O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;
let the
Psalm 31:5 Into your hand I commit my spirit: you have redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
Psalm 130:8 And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
Exodus 15:16 Fear and dread shall fall on them; by the greatness of your arm they …
Deuteronomy 15:15 And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, …
Isaiah 35:9 No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, …
Isaiah 43:1 But now thus said the LORD that created you, O Jacob, and he that …
Isaiah 44:22 I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions, and, as …
Luke 1:68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he has visited and redeemed his people,
Luke 24:21 But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: …
Galatians 3:13 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse …
Titus 2:14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, …
1 Peter 1:18,19 For as much as you know that you were not redeemed with corruptible …
from
Psalm 106:10 And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed …
Deuteronomy 7:8 But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath …
Jeremiah 15:21 And I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked, and I will …
Jeremiah 31:11 For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of …
Micah 4:10 Be in pain, and labor to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a …
Luke 1:74 That he would grant to us, that we being delivered out of the hand …
And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.
gathered
Psalm 106:47 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to …
Isaiah 11:11-16 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his …
Isaiah 43:5,6 Fear not: for I am with you: I will bring your seed from the east, …
Isaiah 49:12 Behold, these shall come from far: and, see, these from the north …
Jeremiah 29:14 And I will be found of you, said the LORD: and I will turn away your …
Jeremiah 31:8,10 Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them …
Ezekiel 36:24 For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of …
Ezekiel 39:27 When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them …
Revelation 5:9 And they sung a new song, saying, You are worthy to take the book, …
south. Heb. sea
They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
wandered
Psalm 107:40 He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander in the wilderness, …
Genesis 21:14-16 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle …
Numbers 14:33 And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and …
Deuteronomy 8:15 Who led you through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were …
Deuteronomy 32:10 He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; …
Job 12:24 He takes away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, …
Ezekiel 34:6,12 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and on every high hill: …
Hebrews 11:38 (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and …
Revelation 12:6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared of God…
they found. This is the first similitude; in which the Israelites in captivity are compared to travellers in a dreary, uninhabited, and barren desert, spent with hunger and thirst, as well as by the fatigues of the journey.
Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
Judges 15:18,19 And he was sore thirsty, and called on the LORD, and said, You have …
1 Samuel 30:11,12 And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, …
Isaiah 44:12 The smith with the tongs both works in the coals, and fashions it …
Jeremiah 14:18 If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! …
Lamentations 2:19 Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour …
Mark 8:2,3 I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with …
Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.
then
Psalm 107:13,19,28 Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out …
Psalm 50:15 And call on me in the day of trouble: I will deliver you, and you …
Psalm 91:15 He shall call on me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in …
Isaiah 41:17,18 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their …
Jeremiah 29:12-14 Then shall you call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I …
Hosea 5:15 I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offense, …
Hebrews 4:15,16 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling …
he delivered
2 Corinthians 1:8-10 For we would not, brothers, have you ignorant of our trouble which …
2 Corinthians 12:8-10 For this thing I sought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me…
2 Timothy 3:11 Persecutions, afflictions, which came to me at Antioch, at Iconium, …
And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
he led
Psalm 77:20 You led your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
Psalm 78:52 But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in …
Psalm 136:16 To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy …
Ezra 8:21-23 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might …
Isaiah 30:21 And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, This is the way, …
Isaiah 35:8-10 And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called …
Isaiah 48:17 Thus said the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the …
Isaiah 49:8-11 Thus said the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard you, and in …
Isaiah 63:13,14 That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that …
Jeremiah 6:16 Thus said the LORD, Stand you in the ways, and see, and ask for the …
Jeremiah 31:9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them…
2 Peter 2:15,21 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following …
that they
Psalm 107:4,36 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no …
Nehemiah 11:3 Now these are the chief of the province that dwelled in Jerusalem…
Jeremiah 31:24,38 And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities thereof …
Jeremiah 33:10-13 Thus said the LORD; Again there shall be heard in this place, which …
Hebrews 11:9,10,16 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, …
Hebrews 12:22 But you are come to mount Sion, and to the city of the living God, …
Revelation 21:2-4,10-27 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God …
Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
o that men
Psalm 107:15,21,31 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful …
Psalm 81:13-16 Oh that my people had listened to me, and Israel had walked in my ways!…
Deuteronomy 5:29 O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, …
Deuteronomy 32:29 O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would …
Isaiah 48:18 O that you had listened to my commandments! then had your peace been …
praise
Psalm 34:3 O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.
