3<\/strong>. proclaim the name of<\/em> Jehovah<\/strong> ] See J, Exo 33:19<\/span>, where name<\/em> = character and is parallel to glory<\/em> ( Deu 32:18<\/em><\/span>) as above, Deu 26:19<\/span>, it is parallel to praise<\/em> and honour<\/em>. Both ideas, character<\/em> and renown<\/em>, are probably included here. Cp. Deu 12:5<\/span>, Deu 28:58<\/span>.<\/p>\n give<\/strong> ye greatness unto our God<\/em> ] Cp. Deu 3:24<\/span>, Psa 29:1<\/span> f.<\/p>\n Deu 32:3<\/span><\/p>\n Ascribe ye greatness unto our God.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n The greatness of God<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>His underived, independent, and eternal existence. In this His nature stands out in distinction from all created being.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>The infinitude of His knowledge. There is no evading His glance, no travelling beyond the reach of His omniscience, no baffling His skill, no frustrating His plans, no searching of His understanding.<\/p>\n 3. <\/strong>The boundlessness of His power and dominion. Great is the Lord, and of great power. Take the microscope, and all the orders of existence which it reveals are embraced in His providence. Take the telescope, and as worlds on worlds pass before your vision, you only survey other parts of His great and boundless empire.<\/p>\n 4. <\/strong>The grandeur of His moral perfections. His holiness is unspotted, the standard and pattern of righteousness to all creatures and to all worlds. His goodness is vast and unutterable. It gave us His unspeakable gift. His faithfulness endureth to all generations, giving stability to the world which He created.<\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>Our adoration is a fitting tribute to His greatness and majesty. Whoso offereth praise glorifieth Me. It is the acknowledgment on our part of His natural and moral perfections.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>It is not only, however, by the direct exercise of adoration that we are to fulfil the exhortation of the text, but by cultivating a humbling impression of the Divine Majesty ever on our hearts. What humility should we, as creatures, cherish in the presence of the greatness of God! What lowliness of spirit should there be in our supplications and pleadings with God! How unseemly is all that is irreverential before Him!<\/p>\n 3. <\/strong>Whilst the Divine greatness should humble us, however, it may also inspire us with confidence, if living and walking before Him. What a friend and helper is He to those who loyally serve Him! It is related of one of the greatest of the French preachers that, when called to preach a funeral discourse for Louis XIV before a crowded audience and in the presence of the French Court, he broke the hushed silence of the vast assembly when he entered the pulpit and began to speak, by the exclamation, There is nothing great but God, and then, having nerved himself for his work, addressed himself to his subject. In sorest bereavements He can sustain, and in the solemn void which they have created can make His own presence all the more realisingly felt. Specially let us cherish such confidence in reference to the interests of religion in the world, and look forward to a great future for the Church of God, though earth and hell oppose. <\/em>(E. T. Prust.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The Great Supreme<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>If I worship a created being, if I seek the intercession of any save the one Person who is ordained to be the Mediator between God and man, the Man Christ Jesus, I do in that degree derogate from the greatness of God.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>Though we do not bow down and worship images, yet, I am sorry to say, there is scarce a congregation that is free from that error of ascribing greatness to their minister. If souls are converted, how very prone we are to think there is something marvellous in the man. We are but your servants for Christs sake.<\/p>\n 3. <\/strong>Pay deference unto authorities as ye should do; but if in aught they swerve, remember your knee must bow to God, and to God alone. If in aught there be anything wrong, though it should have a sovereigns name attached to it, remember one is your Master and King.<\/p>\n 4. <\/strong>In the case of those who are in the employ of masters, it is but right that they should render unto their masters that which is their due; but when the master commands that which is wrong, allow me solemnly to caution you against giving to him anything which you are not bound to do. Your master tells you you must break the Sabbath. You do it because he is your master; ye have violated this command, for it is said, Ascribe ye greatness unto God.