Deu 32:36, Isa 63:15, Hos 11:8 | JFB

Deuteronomy 32:36

Isaiah 63:15

15. Here begins a fervent appeal to God to pity Israel now on the ground of His former benefits.

habitation of . . . holiness— (Isa 57:15; De 26:15; 2Ch 30:27; Ps 33:14; 80:14).

zeal . . . strength—evinced formerly for Thy people.

sounding of . . . bowels—Thine emotions of compassion (Isa 16:11; Jer 31:20; 48:36; Ho 11:8).

Hosea 11:8

8. as Admah . . . Zeboim—among the cities, including Sodom and Gomorrah, irretrievably overthrown (De 29:23).

heart is turned within me—with the deepest compassion, so as not to execute My threat (La 1:20; compare Ge 43:30; 1Ki 3:26). So the phrase is used of a new turn given to the feeling (Ps 105:25).

repentings—God speaks according to human modes of thought (Nu 23:19). God's seeming change is in accordance with His secret everlasting purpose of love to His people, to magnify His grace after their desperate rebellion.