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Yahweh saw [it], and abhorred [them], Because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.
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God's Deliberate Judgment
Commentators like John Calvin explain that God "seeing" Israel's sin doesn't mean He was previously unaware. Rather, it signifies a deliberate and considered judgment. It shows that God's abhorrence and subsequent actions are not a rash, emotional outburst but a just response after a period of patient observation and forbearance.
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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
The Lord saw ... abhorred. — Compare to Jeremiah 14:21.
Baptist
And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters. And he said, I will hide my face from t…
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16th Century
Protestant
And when the Lord saw it. The seeing of God, mentioned here, refers to His forbearance in judgment. It is as if to say that He do…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And when the Lord saw [it] The disregard of the Jews to Christ, their forgetfulness of him, their disesteem and reje…
The revolt of Israel was described in the foregoing verses, and here follow the judgments of Divine justice concerning them. We deceive ourselves i…
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