<\/p>\n 5. <\/strong>This text has a bearing upon certain philosophic creeds which I will just hint at. Some men, instead of ascribing greatness to God, ascribe greatness to the laws of nature, and to certain powers and forces which they believe govern the universe. They look up on high; their eyes see the marvellous orbs walking in their mystery along the sky. They say, What stupendous laws are those which govern the universe! And ye will see in their writings that they ascribe everything to law and nothing to God. Now, all this is wrong. Law without God is nothing. God puts force into law, and if God acts by laws in the government of the material universe, yet it is the force of God which moves the worlds along and keeps them in their places. Law without God is nullity. Reject every philosophy that does not ascribe greatness to God, for there is a worm at the root of it, and it yet shall be destroyed.<\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>This command comes to the sinner when he first begins seriously to consider his position before God. When you look at your sins ascribe greatness to Gods justice.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>Let the sinner who is already convinced of thin ascribe greatness to Gods mercy. Further, let me appeal to the Christian, Ascribe ye greatness unto our God. Thou art in trouble; thou art wearied with the hardness of thy journey; thy poverty has got hold of thee. It is a dark night with thee just now; thou seest not thy signs; thou hast no sweet promise to light upon. Ascribe ye greatness unto our God. Great as your troubles are, remember He is greater. And when the devil tempts you to believe that God cannot help you, tell him that you think better of Him than that; you ascribe greatness to the Almighty, and you believe He is great enough to deliver you from all your sorrows. (C. H. Spurgeon.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The greatness of God<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>Greatness is not a distinct attribute of the Divine nature, but an excellency which belongs to all His attributes. Whatever is in God is great. He is great in His wisdom, power, justice, goodness, and truth. There is such a mixture of greatness and goodness in God, that those who know Him best will fear and love Him most; and even devils are constrained to believe and tremble.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>There is an essential and also a relative greatness in God, a greatness interwoven in the whole of His character, and appearing in all His works. Is He our Father? He is our Father who is in heaven, dwelling in the most exalted state of majesty; demanding our reverence and exciting our highest hopes (Ecc 5:2<\/span>). Is He a King? He is a great King, the King of kings.<\/p>\n 3. <\/strong>The greatness of God is unsearchable and incomprehensible. With increasing knowledge we shall have an increasing sense of our own deficiency.<\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>We are to ascribe greatness to our God by acknowledging and declaring His greatness and His glory.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>In ascribing greatness to the Lord, we are to do it practically; not only with our lips, but in our lives.<\/p>\n 3. <\/strong>In approaching to God with reverence and holy fear we ascribe to Him the glory due unto His name, striving against wandering thoughts and vain imaginations, and cherishing a deep sense of our own unworthiness. The higher we rise in our apprehensions of God, the lower we shall fall in our own esteem.<\/p>\n 4. <\/strong>By entertaining the most enlarged expectations from God we in effect ascribe greatness to Him. Great faith ought to be exercised towards a great God; nor should we say, Can He pardon? can He help? or can He save? for what can He not do? What wants are so great that He cannot supply? what works so great that He cannot enable us to perform? what burdens so great that He cannot support us under? what dangers so great that He cannot deliver us out of them?<\/p>\n 5. <\/strong>If we ascribe greatness to the Lord, that greatness will be to us a matter of joy and gladness, and we shall glory in His holy name.<\/p>\n 6. <\/strong>Fearing to offend against God, and dreading His displeasure, are included in the duty prescribed. (B. Beddome, M. A.