Psalm 92:1,2 IT IS A GOOD THING TO GIVE THANKS UNTO THE LORD, AND TO SING PRAISES …
Psalm 147:1 Praise you the LORD: for it is good to sing praises to our God; for …
Isaiah 63:7 I will mention the loving kindnesses of the LORD, and the praises …
his wonderful
Psalm 40:5 Many, O LORD my God, are your wonderful works which you have done, …
Psalm 78:4 We will not hide them from their children, showing to the generation …
Psalm 111:4 He has made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD is gracious …
Daniel 4:2,3 I thought it good to show the signs and wonders that the high God …
Daniel 6:27 He delivers and rescues, and he works signs and wonders in heaven …
For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
such. Here begins the second comparison; in which the state of the captives in Babylon is illustrated by that of prisoners in a dreary dungeon.
as sit
Job 3:5 Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell …
Isaiah 9:2 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they …
Matthew 4:16 The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which …
Matthew 22:13 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take …
Luke 1:79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, …
bound
Psalm 105:18 Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:
Exodus 2:23,24 And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: …
2 Chronicles 33:11 Why the LORD brought on them the captains of the host of the king …
Job 36:8,9 And if they be bound in fetters, and be held in cords of affliction…
Lamentations 3:6,7 He has set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old…
Romans 6:20,21 For when you were the servants of sin, you were free from righteousness…
Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
because
Psalm 68:6,18 God sets the solitary in families: he brings out those which are …
Psalm 106:43 Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their …
Isaiah 63:10,11 But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned …
Lamentations 3:39-42 Why does a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins…
Lamentations 5:15-17 The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning…
contemned
Psalm 73:24 You shall guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
Psalm 113:7-9 He raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts the needy out of …
Psalm 119:24 Your testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.
2 Chronicles 25:15,16 Why the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent …
2 Chronicles 33:10 And the LORD spoke to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not listen.
Proverbs 1:25,30,31 But you have set at nothing all my counsel, and would none of my reproof…
1 Samuel 2:5-8 They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they …
Isaiah 5:19 That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see …
Jeremiah 44:16 As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, …
Luke 7:30 But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against …
Luke 16:14 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: …
Acts 20:27 For I have not shunned to declare to you all the counsel of God.
Romans 1:28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God …
Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.
he brought
Exodus 2:23 And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: …
Exodus 5:18,19 Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, …
Judges 10:16-18 And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the …
Judges 16:21,30 But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him …
Nehemiah 9:37 And it yields much increase to the kings whom you have set over us …
Isaiah 51:19,20,23 These two things are come to you; who shall be sorry for you? desolation, …
Isaiah 52:5 Now therefore, what have I here, said the LORD, that my people is …
Lamentations 5:5,6 Our necks are under persecution: we labor, and have no rest…
Luke 15:14-17 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; …
and there
Psalm 18:40,41 You have also given me the necks of my enemies; that I might destroy …
Psalm 22:11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
Psalm 142:4 I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that …
2 Kings 6:26,27,33 And as the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, there cried …
Job 9:13 If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him.
Isaiah 63:5 And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there …
Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
Psalm 107:6,19,28 Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them …
Psalm 18:6 In my distress I called on the LORD, and cried to my God: he heard …
Psalm 116:3-6 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell got hold …
Exodus 3:7,8 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people …
Jeremiah 4:3 For thus said the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up …
Jeremiah 6:6-10 For thus has the LORD of hosts said, Hew you down trees, and cast …
Jeremiah 10:10 But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting …
2 Chronicles 33:12,13,18,19 And when he was in affliction, he sought the LORD his God, and humbled …
Jeremiah 31:18-20 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; You have chastised …
He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.
brought
Psalm 107:10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in …
Psalm 68:6 God sets the solitary in families: he brings out those which are …
Job 3:5 Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell …
Job 10:21,22 Before I go from where I shall not return, even to the land of darkness …
Job 15:22,30 He believes not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited …
Job 19:8 He has fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he has set darkness in my paths.
