申命記 25:18 JCB

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 25:13-19

Here is, I. A law against deceitful weights and measures: they must not only not use them, but they must not have them, not have them in the bag, not have them in the house (Deut. 25:13, 14); for, if they had them, they would be strongly tempted to use them. They must not have a great weight and measure to buy by and a small one to sell by, for that was to cheat both ways, when either was bad enough; as we read of those that made the ephah small, in which they measured the corn they sold, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 25:18

How he met thee by the way ,.... Not with necessary provisions, food and drink, which would have been but a piece of kindness and humanity to travellers; but met them sword in hand, in order to stop their journey, and make them captives, at least to harass and distress them: and smote the hindmost of thee ; came upon them in a sly cowardly manner, and attacked their rear: even all that were feeble behind thee : women and children, and such men as were weak, sickly, labouring... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 25:18

Smote the hindmost of thee - See the note on Exodus 17:8 . It is supposed that this command had its final accomplishment in the death of Haman and his ten sons, Esther iii., vii., ix., as from this time the memory and name of Amalek was blotted out from under heaven, for through every period of their history it might be truly said, They feared not God. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 25:17-19

Whilst in their intercourse with each other the law of love and brotherly kindness was to predominate, it was to be otherwise in regard to the enemies of God and his people. Them they were to overcome by force; wickedness was to be removed by the extinction of the wicked. Moses has already repeatedly reminded the Israelites that they had utterly to destroy the wicked nations of Canaan; and he here closes this discourse by reminding them that there was a nation outside of Canaan which was also... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 25:17-19

Kindness to enemies is not to degenerate into sympathy with or indifference to ungodliness. God is kind. God is terrible. When he riseth up against sin to punish it openly, who—who can stand? The repeated injunctions in this book, of kindness to enemies, the prohibitions against private revenge, etc; should effectually guard any against attributing to Moses any incitement of the people to revengeful retaliation. He utters a prophecy, as a prophet. In Exodus 17:16 , the LXX . read, ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 25:17-19

Amalek. Moses, in calling the sin of Amalek to remembrance, and enjoining destruction of that people, was not speaking "of himself." He but declared the will of God, long before announced, and solemnly recorded in a book ( Exodus 17:14 ). It was not "after the spirit or mission of the Law," as has been well remarked, "to and at overcoming inveterate opposition by love and by attempts at conversion. The Law taught God's hatred of sin and of rebellion against him by enjoining the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 25:17-19

Cowardice and cruelty avenged. The feeling of resentment must be classed "low" among the moral sentiments. But this command to remember and to avenge the conduct of Amalek is not resentment. Abundant time was allowed the Amalekites to abandon evil ways and to cultivate friendly relations with Israel. But they continued, century after century, godless and hostile: hence their extinction. I. ATHEISM BREEDS IS MEN BOTH CRUELTY AND COWARDICE . Against Amalek the gravest... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 25:17-19

The extermination of the merciless. The crime of the Amalekites was falling upon the hindmost, who were faint and weary. It was an act of judgment untempered by any mercy; and the decree of God is their extermination because they were merciless. Just as we see in another place that God won't forgive the unforgiving, so here we see that he will blot out the merciless from under his merciful heaven. "For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath showed no mercy" ( James 2:13 ). I.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 25:18

And smote the hindmost of thee ; literally, and tailed thee ; i . e . cut off thy tail, or rear. The verb ( זִנֵּב ) occurs only here and in Joshua 10:19 . It is a denominative from זָנָב , a tail, and, like many denominatives, both in the Hebrew and in other languages, it has the sense of taking away or cutting off the thing expressed by the noun from which it is formed, like the English verb to skin, for example. HOMILETICS read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 25:13-19

Honesty in trade, as a duty to our neighbor, is emphatically enforced once more (compare Leviticus 19:35-36). It is noteworthy that John the Baptist puts the like duties in the forefront of his preaching (compare Luke 3:12 ff); and that “the prophets” (compare Ezekiel 45:10-12; Amos 8:5; Micah 6:10-11) and “the Psalms” Proverbs 16:11; Proverbs 20:10, Proverbs 20:23, not less than “the Law,” especially insist on them.Deuteronomy 25:13Divers weights - i. e. stones of unequal weights, the lighter... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 25:13-19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 25:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 25:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 25:17-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 25:17-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 25:17-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 25:17-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 25:17-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 25:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 25:13-19

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