<\/em>)<\/p>\n The name of the Lord, <\/B>i.e. his glorious excellencies and righteous and worthy actions, by which he hath made himself known, as a man is known by his name, and by which it will appear both that there is no blame to be laid upon him, whatsoever befalls you, and that it is gross madness to forsake such a God for dumb idols and mere vanities. <\/P> As I am about to publish the great power and majesty and glory of God, so do you also own and acknowledge it, as you have reason to do; or, do you attend to the words which God hath commanded me to speak to you in his name with that diligence, reverence, and godly fear which the presence of so great and glorious a Majesty calls for. <\/P> <\/p>\n Because I will publish the name of the Lord<\/strong>,…. Not call on his name, as some, nor call to the heaven and earth in his name, as others, but proclaim his name, even the same that was proclaimed before Moses, Ex 34:6<\/span>; and this is to be understood, not of Jehovah the Father, nor of Jehovah the Spirit, but of Jehovah the Son, the rock whose work is perfect, and the rock of salvation, De 32:4<\/span>; and not of any particular name of his, unless any of those mentioned can be thought to be intended; rather his perfections and attributes, or his Gospel, called his name, Ac 9:15<\/span>; though his name may signify no other than himself, who is the sum and substance of the Gospel, and who, in his person, office, grace, and salvation, is to be published and proclaimed, openly and publicly, constantly and faithfully, and his name only; for there is no other under heaven whereby man can be saved:<\/p>\n ascribe ye greatness unto our God<\/strong>; to Christ, the rock of salvation, who is truly God, our God, God in our nature, God manifest in the flesh, and who is the great God, and our Saviour, and therefore greatness is to be ascribed to him: he is great in his person and perfections; his works are great, those of creation and providence, and particularly of redemption and salvation; he is great in his offices, a great Saviour, a great High priest, a great Prophet, a great King, and the great Shepherd of the sheep: those that are called upon to give greatness to him, which is his due, are the heavens and the earth, De 32:1<\/span>; and both have, literally and figuratively considered, bore a testimony to his greatness; the heavens, at his birth a wonderful star appeared, directing the wise men to him; at his death the sun was darkened; at his ascension the heavens were opened and received him, and still retain him; even God in heaven, by a voice from thence, bore witness of him as his beloved Son, in whom he was well pleased; also by raising him from the dead, declaring him to be the Son of God with power, and by exalting him at his right hand as a Saviour, and by the effusion of the Spirit on his apostles, to preach and spread his Gospel; the angels in heaven ascribed greatness to him, by their worship of him when he came into the world, by the declaration they made of him at his incarnation, and by the testimony they bore to his resurrection, and by their subjection to him in all things: the church below, sometimes called heaven, in the book of the Revelation, ascribe all honour, glory, and greatness to him: the earth, the whole terraqueous globe, in it have been displayed the greatness of Christ, the power and glory of his divinity; in the sea by becoming a calm at his word of command, in the rocks by being rent at his death, and will be in both by delivering up the dead in them, at the last day: the inhabitants of the earth, especially the redeemed from among men, ascribe greatness to him, by attributing daily to him all the perfections of the Godhead, and the glory of their salvation: Aben Ezra says, Moses refers to the heavens and the earth, or respects them, and compares with this Ps 19:1<\/span>.<\/p>\n 3 Because I will publish the name of the Lord. He signifies by these words that, if there were any spark of piety in the Israelites, it must be manifested by their welcoming this address, wherein the majesty of God shines forth. The first clause of the verse, therefore, stands last in order, since it is an assignment of a reason for the other. For when he exhorts them that they should ascribe to God the glory He deserves, he inculcates upon them obedience and attention, as if he had said that, unless they reverently submit themselves to his teaching, God would be defrauded of this due honor; and this he confirms by adding as a reason that he will sincerely and faithfully publish the name of God. For the word invoke (250) is not used here as in many other passages, but is equivalent to making a profession of God. Moses, then, declares himself to be His proclaimer, in order that, under cover of His most Holy name, he may awaken attention to his words. <\/p>\n (250) Hebr. אקרא A.V., “I will publish,” from קרא, which is stated by Taylor to signify, in its first sense, ”Vocare, advocare, eonvocare, invocare, clamare, exclamare, legere.” — Concord, in voce. <\/p>\n (3)For (or when) it is the Name JEHOVAH that I utter; Give ye greatness to our God.