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17And they sinned{H8800)} yet more{H8686)} against him by provoking{H8687)} the most High in the wilderness.
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But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.
For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses. …
And the LORD said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image. …
Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was angry with you to have destroyed you.
They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel: …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9-39)In these verses, I. The psalmist observes the late rebukes of Providence that the people of Israel had been under, which they had brought upon themselves by their dealing treacherously with God, Ps. 78:9-11. The children of Ephraim , in which tribe Shiloh was, though they were well armed and shot with bows, yet turned back in the day of battle . This seems to refer to that shameful defeat which th…
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