申命記 4:15-24 JC

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:24

For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire ,.... To his enemies; his wrath is like fire to burn up and destroy all that oppose him and break his commands, and especially idolaters; whose sin of all others is the most provoking to him, since it strikes at his being, his honour and glory; wherefore it follows: even a jealous God ; who is jealous of his honour in matters of worship, and will not suffer his glory to be given to another, nor his praise to graven images, without resenting it or... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 4:15

Ye saw no manner of similitude - Howsoever God chose to appear or manifest himself, he took care never to assume any describable form. He would have no image worship, because he is a Spirit, and they who worship him must worship him in Spirit and in truth. These outward things tend to draw the mind out of itself, and diffuse it on sensible, if not sensual, objects; and thus spiritual worship is prevented, and the Holy Ghost grieved. Persons acting in this way can never know much of the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 4:16

The likeness of male or female - Such as Baal-peor and the Roman Priapus, Ashtaroth or Astarte, and the Greek and Roman Venus; after whom most nations of the world literally went a whoring. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 4:17

The likeness of any beast, etc. - Such as the Egyptian god Apis, who was worshipped under the form of a white bull; the ibis and hawk, among the fowls, had also Divine honors paid to them; serpents and the crocodile among reptiles; besides monkeys, dogs, cats, the scarabaeus, leeks, and onions! See this explained at large, Exodus 20:4 ; (note). read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 4:19

When thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars - The worship of the heavenly bodies was the oldest species of idolatry. Those who had not the knowledge of the true God were led to consider the sun, moon, planets, and stars, as not only self-existing, but the authors of all the blessings possessed by mankind. The knowledge of a rational system of astronomy served to destroy this superstition; and very little of it remains now in the world, except among a few Christian and Mohammedan... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 4:20

Out of the iron furnace - From this mention of the word iron furnace there can be little doubt that the Israelites were employed in Egypt in the most laborious works of metallurgy. Digging, smelting, and forging of iron in so hot a climate must have been oppressive work indeed. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 4:21

The Lord was angry with me - And if with me, so as to debar me from entering into the promised land, can you think to escape if guilty of greater provocations? read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 4:24

Thy God is a consuming fire - They had seen him on the mount as an unconsuming fire, while appearing to Moses, and giving the law; and they had seen him as a consuming fire in the case of Korah, Dathan, Abiram, and their company. They had, therefore, every good to expect from his approbation, and every evil to dread from his displeasure. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 4:19

Verse 19 19.And lest thou lift up thine eyes. Moses proceeds further, lest the Jews should imagine any divinity in the sun, and moon, and stars; nor does he only recall them from the error with which many were imbued, (96) thinking that these were so many gods; but also anticipates another superstition, lest, being ravished by the brightness of the stars, they should conceive them to be images of God. And to this the expression, to “be driven,” refers. For since God represents His glory in the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 4:21

Verse 21 21.Furthermore, the Lord was angry with me. He again records that it arose from the transgression of the people that he was not permitted to enter the land, not by way of expostulation, and much less in order to accuse God of cruelty, as if he had been improperly and unjustly substituted as a criminal in the place of others, but rather to magnify the goodness of God towards those whom He had treated with so much indulgence. For we must observe the comparison, that, whilst they were to... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:24

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 4:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 4:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 4:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 4:19

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 4:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 4:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 4:24

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 4:19

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 4:21

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