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And I brought you into a plentiful land, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

A plentiful country - literally, "a land of the Carmel," a Carmel land (see 1 Kings 18:19, note; Isaiah 29:17, note).…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

A plentiful country. —Literally, a land of Carmel, that word, as meaning a vine-clad hill, having become a type of plenty…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

The Prophet continues with the same subject, for God brings no small charge against His people here, as they had buried His favors in oblivion. Ind…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And I brought you into a plentiful country

"Into the land of Carmel", as in the Hebrew text; that is, "into the la…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Those who begin well, but do not persevere, will justly be rebuked for their hopeful and promising beginnings. Those who desert religion commonly o…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

1. Here he follows the order of judgment.

He speaks first of the accusation. Second, he refutes their excuse, as in Jeremiah 2:21:

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