Deuteronomy 33:28 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew. ”

• Deuteronomy 33:28 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  The fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine - The King James Version does not preserve the symmetry of the clauses. Render it: “Israel shall dwell in safety; alone shall the fount...

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• Deuteronomy 33:28 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: (r) the fountain of Jacob [shall be] upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew. (r) Who was plentiful in issue as a fountain.

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• Deuteronomy 33:28 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Deuteronomy 33. The Blessing of Moses. Of this poem (quite unconnected with the context) the following statements may be made: ( a) It was composed during the prosperous reign of Jeroboam II (786-...

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• Deuteronomy 33:28 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Israel... Jacob. The name of. man put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause) for his posterity. App-6. Note the name, "Israel" connected with Divine safety, and "Jacob" with earthly substance....

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• Deuteronomy 33:28 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  28. Israel then shall dwell in safety alone. (328) The beginning of the verse is by no means obscure, for Moses promises in it to the elect people what all have naturally a great desire for...

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• Deuteronomy 33:28 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew. Israel then shall dwell - alone - This people shall not b...

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• Deuteronomy 33:28 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Ver. 26-29. There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun — Moses, having made an end of declaring to each tribe some of the particular circumstances which would distinguish them from the rest, an...

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• Deuteronomy 33:28 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew. The fountain of Jacob - the posterity of Israel sha...

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• Deuteronomy 33:28 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Blessing of Moses This chapter contains the last words or 'swan-song' of Moses. Immediately before his death he takes farewell of the people, and blesses each of the tribes in turn, as Jacob h...

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• Deuteronomy 33:28 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Israel then shall dwell in safety — i.e. , in confidence and security. “ In His days (the days of Messiah) Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely” ( Jeremiah 23:6 ), but not until...

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• Deuteronomy 33:28 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  (B) THE BLESSING OF MOSES Deuteronomy 33:1-29 Besides the farewell speeches and the farewell song, we have in this chapter yet another closing utterance attributed to Moses. Here, as in the cas...

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• Deuteronomy 33:28 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Israel's Happy Future Promised Deuteronomy 33:18-29 Zebulun and Issachar, sons of Leah, were neighbors in Canaan, and, being on the seaboard, became wealthy by commerce. The calling of the...

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• Deuteronomy 33:28 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Here we have the record of the final words of Moses to the nation. They also take the form of a song. Often he had set before the people cursing and blessing His last words were of blessing only. Fi...

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• Deuteronomy 33:28 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  The man of GOD, having poured out his praises on Israel's GOD, now bestows his commendation on Israel. They have the eternal GOD for their refuge. JEHOVAH is engaged in all his covenant relations for...

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• Deuteronomy 33:28 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Israel then shall dwell in safety alone ,.... The Canaanites being thrust out of their land, and Israel put into the possession of it, should dwell in safety, or "confidently" l; without fear of ene...

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• Deuteronomy 33:28 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob [shall be] upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew. Ver. 28. Israel then shall dwell, &c. ] See Trapp...

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• Deuteronomy 33:28 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Israel shall dwell in safety alone Either, 1st, In safety, although they be alone, and have no confederates to defend them, but have all the world against them, yet my single protection shall be su...

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• Deuteronomy 33:28 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  THE BLESSING OF THE TRIBES (vs.1-29) Though Deuteronomy is a book largely of admonition, yet all admonition is finished by the end of Chapter 32:47, and Chapter 33 beautifully closes God's messag...

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• Deuteronomy 33:28 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        26 There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.   27 The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the ev...

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• Deuteronomy 33:28 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Alone; either, 1. Though they be alone, and have no confederates to defend them, but have all the world against them, yet my single protection shall be sufficient for them. Or, 2. Distinct and...

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• Deuteronomy 33:28 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Deuteronomy 33:28 And Israel dwells in safety, The fountain of Jacob alone, In a land of grain and new wine; Yes, his heavens drop down dew. Because of this Israel, once they had driven ou...

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• Deuteronomy 33:28 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES .—Moses now performs the last great act of life and blesses the tribes of Israel. “The blessing opens with a solemn conclusion of the covenant and giving of the law at Sinai, by which...

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• Deuteronomy 33:28 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Deuteronomy 33:1 . Moses blessed Israel. Moses, like Jacob, died distinctly blessing the tribes of Israel, and finished his course in a manner worthy of himself. The tribe of Simeon is here omitte...

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• Deuteronomy 33:28 - The Biblical Illustrator

  There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun. The God of Jeshurun Are we to understand this passage as revoking all the threatened judgments previously denounced against Israel? No. But Moses sa...

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• Deuteronomy 33:28 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION MOSES ' BLESSING . Before ascending Mount Nebo, to take a view of the land he was not permitted to cuter and then to die, Moses took farewell of the people he had so long guided an...

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• Deuteronomy 33:28 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Blessing of Moses. As the aged patriarch Jacob laid his blessing upon his sons in the form of prophecies, so Moses, before being gathered to his people, spoke a prophetic blessing upon the pe...

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• Deuteronomy 33:28 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Deuteronomy 8:7 ; Deuteronomy 8:8 ; Deuteronomy 11:11 ; Deuteronomy 32:2 ; Deuteronomy 33:13 ; Exodus 33:16 ; Ezekiel 34:25 ; Genesis 27:28 ; Isaiah 48:1 ; Jeremiah 23:6 ; Jeremiah 33:16 ;...

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• Deuteronomy 33:28 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Alone — Either Tho' they be alone, and have no confederates to defend them, but have all the world against them, yet my single protection shall be sufficient for them. Or, Distinct and separated fr...

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