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Were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy, Lest their adversaries should judge amiss, Lest they should say, Our hand is exalted, Yahweh has not done all this.
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God Acts for His Own Glory
Commentators unanimously agree that God restrains His full judgment on Israel to protect His own reputation. He acts not because Israel deserves mercy, but because He will not allow pagan nations to misinterpret His judgment as their own victory. They would boast, 'Our hand is exalted,' giving glory to themselves or their idols, which God would not permit.
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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 argument of these verses is such as no man would dare to put into the mouth of the Most High. Moses had pleaded it (Exodus 32:12), …
Baptist
I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men: Were it not that I feared the wrath of…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy Satan, the enemy of mankind in general, of the people of God in par…
The idolatry and rebellions of Israel deserved, and the justice of God seemed to demand, that they should be rooted out. But He spared Israel and s…
