Psalms 83:12
Who said—Let us take a possession for ourselves, The pastures of God!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.
In Context
13O my God, make them, As whirling [dust], As chaff before a wind;
Cross References
Judges 7:25And they captured the two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb, and slew Oreb at Oreb’s Rock, and, Zeeb, they slew at Zeeb’s Winepress, and pursued Midian,—and, the heads of Oreb and Zeeb, brought they in unto Gideon at the ford of the Jordan.
2 Chronicles 20:11yea lo! they, are requiting us,—by coming to drive us out, from thy possession, which thou didst cause us to possess.
Psalms 83:4They have said—Come, and let us wipe them out from being a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.
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 →