Job 33:30 To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light …
Job 42:10-12 And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his …
Isaiah 42:16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead …
Isaiah 49:9 That you may say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in …
Isaiah 60:1-3 Arise, shine; for your light is come, and the glory of the LORD is …
Ephesians 5:8 For you were sometimes darkness, but now are you light in the Lord: …
1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, …
brake
Psalm 102:20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed …
Psalm 105:19,20 Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him…
Psalm 116:16 O LORD, truly I am your servant; I am your servant, and the son of …
Psalm 146:7 Which executes judgment for the oppressed: which gives food to the …
Job 36:8 And if they be bound in fetters, and be held in cords of affliction;
Isaiah 61:1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on me; because the LORD has anointed …
Jeremiah 52:31-34 And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity …
Zechariah 9:11,12 As for you also, by the blood of your covenant I have sent forth …
Acts 5:19,25 But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought …
Acts 12:7-10 And, behold, the angel of the Lord came on him, and a light shined …
Acts 16:26 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations …
Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
fools. This is the third comparison; the captives being compared to persons in a dangerous malady, as the consequences of their own sins.
Psalm 14:1 The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, …
Psalm 92:6 A brutish man knows not; neither does a fool understand this.
Proverbs 1:22 How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? and the scorners …
Proverbs 7:7,22 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a …
because
Psalm 38:1-8 O lord, rebuke me not in your wrath: neither chasten me in your hot …
Numbers 11:33,34 And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, …
Numbers 12:10-13 And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam …
Numbers 21:5-9 And the people spoke against God, and against Moses, Why have you …
Isaiah 57:17,18 For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: …
Jeremiah 2:19 Your own wickedness shall correct you, and your backslidings shall …
Lamentations 3:39 Why does a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.
Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.
Psalm 107:6,13,28 Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them …
Psalm 30:8-12 I cried to you, O LORD; and to the LORD I made supplication…
Psalm 34:4-6 I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears…
Psalm 78:34,35 When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and inquired …
Psalm 116:4-8 Then called I on the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech you, deliver my soul…
Jeremiah 33:3 Call to me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty …
He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
he sent
Psalm 147:15,19 He sends forth his commandment on earth: his word runs very swiftly…
2 Kings 20:4,5 And it came to pass, before Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, …
Matthew 8:8 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that you should …
healed
Psalm 30:2,3 O LORD my God, I cried to you, and you have healed me…
Psalm 103:3,4 Who forgives all your iniquities; who heals all your diseases…
Psalm 147:3 He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.
Numbers 21:8,9 And the LORD said to Moses, Make you a fiery serpent, and set it …
Job 33:23-26 If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, …
delivered
Psalm 49:15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall …
Psalm 56:13 For you have delivered my soul from death: will not you deliver my …
Job 33:28-30 He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall …
Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.
sacrifice
Psalm 50:14 Offer to God thanksgiving; and pay your vows to the most High:
Psalm 116:12,17 What shall I render to the LORD for all his benefits toward me…
Leviticus 7:12 If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice …
Hebrews 13:15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, …
1 Peter 2:5,9 You also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy …
declare
Psalm 9:11 Sing praises to the LORD, which dwells in Zion: declare among the …
Psalm 73:28 But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in …
Psalm 105:1,2 O give thanks to the LORD; call on his name: make known his deeds …
Psalm 118:17 I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.
Isaiah 12:4 And in that day shall you say, Praise the LORD, call on his name, …
rejoicing. Heb. singing
They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;
These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.
For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.
Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.
Psalm 107:6,13,19 Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them …
Jonah 1:5,6,14 Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man to his god, and …
Matthew 8:25 And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.
Acts 27:23-25 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and …
He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
Psalm 65:7 Which stills the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and …
Psalm 89:9 You rule the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, you still them.
Jonah 1:15 So they look up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea …
Matthew 8:26 And he said to them, Why are you fearful, O you of little faith? …
Mark 4:39-41 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, Peace, be …
Luke 8:23-25 But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of …
Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
oh that men
Psalm 107:8,15,21 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful …
Psalm 103:2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
Psalm 105:1 O give thanks to the LORD; call on his name: make known his deeds …
Hosea 2:8 For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and …
Jonah 1:16 Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice …
Jonah 2:9 But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving; I will …
Micah 6:4,5 For I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out …
Romans 1:20,21 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are …
2 Timothy 3:2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, …
Hebrews 13:15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, …
his wonderful
Psalm 71:17 O God, you have taught me from my youth: and till now have I declared …
Psalm 72:18,19 Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only does wondrous things…
Psalm 77:11,14 I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will remember your …
Psalm 105:2 Sing to him, sing psalms to him: talk you of all his wondrous works.
