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Among the smooth [stones] of the valley is your portion; they, they are your lot; even to them have you poured a drink-offering, you have offered an offering. Shall I be appeased for these things?
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A Foolish Exchange
Commentators highlight a tragic irony in this verse. God declared Himself to be Israel's "portion" and "inheritance" (Psalms 16:5). Yet, the people rejected Him and chose "smooth stones of the valley" as their portion instead. They traded the eternal, living God for lifeless idols, demonstrating the folly of turning from God to worship created things.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Among the smooth stones of the streams — In the original here, there is a paronomasia, which cannot be fully retained in our Englis…
19th Century
Anglican
Among the smooth stones ... —The worship of stones was almost as widely diffused as that of trees and serpents. In Genesi…
Baptist
They had set up the smooth stones which they had found in the brook, and made them into altars—indeed, made gods of them. For when man wants to mak…
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16th Century
Protestant
Amidst polished stones, or, in parts of the valley. He continues the same subject and rebukes in various ways the superstitions t…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Among the smooth stones of the stream is your portion Or your god; but the portion of Jacob is not like them, stocks…
The Lord here calls apostates and hypocrites to appear before him. When reproved for their sins, and threatened with judgments, they ridiculed the …
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13th Century
Catholic
The just perishes. Here the prophet shows the difference between those who obey God’s counsels and those who do not, conc…
