joshua-24:19-20-bsb

The Biblical Illustrator - Joshua 24:20

Joshua 24:20If ye forsake the Lord . . . He will turn Mercies abused, the precursors of wrathI.The reasonableness of expecting that abused mercies must lead to more aggravated punishment. We see this clearly in the history of Israel. Their career as a nation was marked by perfidy and ingratitude; at almost every step of their progress we find them in rebellion against the Most High--“forsaking the Lord, and serving strange gods.” And how did God deal with them when they thus acted? Is it not... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Joshua 24:19

Jos 24:19 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he [is] an holy God; he [is] a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins. Ver. 19. Ye cannot serve the Lord. ] You that are yet unregenerate, and that would fain make a mixture of religions, cannot serve the Lord; for he must be served like himself, that is, truly, that there be no halting; and totally, that there be no halving; he will not take up with a seeming or slubbering service. "Offer it... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Joshua 24:20

Jos 24:20 If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good. Ver. 20. And consume you, after that he hath done you good. ] Ingentia beneficia, flagitia, supplicia. From apostates God will take away his own and be gone, Hos 2:9 he will curse their blessings, Mal 2:2 blast their hopes, make them know the worth of his benefits by the want of them, making them cry out, as Jeremiah 4:13 , "Woe to us! for we are... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Joshua 24:19

Ye cannot: Joshua 24:23, Ruth 1:15, Matthew 6:24, Luke 14:25-Micah : holy: Leviticus 10:3, Leviticus 19:2, 1 Samuel 6:20, Psalms 99:5, Psalms 99:9, Isaiah 5:16, Isaiah 6:3-Deuteronomy :, Isaiah 30:11, Isaiah 30:15, Habakkuk 1:13 a jealous: Exodus 20:5, Exodus 34:14, 1 Corinthians 10:20-Song of Solomon : he will not: Exodus 23:21, Exodus 34:7, 1 Samuel 3:14, 2 Chronicles 36:16, Isaiah 27:11 Reciprocal: Numbers 25:11 - that I Psalms 99:3 - for it Isaiah 2:9 - therefore Ezekiel 8:3 -... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Joshua 24:20

he will turn: Joshua 23:12-Ezra :, 1 Chronicles 28:9, 2 Chronicles 15:2, Ezra 8:22, Isaiah 1:28, Isaiah 63:10, Isaiah 65:11, Isaiah 65:12, Jeremiah 17:13, Ezekiel 18:24, Acts 7:42, Hebrews 10:26, Hebrews 10:27, Hebrews 10:38 Reciprocal: Genesis 35:2 - strange 1 Samuel 12:14 - If ye will 1 Samuel 12:15 - But if ye 1 Samuel 12:25 - But if 2 Chronicles 28:6 - because Jeremiah 1:16 - who have Jeremiah 25:6 - General Matthew 6:24 - serve read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Joshua 24:19

And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.Ye cannot — He speaks not of an absolute impossibility, (for then both his resolution to serve God himself, and his exhortation to them had been vain) but of a moral impossibility, or a very great difficulty, which he alledgeth not to discourage them from God's service, but to make them more considerate in obliging themselves; and more... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Joshua 24:20

If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.Will turn — That is, he will alter his course and the manner of his dealing with you, and will be as severe as ever he was kind and gracious. He will repent of his former kindnesses, and his goodness abused will be turned into fury. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 24:19

19. Ye cannot serve the Lord Joshua utters these discouraging words, based on the waywardness of the people’s hearts, to draw out from them the expression of strong purpose to serve Jehovah. Thereby he elicits their energetic We will, in Joshua 24:21, and their self-pledging witness in Joshua 24:22. He is a jealous God He demands, like a husband, the undivided affection and service of the people who have avowed their fidelity to him. The word jealous, as applied to God, involves... read more