Revelation 15:3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song …
Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.
exalt
Psalm 18:46 The LORD lives; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation …
Psalm 46:10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, …
Psalm 99:5,9 Exalt you the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy…
Exodus 15:2 The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: …
Isaiah 12:4 And in that day shall you say, Praise the LORD, call on his name, …
Isaiah 25:1 O Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you, I will praise your name; …
in the congregation
Psalm 22:22,25 I will declare your name to my brothers: in the middle of the congregation …
Psalm 40:9,10 I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: see, I have …
Psalm 66:16 Come and hear, all you that fear God, and I will declare what he …
Psalm 111:1 Praise you the LORD. I will praise the LORD with my whole heart, …
Psalm 119:46 I will speak of your testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.
Acts 4:8-12 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said to them, You rulers …
He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;
turneth
1 Kings 17:1-7 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said …
Isaiah 13:19-21 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, …
Isaiah 19:5-10 And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted …
Isaiah 34:9,10 And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust …
Isaiah 42:15 I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; …
Isaiah 44:27 That said to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up your rivers:
Isaiah 50:2 Why, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none …
Ezekiel 30:12 And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of …
Joel 1:20 The beasts of the field cry also to you: for the rivers of waters …
Nahum 1:4 He rebukes the sea, and makes it dry, and dries up all the rivers: …
Zephaniah 2:9,13 Therefore as I live, said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely …
water-springs
1 Kings 18:5 And Ahab said to Obadiah, Go into the land, to all fountains of water, …
Jeremiah 14:3 And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they …
Amos 4:7,8 And also I have withheld the rain from you, when there were yet three …
A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
a fruitful
Genesis 13:10,13 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that …
Genesis 19:25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants …
Deuteronomy 29:23-28 And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, …
Isaiah 32:13-15 On the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yes, on …
barrenness. Heb. saltness
Genesis 14:3 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.
Ezekiel 47:11 But the miry places thereof and the marshes thereof shall not be …
He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.
turneth
Psalm 114:8 Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain …
Numbers 21:16-18 And from there they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the LORD …
2 Kings 3:16-20 And he said, Thus said the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches…
Isaiah 35:6,7 Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb …
Isaiah 41:17-19 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their …
Isaiah 44:3-5 For I will pour water on him that is thirsty, and floods on the dry …
Ezekiel 47:6-12 And he said to me, Son of man, have you seen this? Then he brought …
And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;
And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.
sow
Isaiah 37:30 And this shall be a sign to you, You shall eat this year such as …
Jeremiah 29:5 Build you houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the …
Jeremiah 31:5 You shall yet plant vines on the mountains of Samaria: the planters …
Ezekiel 28:26 And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and …
Amos 9:13-15 Behold, the days come, said the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake …
which may
Psalm 65:9-13 You visit the earth, and water it: you greatly enrich it with the …
Genesis 26:12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundred …
Joel 1:10-12 The field is wasted, the land mourns; for the corn is wasted: the …
Haggai 1:5,6,10,11 Now therefore thus said the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways…
Haggai 2:16-19 Since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures, …
Zechariah 8:1 Again the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying,
Zechariah 9:1 The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus …
Zechariah 10:1 Ask you of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD …
Zechariah 11:1 Open your doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour your cedars.
Zechariah 12:1 The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, said the LORD, which …
Acts 14:17 Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did …
1 Corinthians 3:7 So then neither is he that plants any thing, neither he that waters; …
2 Corinthians 9:10 Now he that ministers seed to the sower both minister bread for your …
He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
he blesseth
Psalm 128:1-6 Blessed is every one that fears the LORD; that walks in his ways…
Genesis 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, …
Genesis 9:1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, Be fruitful, …
Genesis 12:2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and …
Genesis 17:16,20 And I will bless her, and give you a son also of her: yes, I will …
Exodus 1:7 And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, …
Deuteronomy 28:4,11 Blessed shall be the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your ground, …
Deuteronomy 30:9 And the LORD your God will make you plenteous in every work of your …
Jeremiah 30:19 And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them …
Ezekiel 37:26 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an …
suffereth
Psalm 144:13,14 That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that …
Genesis 30:43 And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, …
Genesis 31:9 Thus God has taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
Exodus 9:3-7 Behold, the hand of the LORD is on your cattle which is in the field, …
Exodus 12:38 And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, …
Deuteronomy 7:14 You shall be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or …
Proverbs 10:22 The blessing of the LORD, it makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it.
Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.
again. The incidents detailed in these verses, which frequently occur, and mark the superintendence of a benign Providence, and the hand of a just God, appear to be brought forward to illustrate the return of the Israelites from captivity, and the punishment of their oppressors the Babylonians. Wherefore, at last, as in a common chorus, they conclude with exhorting each other to a serious consideration of these things, and to make a proper return to the Almighty.
they are
Psalm 30:6,7 And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved…
Genesis 45:11 And there will I nourish you; for yet there are five years of famine; …
Ruth 1:20,21 And she said to them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty …
1 Samuel 2:5-7 They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they …
2 Kings 4:8 And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great …
2 Kings 8:3 And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned …
Job 1:10-17 Have not you made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about …
oppression
Exodus 1:13,14 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor…
Exodus 2:23,24 And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: …
Judges 6:3-6 And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, …
2 Kings 10:32 In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote …
2 Kings 13:7,22 Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, …
2 Kings 14:26 For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: …
2 Chronicles 15:5,6 And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to …
Jeremiah 51:33,34 For thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter …
He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
poureth
Job 12:21,24 He pours contempt on princes, and weakens the strength of the mighty…
Isaiah 23:8,9 Who has taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose …
contempt
Psalm 78:66 And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual …
Exodus 8:3,17,24 And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go …
Joshua 10:24-26 And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings to Joshua, …
Judges 1:6,7 But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, …
Judges 4:21 Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer …
1 Samuel 5:9 And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of …
1 Samuel 6:4 Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall …
1 Kings 21:19 And you shall speak to him, saying, Thus said the LORD, Have you …
2 Kings 9:35-37 And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the …
Daniel 4:33 The same hour was the thing fulfilled on Nebuchadnezzar: and he was …
Daniel 5:5,6,18-30 In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand…
Acts 12:23 And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave …
Revelation 19:18 That you may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and …
causeth
Psalm 107:4 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no …
Job 12:24 He takes away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, …
Jeremiah 13:15-18 Hear you, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD has spoken…
wilderness. or, void place
Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.
setteth
Psalm 113:7,8 He raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts the needy out of …
Ruth 4:14-17 And the women said to Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which has not left …
1 Samuel 2:8 He raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts up the beggar from …
Esther 8:15-17 And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel …
Job 5:11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be …
Job 8:7 Though your beginning was small, yet your latter end should greatly increase.
Job 11:15-19 For then shall you lift up your face without spot; yes, you shall …
Job 42:10-12 And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his …
Jeremiah 52:31-34 And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity …
James 5:11 Behold, we count them happy which endure. You have heard of the patience …
from. or, after.
maketh
Psalm 78:52 But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in …
Psalm 128:6 Yes, you shall see your children's children, and peace on Israel.
Genesis 23:5-7 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him…
Genesis 48:11 And Israel said to Joseph, I had not thought to see your face: and, …
1 Samuel 2:21 And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bore three …
Job 21:11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
Job 42:16 After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, …
Proverbs 17:6 Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children …
Isaiah 49:20-22 The children which you shall have, after you have lost the other, …
The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
righteous
Psalm 52:6 The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:
Psalm 58:10,11 The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance: he shall …
Job 22:19 The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
Isaiah 66:10,11,14 Rejoice you with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all you that love …
iniquity
Psalm 63:11 But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that swears by him shall …
Psalm 112:10 The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his …
Exodus 11:7 But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his …
Job 5:15,16 But he saves the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from …
Proverbs 10:11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covers …
Romans 3:19 Now we know that what things soever the law said, it said to them …
Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.
is wise
Psalm 28:5 Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation …
Psalm 64:9 And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they …
Isaiah 5:12 And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in …
Jeremiah 9:12 Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom …
Daniel 10:12 Then said he to me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that …
Hosea 14:9 Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he …
they shall understand
Psalm 50:23 Whoever offers praise glorifies me: and to him that orders his conversation …
Jeremiah 9:24 But let him that glories glory in this, that he understands and knows …
Ephesians 3:18,19 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and …