<\/p>\n 3<\/strong>. <\/strong> Because I will publish the name of the Lord <\/strong> Better, I will proclaim the name of Jehovah. <\/em> The Hebrew word , like the Greek , means to make a proclamation as a herald or as a prophet. Moses proclaims Jehovah as the nation’s king.<\/p>\n Ver. <\/em><\/strong>3. <\/strong>Because I will publish the name of the Lord<\/em><\/strong><\/strong> Houbigant renders it, Whilst I shall celebrate the name of the Lord; <\/em>which seems to be right. Moses’s subject is the celebration of the great Jehovah; and to this great subject he calls the heavens and the earth to be attentive: at the same time exhorting the people to join with him in the exalted theme, and to celebrate the infinite power and supreme dominion of the great object of their adoration. <\/p>\n Ascribe ye greatness unto our God<\/em><\/strong><\/strong> The word, which we render ascribe, <\/em>imports the abundance and earnestness of praise, according to Vitringa and Venema. See Vitringa’s Comment on this chapter, published by Herman Venema, Harling. 1734. 4to. <\/p>\n REFLECTIONS.<\/strong>Moses opens his important Song of Solomon 1<\/span>. With a solemn appeal to heaven and earth for the truth of his word, and the justice of the divine procedure; or, as if, more attentive than this stupid people, they would sooner hear and obey him. His doctrine is described as dropping as the rain, even as the gentle showers to refresh the parched ground; and the influence of it like the small rain on the tender grass, descending softly, and sweetly insinuating into the affections. Such is the Gospel of Jesus, cooling the parched conscience burnt up with the wrath of God, causing the heart to yield its fruit, and where-ever received making the inward man to flourish as a green field. 2. The reason is given for the audience and attention he demands, because of the greatness and glory of that God whose name he was about to proclaim. Note; <\/em>The higher thoughts we entertain of God, the more shall we be afraid to sin, and the readier to submit to every providence, and to own the justice of every afflictive dispensation. <\/p>\n Precious thought! that doctrine will descend as the rain, and under divine influences will work its way, like the soft insinuating dew, which proclaims JEHOVAH in all his threefold personality of character and covenant-offices. For what is GOD’S greatness to his people, but his great salvation in JESUS? When Moses desired to see the glory of the LORD, GOD said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee. Exo 33:18-19<\/span> .<\/p>\n Deu 32:3 Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.<\/p>\n Ver. 3. Ascribe ye greatness,<\/strong> ] i.e., <\/em> Tremble at his word, and take it to heart. See 1Th 2:13<\/span> .<\/p>\n the LORD = Jehovah. See App-4. <\/p>\n Because: Exo 3:13-16, Exo 6:3, Exo 20:24, Exo 34:5-7, Psa 29:1, Psa 29:2, Psa 89:16-18, Psa 105:1-5, Psa 145:1-10, Jer 10:6, Jer 23:6, Mat 1:23, Joh 17:6, Joh 17:26 <\/p>\n ascribe: Deu 5:24, 1Ch 17:19, 1Ch 29:11, Psa 145:3, Psa 150:2, Jer 10:6, Eph 1:19 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Jdg 5:3 – O ye kings Psa 99:4 – strength<\/p>\n Deu 32:3. I will publish the name of the Lord His glorious excellences and righteous actions, by which he hath made himself known as a man is known by his name, and by which it will appear both that there is no blame to be laid upon him whatsoever befalls you, and that it is gross madness to forsake such a God for dumb idols. Ascribe ye As I am about to publish the majesty and glory of God, so do you also acknowledge it.<\/p>\n Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God. 3. proclaim the name of Jehovah ] See J, Exo 33:19, where name = character and is parallel to glory ( Deu 32:18) as above, Deu 26:19, it is parallel to praise and honour. Both ideas, character and renown, are … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 32:3”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5770\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
I. <\/strong>Our primary concern should be to attempt to realise the greatness of God, however inadequate all our conceptions may be.<\/p>\n
II. <\/strong>The practical lessons enforced in the call to ascribe greatness to our God.<\/p>\n
I. <\/strong>A caution. In as much as Moses had said, Ascribe ye greatness unto our God, he intended to hint to us that we ought to ascribe greatness to none else.<\/p>\n
II. <\/strong>A command.<\/p>\n
I.<\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>Offer a few remarks on the nature of Gods greatness.<\/p>\n
II. <\/strong>Inquire in what manner we are to ascribe greatness to God.<\/p>\nFuente: Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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