34And the children of Israel remembered not the LORD their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side:
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They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.
They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;
And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.
Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 29-35)We have here the conclusion of the story of Gideon. 1. He lived privately, Jdg. 8:29. He was not puffed up with his great honours, did not covet a palace or castle to dwell in, but retired to the house he had lived in before his elevation. Thus that brave Roman Who was called from the plough upon a sudden occasion to command the army when the action was over returned to his plough again. 2. His fa…
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