Joshua 24:2
Your fathers.Ge 11:26,31; 12:1; 31:53; De 26:5; Isa 51:2; Eze 16:3served other gods.In the case of Abraham this was probably the case, till he was called to the knowledge of God, when above 70 years old. 15; Ge 31:19,30,32,53; 35:4Joshua 24:20
he will turn.23:12-15; 1Ch 28:9; 2Ch 15:2; Ezr 8:22; Isa 1:28; 63:10; 65:11,12Jer 17:13; Eze 18:24; Ac 7:42; Heb 10:26,27,38Joshua 24:23
put away.14; Ge 35:2-4; Ex 20:23; Jud 10:15,16; 1Sa 7:3,4; Ho 14:2,3,81Co 10:19-21; 2Co 6:16-18incline.Pr 2:2; Heb 12:28,29Judges 10:16
they put.2Ch 7:14; 15:8; 33:15; Jer 18:7,8; Eze 18:30-32; Ho 14:1-3,8strange gods. Heb. gods of strangers. his soul.Ge 6:6; Ps 106:44,45; Isa 63:9; Jer 31:20; Ho 11:8; Lu 15:20; 19:41Joh 11:34; Eph 4:32; Heb 3:10; 4:15grieved. Heb. shortened.Not that there is any grief in God; he has infinite joy and happiness in himself, which cannot be broken in upon by either the sins or the miseries of his creatures. Not that there is any change in God; for he is of one mind, and who can turn him? But his goodness is his glory; by it he proclaims his name, and magnifies it; and as he is pleased to put himself into the relation of a father to his people, so he is pleased to represent his goodness to them by the compassion of a father to his children; for as he is the Father of lights, so is he the Father of mercies.Ruth 1:15
gone back.Ps 36:3; 125:5; Zep 1:6; Mt 13:20,21; Heb 10:38; 1Jo 2:19and unto.They were probably both idolaters at this time. That they were proselytes is an unfounded conjecture; and the conversion of Ruth now only commenced. her gods.Jud 11:24return.Jos 24:15,19; 2Sa 15:19,20; 2Ki 2:2; Lu 14:26-33; 24:281 Samuel 7:3
A.M. 2884. B.C. 1120. An. Ex. Is. 371. return.De 30:2-10; 1Ki 8:48; Isa 55:7; Ho 6:1,2; 14:1; Joe 2:12,13put away.Ge 35:2; Jos 24:14,23; Jud 2:13; 10:6prepare.De 30:6; 1Ch 22:19; 28:9; 2Ch 30:19; Job 11:13,14; Pr 16:1Jer 4:3,4; Eze 18:31; Mt 15:8; Joh 4:24serve him.De 6:13; 10:20; 13:4; Mt 4:10; 6:24; Lu 4:82 Samuel 7:23
what one.De 4:7,8,32-34; 33:29; Ps 147:20; Ro 3:1,2went.Ex 3:7,8; 19:5,6; Nu 14:13,14; Ps 111:9; Isa 63:7-14; Tit 2:141Pe 2:9; Re 5:9make him.Ex 9:16; Jos 7:9; 1Ch 17:21; Isa 63:12,14; Eze 20:9; Eph 1:6great things.De 10:21; Ps 40:5; 65:5; 66:3; 106:22; 145:6thy people.De 9:26; 15:15; Ne 1:10nations and their gods.Ex 12:122 Kings 17:29
made gods.Ps 115:4-8; 135:15-18; Isa 44:9-20; Jer 10:3-5; Ho 8:5,6; Mic 4:5Ro 1:23
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