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Therefore I was displeased with that generation, And said, `They always err in their heart, But they didn`t know my ways;`
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God's Holy Anger
While the verse says God was "grieved," commentators explain this word signifies more than sadness. The original language suggests a holy anger, disgust, and wrath against persistent sin. Scholars like A.T. Robertson and Charles Ellicott note the term implies extreme displeasure. This reveals that God is not indifferent to rebellion; He has a righteous and powerful reaction to it.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Therefore I was grieved. On the word grieved, see Barnes on Ephesians 4:30.
The word here means that He was offended with …
And saw (κα ειδον). "And yet saw."
Wherefore (διο). Not in the LXX, but it makes clear the argument in the…
19th Century
Anglican
I was grieved with that generation.—Rather, I was angry with this generation. The Hebrew is very strong: I l…
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Baptist
Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost says, Today if you will hear his voice, do not harden your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation…
We should not miss the reference to the anger of God. The Lord is not impassive or indifferent in the face of human sin. He is a “consuming fire” (…
16th Century
Protestant
And I said, etc. This was God’s sentence, by which he declared that they were lacking a sound mind, and he adds the reason, F…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Wherefore I was grieved with that generation (rbdmh rwd) , "the generation of the wilder…
Days of temptation are often days of provocation. But to provoke God, when He is showing us that we entirely depend and live upon Him, is a provoca…
13th Century
Catholic
Having proved that Christ is greater than Moses, the Apostle now concludes that Christ is more deserving of our obedience. He does this by the auth…
