And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add (k) drunkenness to thirst:
(k) For as he that is thirsty desires to drink much so he that follows his appetites seeks by all means and yet cannot be satisfied.
Verse Deuteronomy 29:19. _TO ADD DRUNKENNESS TO THIRST_] A proverbial expression denoting the utmost indulgence in all sensual gratifications....
Compare on the thought Jeremiah 23:17. The secret and presumptuous sinner is meant who flatters himself that all is well and will be well with him, since he follows his own devices and prospers. Compa...
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...
_curse_ Rather OATH, for it is on the strength of Jehovah's oath to be Israel's God and so to protect them, that this Israelite flatters himself he is secure, no matter how he may behave. In the histo...
DISCOURSE: 222 DANGER OF CARNAL SECURITY Deuteronomy 29:19. And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk...
_VER._ 19. _TO ADD DRUNKENNESS TO THIRST_— The Hebrew, literally rendered, is, _that irrigation,_ or _drinking may put an end to thirst; i.e._ "that I may indulge my thirst, and satisfy my lust." 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....
29:19 curse, (b-13) Or 'oath,' as ver 14, and elsewhere. drunken (c-39) Or 'the watered.'...
EXHORTATIONS AND WARNINGS In this chapter the covenant is renewed and enforced with a reminder of God's goodness and the consequences of disobedience....
IMAGINATION] RV 'stubbornness.' TO ADD DRUNKENNESS TO THIRST] i.e. the commission of the sin to the desire to commit it. RV, however, renders the words 'to destroy the moist with the dry,' which seems...
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...
THE IMAGINATION. — Rather the “stubbornness” or “obstinacy.” The word is only found here and in Psalms 81:12 outside the writings of Jeremiah, who uses it eight times. TO ADD DRUNKENNESS TO THIRST — i...
_[Deuteronomy 29:18]_ וְ הָיָ֡ה בְּ שָׁמְעֹו֩ אֶת...
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...
The drunken, &c.: absumat ebria sitientem. It is a proverbial expression, which may either be understood as spoken by the sinner, blessing, that is, flattering himself in his sins with the imagination...
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...
19._And it come to pass when he heareth the words_. He shews that it is not without reason that he has used so solemn and severe an adjuration; since nothing is more common than for men to flatter the...
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 IT COMETH TO PASS, WHEN HE HEARETH THE WORDS OF THIS CURSE,.... That is, the man before compared to a root bearing bitter herbs, when he should hear the curses pronounced by the law against such p...
And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thir...
_The words of this curse_ This oath and execration, wherein he swore he would keep covenant with God, and that with a curse pronounced against himself if he did not perform it. _Bless himself_ Flatter...
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 it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, of the oath which confirmed the covenant with such emphatic threats of punishment, THAT HE BLESS HIMSELF IN HIS HEART, call himself fortun...
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...
IMAGINATION: Or, stubbornness DRUNKENNESS TO THIRST: _ Heb._ the drunken to the thirsty...
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...
WHEN HE, i.e. that root or that man mentioned DEUTERONOMY 29:18. OF THIS CURSE, i.e. of that oath mentioned DEUTERONOMY 29:12, wherein he swore that he would keep covenant with God, and that with a cu...
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 29:19 hears H8085 (H8800) words H1697 curse H423 blesses H1288 (H8694) heart H3824 saying H559 ...
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...
Deuteronomy 29:19 Certain temptations assail us as powerfully through the imagination as if they assumed the most distinctly palpable and tangible form. Eve was assailed through her imagination when...
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...
_To add drunkenness to thirst._ THE SIN OF DRUNKENNESS Among the vices which stamp upon human nature its fallen condition, there is not one which causes such misery, or which leads on to such reckle...
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....
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 29:19 BLESSES HIMSELF IN HIS HEART. An expression of pride (compare Deuteronomy 8:17 and note on...
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...
2 Corinthians 10:5; Deuteronomy 17:2; Deuteronomy 29:12; Ecclesiastes 11:9;...
Of this curse — Of that oath where — in he swore he would keep covenant with God, and that with a curse pronounced against himself if he did not perform it. Bless himself — Flatter himself in his own...