14Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;
For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. …
If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: …
He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-14)Great stress was always laid upon the due observance of the sabbath day, and it was particularly required from the Jews when they were captives in Babylon, because by keeping that day, in honour of the Creator, they distinguished themselves from the worshippers of the gods that have not made the heavens and the earth. See Isa. 56:1 , 2 , where keeping the sabbath is joined, as here, with keeping j…
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