Nation

How Nave’s arranged it

• Sins ofIsaiah 30:1Isaiah 30:2
• ChastisedIsaiah 14:26Isaiah 14:27Jeremiah 5:29Jeremiah 18:6–10Jeremiah 25:12–33Ezekiel 2:3–5Ezekiel 39:23Ezekiel 39:24Daniel 7:9–12Daniel 9:3–16Hosea 7:12Joel 1:1–20Amos 9:9Zephaniah 3:6Zephaniah 3:8
• PerishPsalms 9:17Isaiah 60:12
• National adversity, prayer inJudges 21:2–42 Chronicles 7:132 Chronicles 7:14Psalms 74Joel 2:12
• LamentedEzra 9Nehemiah 1:4–11Jeremiah 6:14Jeremiah 8:11
• See Sin, National
• Prayer forPsalms 85:1–7Lamentations 2:20–22Lamentations 5Daniel 9:3–21
• Involved in sins of rulersGenesis 20:4Genesis 20:92 Samuel 24:10–171 Chronicles 21:7–17
• Involved in the sins of other individuals, as AchanJoshua 7:1Joshua 7:11–26
• Peace ofJob 34:29Psalms 33:12Psalms 89:15–18
• Promises of peace toLeviticus 26:61 Kings 2:332 Kings 20:191 Chronicles 22:9Psalms 29:11Psalms 46:9Psalms 72:3Psalms 72:7Psalms 128:6Isaiah 2:4Isaiah 14:4–7Isaiah 60:17Isaiah 60:18Isaiah 65:25Jeremiah 30:10Jeremiah 50:34Ezekiel 34:25–28Hosea 2:18Micah 4:3Micah 4:4
• Prayer for peaceJeremiah 29:71 Timothy 2:11 Timothy 2:2

The passages, in Bible order (82)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 20:4

   Now Abimelech had not gone near her, so he replied, “Lord, would You destroy a nation even though it is innocent?

   ›Commentary on Genesis 20:42 voices

   “Not such a nation as Sodom, which was indeed justly destroyed, but a nation which, in this matter, was innocent. God gives a very full answer to what he had said.

   “The expression "had not touched" is emphatic, like the statement "it is good for a man not to touch a woman," which means, even apart from sexual union, in no other way either to gaze at or to touch a woman with passion. God, of course, did not permit Abimelech to touch Sarah, though perhaps too because he had perfect self-control in all matters. Such a quality is truly a divine gift.

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2. Genesis 20:9

   Then Abimelech called Abraham and asked, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such tremendous guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done.”

   ›Commentary on Genesis 20:92 voices

   “Who would not rather be in the place of Abimelech than of the honored but sadly offending patriarch! What a dignified attitude is that of the king--calmly and justly reproving the sin of the patriarch, but respecting his person and heaping coals of fire on his head by the liberal presents made to him.

   “(1.) He calls that sin which he now found he had been in danger of a great sin. Note, Even the light of nature teaches men that the sin of adultery is a very great sin: be it observed, to the shame of many who call themselves Christians, and yet make a light matter of it.

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3. Leviticus 26:6

   And I will give peace to the land, and you will lie down with nothing to fear. I will rid the land of dangerous animals, and no sword will pass through your land.

   ›Commentary on Leviticus 26:61 voice

   “The sword - That is, war, as the sword is oft taken. It shall not enter into it, nor have passage through it, much less shall your land be made the seat of war.

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4. Joshua 7:1

   The Israelites, however, acted unfaithfully regarding the things devoted to destruction. Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of what was set apart. So the anger of the LORD burned against the Israelites.

   ›Commentary on Joshua 7:12 voices

   “But also we should not let it be passed over without comment that by one sinner wrath comes upon all the people.…But let us also see what sort of sin this person did. He stole, it says, "a tongue of gold" and placed it in his own tent. I do not think so great a force of sin was in that theft of a little gold that it defiled the innumerable church of the Lord. But let us see if a deeper understanding does not reveal the enormity and severity of the sin.

   “Committed a trespass - (compare Lev 5:15 note), “acted treacherously and committed a breach of faith.” This suitably describes the sin of Achan, who had purloined and hidden away that which had been dedicated to God by the ban Jos 6:19. The “trespass” was the act of one man, yet is imputed to all Israel, who also share in the penalty of it Jos 7:5. This is not to be explained as though all the people participated in the covetousness which led to Achan’s sin Jos 7:

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5. Joshua 7:11–26

   Israel has sinned; they have transgressed My covenant that I commanded them, and they have taken some of what was devoted to destruction. Indeed, they have stolen and lied, and they have put these things with their own possessions.

   ›Commentary on Joshua 7:11–261 voice

   “Also stolen, and dissembled also - The anger of God and the heinousness of Israel’s sin are marked by the accumulation of clause upon clause. As a climax they had even appropriated to their own use the consecrated property purloined from God.

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6. Joshua 14:15

   (Hebron used to be called Kiriath-arba, after Arba, the greatest man among the Anakim.) Then the land had rest from war.

   ›Commentary on Joshua 14:152 voices

   “Kirjath-arba--that is, the city of Arba, a warrior among the native race remarkable for strength and stature. the land had rest from war--Most of the kings having been slain and the natives dispirited, there was no general or systematic attempt to resist the progress and settlement of the Israelites.

   “A great man - literally, the great man; i. e. the renowned ancestor of the tribe, regarded as the founder of its greatness Jos 15:13.

