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A Plot for Total Erasure
Commentators stress that the enemies' plan was not merely to conquer Israel but to completely annihilate them, so "that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance." Scholars like Calvin see this as a satanically-inspired attempt to exterminate God's people and thereby thwart God's eternal promises. This reveals the ultimate goal of spiritual opposition: the complete erasure of God's witness in the world.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 83:4
18th Century
Theologian
They have said, Come, and let us cut them off ...—Let us utterly destroy them and root them out from among the nations. Let u…
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 83:4
19th Century
Bishop
For this attack against not only the independence, but even the continued existence of Israel as a nation, compare Esther 3:6;[Reference Esther 3:9…
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 83:4
19th Century
Preacher
So terrible was the anger of these nations against God's people that nothing would satisfy them but the destruction of Israel, the erasing of its v…
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John Calvin
On Psalms 83:4
16th Century
Theologian
They have said, Come and let us cut them off from being a nation. The wickedness of these hostile powers is aggravated by the fact that it…
John Gill
On Psalms 83:4
17th Century
Pastor
They have said
Secretly in their hearts, or openly to one another, and gave it out in the most public manner, as what they had…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 83:1–8
17th Century
Minister
Sometimes God seems not to be concerned about the unjust treatment of His people. But then we may call upon Him, as the psalmist does here.
A…