Psalms 83:12
Make their princes like Oreb, and Zeb, and Zebee, and Salmana. All their princes,
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.
In Context
11Who perished at Endor: and became as dung for the earth.
13who have said: Let us possess the sanctuary of God for an inheritance.
Cross References
Judges 7:25And having taken two men of Madian, Oreb and Zeb: Oreb they slew in the rock of Oreb, and Zeb in the winepress of Zeb. And they pursued Madian, carrying the heads of Oreb and Zeb to Gedeon beyond the waters of the Jordan.
2 Chronicles 20:11Do the contrary, and endeavour to cast us out of the possession which thou hast delivered to us.
Psalms 83:4They have taken a malicious counsel against thy people, and have consulted against thy saints.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 83:10-18
Prophetic Imprecations. 9 Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison: 10 Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth. 11 Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna: 12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession. 13 O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind. 14 As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire; 15 So persecute them with… Read the whole commentary →