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Psalms 81:16

But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.

In Context

15Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience, and their doom would last forever.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:13He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag,

Judges 14:18Before sunset on the seventh day, the men of the city said to Samson: “What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion?” So he said to them: “If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle!”

Job 29:6when my steps were bathed in cream and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!

Psalms 147:14He makes peace at your borders; He fills you with the finest wheat.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 81:9-16

Expostulation with Israel. 8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me; 9 There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god. 10 I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. 11 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me. 12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels. 13 Oh that my people had hearkened… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

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