Psalms 81:16

With the finest of the wheat I would have fed them, And with honey out of the rock would I have satisfied them.”

Noyes 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

15The haters of Jehovah should have become suppliants to them, And their prosperity should have endured for ever.

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Cross References

Job 29:6When I bathed my steps in milk, And the rock poured me out rivers of oil!

Psalms 147:14He maketh peace in thy borders, And satisfieth thee with the finest of the 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 →

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