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7. Joshua 21:44

   And the LORD gave them rest on every side, just as He had sworn to their fathers. None of their enemies could stand against them, for the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.

   ›Commentary on Joshua 21:441 voice

   “It is true there were Canaanites now remaining in many parts of the land, and such as afterwards made head against them, and became very formidable. As to the present remains of the Canaanites, they were no contradiction to the promise, for God had said he would not drive them out all at once, but by little and little, Exod. xxiii.

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8. Judges 3:11

   So the land had rest for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.

   ›Commentary on Judges 3:112 voices

   “And the land had rest forty years,.... As it should seem from the time of this deliverance; though, according to Ben Gersom and Abarbinel, the eight years' servitude are to be included in them; and Bishop Usher (r) reckons these forty years from the rest first settled in the land by Joshua; but the former sense seems best: and Othniel the son of Kenaz died: not at the end of the forty years; it is not likely he should live so long, but when he died is not certain; Eusebius (s) says he judged Israel fifty years. (r) Anual. Vet.

   “The land - means here, as in Jdg 1:2, not the whole land of Canaan, but the part concerned, probably the land of the tribe of Judah. Forty years, here and elsewhere, is (like fourscore years, Jdg 3:30) a round number, perhaps equivalent to a generation.

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9. Judges 3:30

   So Moab was subdued under the hand of Israel that day, and the land had rest for eighty years.

   ›Commentary on Judges 3:302 voices

   “The land had rest fourscore years - This is usually reckoned from the deliverance under Othniel, that being a term from which they dated every transaction, as in other cases they dated from the exodus, from the building of Solomon’s temple, etc., and as other nations did from particular events: the Romans, from the building of the city; the Mohammedans, from the Hijreh, or flight of Mohammed to Medina; the Christians, from the birth of Christ, etc., etc. But see the preface, and the different chronological schemes there mentioned.

   “Fourscore years - Chiefly that part of it which lay east of Jordan: for the other side of the country, which lay southwest, was even then infested by the Philistines.

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10. Judges 21:2–4

    So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, lifting up their voices and weeping bitterly.

    ›Commentary on Judges 21:2–41 voice

    “The people came to the house of God - Literally, the people came בית־אל to Bethel; this is considered as the name of a place by the Chaldee, Syriac, Arabic, and Septuagint. And wept sore - Their revenge was satisfied, and now reflection brings them to contrition for what they had done.

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11. 2 Samuel 24:10–17

    After David had numbered the troops, his conscience was stricken and he said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD, I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”

    ›Commentary on 2 Samuel 24:10–171 voice

    “David said - I have sinned greatly - We know not exactly in what this sin consisted. I have already hinted, 2Sa 24:1, that probably David now began to covet an extension of empire, and purposed to unite some of the neighboring states with his own; and having, through the suggestions of Satan or some other adversary, (for so the word implies), given way to this covetous disposition, he could not well look to God for help, and therefore wished to know whether the thousands of Israel and Judah might be deemed equal to the conquests which he meditated.

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12. 1 Kings 2:33

    Their blood will come back upon the heads of Joab and his descendants forever; but for David, his descendants, his house, and his throne, there shall be peace from the LORD forever.”

    ›Commentary on 1 Kings 2:331 voice

    “Their blood shall . . . return upon the head of Joab, &c.--A reference is here made to the curse publicly and solemnly pronounced by King David (2Sa 3:28, 29).

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13. 1 Kings 4:24

    For Solomon had dominion over everything west of the Euphrates—over all the kingdoms from Tiphsah to Gaza—and he had peace on all sides.

    ›Commentary on 1 Kings 4:242 voices

    “Tiphsah - Either that Tiphsah, 2 Kings xv, 16, which was in the kingdom of Israel within Jordan; or, rather, another place of that name upon Euphrates, even that eminent city which is mentioned by Ptolemy, and Strabo, and Pliny, called Thapsarum.

    “For he had dominion over all the region on this side the river,.... Or beyond the river Euphrates, in the sense before given, 1Ki 4:21; which accounts for the plenty of provisions he had, and the revenue with which he supported such a table he kept: from Tiphsah even to Azzah; or Gaza, one of the five principalities of the Philistines.

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14. 1 Kings 4:25

    Throughout the days of Solomon, Judah and Israel dwelt securely from Dan to Beersheba, each man under his own vine and his own fig tree.

    ›Commentary on 1 Kings 4:251 voice

    “Under his vine ... - This phrase seems to have been common among the Jews, and even among neighboring nations 2Ki 18:31, to express a time of quiet and security. It is used by the prophets in descriptions of the Messianic kingdom (marginal references).

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15. 2 Kings 20:19

    But Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “Will there not at least be peace and security in my lifetime?”

    ›Commentary on 2 Kings 20:192 voices

    “Good is the word ... - The language is, according to some, that of a true spirit of resignation and humility; according to others, that of a feeling of relief and satisfaction that the evil was not to come in his day. Such a feeling would be but natural, and though not according to the standard of Christian perfectness, would imply no very great defect of character in one who lived under the old Dispensation. Peace and truth - Rather, “peace and continuance.” The evils threatened were war and the dissolution of the kingdom.

    “But, after the destruction of Sennacherib, presents were brought him from various quarters, out of respect to a king who, by his faith and prayer, saved his country; and besides, it is by no means improbable that from the corpses in the Assyrian camp, all the gold and silver he had paid might be recovered.

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16. 1 Chronicles 21:7–17

    This command was also evil in the sight of God; so He struck Israel.

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