Psalms 81:16

And God would haue fedde them with the fatte of wheat, and with honie out of the rocke would I haue sufficed thee.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 the Lord should haue bene subiect vnto him, and their time should haue endured for euer.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:13He caryed him vp to the hie places of the earth, that he might eate the fruites of the fieldes, and he caused him to sucke hony out of the stone, and oyle out of the hard rocke:

Judges 14:18And the men of ye citie sayde vnto him the seuenth day before the Sunne went downe, What is sweeter then honie? and what is stronger then a lyon? Then sayd hee vnto them, If yee had not plowed with my heiffer, yee had not found out my riddle.

Job 29:6When I washed my pathes with butter, and when the rocke powred me out riuers of oyle:

Psalms 147:14He setteth peace in thy borders, and satisfieth thee with the floure of wheate.

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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