare Leviticus 26:30)....
25. THE REPETITION OF THE COVENANT AND THE REPETITION OF THE CURSE CHAPTER 29 _ 1. The repetition of the covenant (Deuteronomy 29:1)_ 2. The repetition of the curse (Deuteronomy 29:16) The words of...
DEUTERONOMY 29:1 belongs, as in the Heb. Bible, to the preceding chapter. It is the formal ending of the great discourse (Deuteronomy 4:44, Deuteronomy 12-26, Deuteronomy 28). Deuteronomy 29 (except D...
IDOLS. either as manufactured, or derived from _galal_. dung. rotten, or detestable....
_abominations_ Rather DETESTABLE THINGS, not _to -ebôth_, as in Deuteronomy 7:25, but _shiḳḳuṣîm_, frequent in Jer. and Ezek. of idols, nowhere else in Deut., but the vb. from which it comes is found...
_VER._ 17. _YE HAVE SEEN THEIR ABOMINATIONS, AND THEIR IDOLS_— These words shew, that the practice of idolatry was old and inveterate, both among the Egyptians, and the other nations through which the...
F. SOLEMN WARNINGS AND REMINDERS (Deuteronomy 29:14 to Deuteronomy 30:20) 1. COVENANT ALL-INCLUSIVE (Deuteronomy 29:14-21) 14 Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath
_THAT THOU SHOULDEST ENTER INTO COVENANT WITH THE LORD THY GOD, AND INTO HIS OATH, WHICH THE LORD THY GOD MAKETH WITH THEE THIS DAY:_ No JFB commentary on these verses....
29:17 idols, (a-9) Or 'dung-gods,' expressive of contempt, see Leviticus 26:30 . Ezekiel 6:4 ....
EXHORTATIONS AND WARNINGS In this chapter the covenant is renewed and enforced with a reminder of God's goodness and the consequences of disobedience....
DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 29 V1 These are the words of the *covenant. The *LORD ordered Moses to make it with the *Israel...
These verses seem rightly placed in a parenthesis. (Comp. Ezekiel 20:7; Ezekiel 20:18.)...
THEIR ABOMINATIONS. — This word occurs here for the first time, but the verb appears in Deuteronomy 7:26 (“utterly detest “), and in Leviticus 11:11; Leviticus 11:13;...
_[Deuteronomy 29:16]_ וַ תִּרְאוּ֙ אֶת ־שִׁקּ֣וּצֵיהֶ֔ם וְ
MOSES' FAREWELL SPEECHES Deuteronomy 4:1, Deuteronomy 27:1; Deuteronomy 28:1; Deuteronomy 29:1;...
THE PENALTY OF SERVING FALSE GODS Deuteronomy 29:14 Deuteronomy 29:15 clearly refers to the future generations, who were included in this solemn act. The word “gall,” Deuteronomy 29:18, indi
The fourth discourse of Moses urged the people to be true to the Covenant, the terms of which had been given and are recorded in the previous chapter. It is to be carefully remembered that the first v...
_Idols. Hebrew, "you have seen their abominations and their filth, (or idols,) wood," &c. Septuagint, "their abominations and their idols."_...
What a very awful scripture is contained in these verses! Observe how the sinner is described: he turns away from GOD: he grows confident in sin: he bids defiance to danger: and is ripe for ruin. Obse...
It is clear that a new division of the statutes and judgments of this book begins with the later verses just read from Deuteronomy 16:1-22. What belonged to the religious life of Israel was closed wit...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 28 AND 29. In CHAPTER 28 we have the principles of God's government in the midst of that people, and the immediate consequences of obedience or disobedience-c...
AND YE HAVE SEEN THEIR ABOMINATIONS AND THEIR IDOLS,.... Or, "their abominations, even their idols"; for the same are meant by both: it is common in Scripture to call the idols of the Gentiles abomina...
And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which [were] among them:) Ver. 17. _A root that beareth gall_] An evil heart of unbelief, Heb 3:12 a deceitful a...
1 Moses exhorteth them to obedience, by the memorie of the workes they haue seene. 10 All are presented before the Lord to enter into his Couenant. 18 The great wrath on him that flattereth himselfe...
A SOLEMN CALL TO OBEDIENCE...
and ye have seen their abominations, the detestable things which they did in their heathen worship, AND THEIR IDOLS, dead logs, inanimate blocks, WOOD AND STONE, SILVER AND GOLD, WHICH WERE AMONG THEM...
THE CONDITIONAL COVENANT RENEWED (vs.1-29) Verse I speaks of a covenant the Lord commanded Moses to make with Israel in the land of Moab, "Beside the covenant which He made with them in Horeb." This...
IDOLS: _ Heb._ dungy gods...
10-21 The national covenant made with Israel, not only typified the covenant of grace made with true believers, but also represented the outward dispensation of the gospel. Those who have been enable...
This chapter closes the second grand division of our book. In it we have a most solemn appeal to the conscience of the congregation. It is what we may term the summing up and practical application of...
Deuteronomy 29:17 saw H7200 (H8799) abominations H8251 idols H1544 themwood H6086 stone H68 silver H3701 gold H2
THE AWFUL DANGER THAT MUST BE AVOIDED: A TURNING TO OTHER OVERLORDS, TO IDOLS (DEUTERONOMY 29:16). Aware of their propensity to seek after idols he now warns them once more against doing so. Analysi...
CONTENTS: Introductory words to the Palestinian covenant. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: We are bound in gratitude as well as duty and faithfulness to keep the words of the solemn covenant of G...
Deuteronomy 29:1. _The words of the covenant;_ from _co, con,_ or _com;_ a social prefix; and _venio,_ to come; the coming of two parties into one compact. The vendor gets the best terms he can, and t...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 29:1 Moses’ Third Speech: Final Exhortation. These chapters represent the climax of Moses’ preaching. He pleads with Israel to accept the covenant....
CRITICAL NOTES.—The discourse is continued—the subject of that is the covenant of Israel with God—its privileges conferred and obligations imposed. _Besides_ (Deuteronomy 29:1), not a new covenant, bu...
EXPOSITION RENEWAL OF THE COVENANT IN THE PLAINS OF MOAB. (Deuteronomy 29-30.) The first verse of this chapter is placed in the Hebrew text at the end of Deuteronomy 28:1; but in the LXX. and Vulgate...
Chapter twenty-nine, God continues with this covenant. These are the words of the covenant, which the Lord commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel. And Moses called all Israel, and said un...
Deuteronomy 29:17...