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Selected Verse: Psalms 106:15 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 106:15 |
Strong Concordance |
And he gave [05414] them their request [07596]; but sent [07971] leanness [07332] into their soul [05315]. |
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King James |
And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
but sent leanness--rather, "and sent," that is, and thus, even in doing so, the punishment was inflicted at the very time their request was granted. So Psa 78:30, "While their meat was yet in their mouths, the wrath of God came upon them."
soul--the animal soul, which craves for food (Num 11:6; Psa 107:18). This soul got its wish, and with it and in it its own punishment. The place was therefore called Kibroth-hattaavah, "the graves of lust" [Num 11:34], because there they buried the people who had lusted. Animal desires when gratified mostly give only a hungry craving for more (Jer 2:13). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
And he gave them their request - By sending great quantities of quails. Num 11:31-32.
But sent leanness into their soul - The word translated "leanness" is from a verb - רזה râzeh - to make thin; to cause to waste away; to destroy. The radical idea is that of abrading or "scraping;" and hence, it means to become lean, to waste away. It occurs only here and in Isa 10:16, rendered "leanness," and in Mic 6:10, rendered "scant;" margin, "leanness." It means here that the effect of all this on their souls was similar to the effect on the body when it wastes away by disease or want of food. This effect often occurs. In the gratification of their desires, in great temporal success and prosperity, individuals, churches, nations, often forget their dependence on God; lose their sense of the value of spiritual privileges and blessings: are satisfied with their condition; become selfconfident and proud, and forfeit the favor of God. If we pray for temporal prosperity, we should also pray that we may at the same time have grace commensurate with it, that it may be a blessing and not a curse; if we are visited with prosperity when it has not been a direct object of our prayer - if we inherit riches, or if our plans are successful beyond our expectations - or, in the language of the world, if "fortune smiles upon us," there should be special prayer on our part that it may not be a curse rather than a blessing; that it may be so received and used as not to alienate our minds from God. Few are the Christian people who can bear continued success in life; few are those who are not injured by it; rare is it that growth in grace keeps pace with uninterrupted worldly prosperity; rare is it that the blessings of earth are so received and employed that they are seen to be a means of grace, and not a hindrance to growth in piety. A man does not know what is best for him when his heart is set on worldly prosperity; and God is more benevolent to people than they are to themselves, in withholding what is so often the object of their intense desire. "What is asked in passion, is often given in wrath" - Henry. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Souls - Into their bodies. So their inordinate desire of pampering their bodies, was the occasion of destroying them. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Sent leanness - They despised the manna, and called it light, that is, innutritive, bread. God gave flesh as they desired, but gave no blessing with it; and in consequence they did not fatten, but grew lean upon it. Their souls also suffered want. |
13 For my people [05971] have committed [06213] two [08147] evils [07451]; they have forsaken [05800] me the fountain [04726] of living [02416] waters [04325], and hewed them out [02672] cisterns [0877], broken [07665] cisterns [0877], that can hold [03557] no water [04325].
34 And he called [07121] the name [08034] of that place [04725] Kibrothhattaavah [06914]: because there they buried [06912] the people [05971] that lusted [0183].
18 Their soul [05315] abhorreth [08581] all manner of meat [0400]; and they draw near [05060] unto the gates [08179] of death [04194].
6 But now our soul [05315] is dried away [03002]: there is nothing at all, beside [01115] this manna [04478], before our eyes [05869].
30 They were not estranged [02114] from their lust [08378]. But while their meat [0400] was yet in their mouths [06310],
10 Are there [0786] yet the treasures [0214] of wickedness [07562] [0376] in the house [01004] of the wicked [07563], and the scant [07332] measure [0374] that is abominable [02194]?
16 Therefore shall the Lord [0113], the Lord [0136] [03068] of hosts [06635], send [07971] among his fat ones [04924] leanness [07332]; and under his glory [03519] he shall kindle [03344] a burning [03350] like the burning of a fire [0784].
31 And there went forth [05265] a wind [07307] from the LORD [03068], and brought [01468] quails [07958] from the sea [03220], and let them fall [05203] by the camp [04264], as it were a day's [03117] journey [01870] on this side [03541], and as it were a day's [03117] journey [01870] on the other side [03541], round about [05439] the camp [04264], and as it were two cubits [0520] high upon the face [06440] of the earth [0776].
32 And the people [05971] stood up [06965] all that day [03117], and all that night [03915], and all the next [04283] day [03117], and they gathered [0622] the quails [07958]: he that gathered least [04591] gathered [0622] ten [06235] homers [02563]: and they spread [07849] them all abroad [07849] for themselves round about [05439] the camp [04264].