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40How oft did they provoke{H8686)} him in the wilderness, and grieve{H8686)} him in the desert!
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And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness: …
While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation. …
But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.
But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 40-72)The matter and scope of this paragraph are the same with the former, showing what great mercies God had bestowed upon Israel, how provoking they had been, what judgments he had brought upon them for their sins, and yet how, in judgment, he remembered mercy at last. Let not those that receive mercy from God be thereby emboldened to sin, for the mercies they receive will aggravate their sin and hast…
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