15But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
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For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.
According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.
And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together.
He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-18)We have here a description of the apostasy of Israel from God, which would shortly come to pass, and to which already they had a disposition. One would have thought that a people under so many obligations to their God, in duty, gratitude, and interest, would never have turned from him; but, alas! they turned aside quickly . Here are two great instances of their wickedness, and each of them amounte…
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