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But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked: You have grown fat, you are grown thick, you are become sleek; Then he forsook God who made him, Lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
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The Peril of Prosperity
Multiple commentators, including Spurgeon and Calvin, emphasize that prosperity can be a more severe spiritual test than adversity. The verse uses the imagery of a well-fed animal that becomes proud and kicks its master. This serves as a timeless warning that when God blesses us with abundance, we must guard against the pride and self-sufficiency that leads to forgetting Him.
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Deuteronomy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Song of Moses
If (Deuteronomy 32:1–3) is regarded as the introduction, and (Deuteronomy 32:43) as the conclus…
19th Century
Anglican
Jeshurun is a diminutive—a term of endearment. Either “the child of the upright,” or “the beloved Israel.” The letters of the dimi…
Baptist
But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him…
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16th Century
Protestant
But Jeshurun264 waxed fat. Moses here severely censures the ingratitude of the people because, when filled with delica…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked This is undoubtedly a name of the people of Israel; it is found only in three oth…
Here are two instances of the wickedness of Israel, each an apostasy from God. These people were called Jeshurun—interpreted by some as —an upright…
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