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You cleared the ground for it. It took deep root, and filled the land.
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God Prepares the Way
Commentators explain that God actively prepared the land for Israel, much like a farmer clears a field of trees and stones before planting. By removing the Canaanite nations, God made physical and spiritual room for His people to become firmly established ('take deep root') and flourish throughout the Promised Land.
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Psalms
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18th Century
Presbyterian
You prepared room before it - The Hebrew word used here properly means to turn; to turn the back; then, to turn in order to look at…
19th Century
Anglican
Thou preparedst room. —The reference is, of course, to the casting out of the heathen in Psalms 80:8.
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Baptist
Notice how a soul, in deep distress, usually gets to God. Under some aspect or other, by some way or another, the heart gropes its way until it fin…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Thou preparedst room before it By sending the hornet before the Israelites, and driving the Canaanites out of the la…
The church is represented as a vine and a vineyard. The root of this vine is Christ; the branches are believers. The church is like a vine, needing…
