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Selected Verse: Psalms 106:36 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 106:36 |
Strong Concordance |
And they served [05647] their idols [06091]: which were a snare [04170] unto them. |
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King James |
And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
And they served their idols - Jdg 2:12-13, Jdg 2:17, Jdg 2:19; Jdg 3:6-7.
Which were a snare unto them - Like the snares or toils by which birds and wild beasts are caught. That is, they were taken unawares; they were in danger when they did not perceive it; they fell when they thought themselves safe. The bird and the wild beast approach the snare, unconscious of danger; so the friend of God approaches the temptations which are spread out before him by the enemy of souls - and, ere he is aware, he is a captive, and has fallen. Nothing could better describe the way in which the people of God are led into sin than the arts by which birds are caught by the fowler, and wild beasts by the hunter. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| They served their idols - עצביהם atsabbeyhem, their labors or griefs - idols, so called because of the pains taken in forming them, the labor in worshipping them, and the grief occasioned by the Divine judgments against the people for their idolatry. |
6 And they took [03947] their daughters [01323] to be their wives [0802], and gave [05414] their daughters [01323] to their sons [01121], and served [05647] their gods [0430].
7 And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] did [06213] evil [07451] in the sight [05869] of the LORD [03068], and forgat [07911] the LORD [03068] their God [0430], and served [05647] Baalim [01168] and the groves [0842].
19 And it came to pass, when the judge [08199] was dead [04194], that they returned [07725], and corrupted [07843] themselves more than their fathers [01], in following [03212] [0310] other [0312] gods [0430] to serve [05647] them, and to bow down [07812] unto them; they ceased [05307] not from their own doings [04611], nor from their stubborn [07186] way [01870].
17 And yet they would not hearken [08085] unto their judges [08199], but they went a whoring [02181] after [0310] other [0312] gods [0430], and bowed [07812] themselves unto them: they turned [05493] quickly [04118] out of the way [01870] which their fathers [01] walked in [01980], obeying [08085] the commandments [04687] of the LORD [03068]; but they did [06213] not so.
12 And they forsook [05800] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of their fathers [01], which brought them out [03318] of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], and followed [03212] [0310] other [0312] gods [0430], of the gods [0430] of the people [05971] that were round about [05439] them, and bowed [07812] themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD [03068] to anger [03707].
13 And they forsook [05800] the LORD [03068], and served [05647] Baal [01168] and Ashtaroth [06252].