Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 9:16
And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your God, [and] had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the LORD had commanded you.
And I looked,…. When he was come down from the mount, and was nigh the camp:
and, behold, ye had sinned against the Lord your God; that plainly appeared by what they had done, and at which he was amazed; and therefore a behold is prefixed to it, it being such a gross sin, having so much impiety and ingratitude, and stupidity in it:
and made you a molten calf; that he saw with his eyes, and them dancing about it; see Ex 32:19
ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the Lord had commanded you; see De 9:7.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(16) Ye had turned aside quickly.The words of Jehovah in Deu. 9:16, repeated here, and also recorded in Exo. 32:8. There is nothing so sad in human experience as the rapidity with which good resolutions and impressions fade from the natural heart of man.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Deu 9:16 And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your God, [and] had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the LORD had commanded you.
Ver. 16. Ye had turned aside quickly. ] Levitate prorsus desultoria. Apostates have religionem ephemeram, being constant in nothing but in their inconstancy.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.
sinned. Hebrew. chat’a. See App-44.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
I looked: Exo 32:19, Act 7:40, Act 7:41
Reciprocal: Exo 32:4 – fashioned Exo 32:8 – have turned Deu 9:12 – are quickly Deu 9:25 – General Jdg 2:17 – quickly Joe 2:17 – Spare 1Co 10:7 – be
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
9:16 And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your God, [and] had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the {k} way which the LORD had commanded you.
(k) That is, from the Law: in which he declares what the cause of our punishment is.