Psalms 78:63

were not given to marriage. were not praised: i.e. had no marriage song.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The fire consumed their young men - Fire here may be regarded as an image of destructive war, as in Numbers 21:28 : “For there is a fire gone o...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

The fire (n) consumed their young men; and their maidens were not (o) given to marriage. (n) They were suddenly destroyed, ( 1 Samuel 4:10 ). (o) T...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LXXVIII. The Lesson of Israel's History. The northern tribes have been perverse from the first. Their wickedness has culminated in the schismatical...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage. Their maidens were not given to marriage - הוללו hullalu, were not c...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Their maidens were not given to marriage— Were not celebrated or praised. Mudge. i.e. They lost all their charms and agreeableness; or, perhaps...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies: -Israel's unfaithfulness in the time of the Judges caused God t...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This long historical Ps. may be compared with Psalms 105, 106, and with Deuteronomy 32 . It traces the course of God's relations with His people fro...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Were not given. — See margin. The desolation and misery were marked by the absence of the glad nuptial song.
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 78:1-72 THIS psalm is closely related to Psalms 105:1-45 ; Psalms 106:1-48 ; Psalms 107:1-43 . Like them, it treats the history of Israe...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

God Raises up His Shepherd David Psalms 78:59-72 This paragraph continues the history of the Judges, and tells the story of what befell after t...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The supreme quantity of this psalm is that throughout all its measures, over against the repeated failure of His people God's persistent patience is...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The history of the church is pursued through all these verses. But we must look farther than the history, and particularly in the close of the Psalm,...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The fire consumed their young men ,.... Not Nadab and Abihu, as some of the Jewish Rabbins interpret it, of which Jarchi makes mention; but the youn...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage. Ver. 63. The fire consumed ] The fire of warlike force, which qui...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He gave his people over unto the sword To the sword of his own justice, and of the enemies' rage, for he was wroth with his inheritance; and that...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judgments and Mercies; Wonders Wrought for Israel; Renewed Mercies to Israel....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Because the young men who should have married them were slain. Heb. were not praised , to wit, with marriage songs, which was usual at marriage sole...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription,—“Maschil of Asaph ,” i.e. , an instruction of Asaph, a didactic song by Asaph. The Psalm was probably written by the...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

This story of the children of Israel, after they came out of Egypt, is like a looking-glass in which we may, with great sadness, see ourselves reflec...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Title. Maschil of Asaph. Rabbi Kimchi says, that this title, which signifies to give instruction, designates also the species of music or melody to...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Narrative of God's Deeds
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The fire, namely, that of wars, consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage, no marriage anthems were intoned in their h...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 29:20 ; Deuteronomy 32:22 ; Isaiah 4:1 ; Jeremiah 16:9 ; Jeremiah 25:10 ; Jeremiah 7:34 ; Psalms 78:21

⁶³ The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 78:63

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 78:63