Explanation of Deuteronomy 32
Napsal(a) Alexander Payne
Verses 1-6. The Lord recruits the soul with spiritual life when there is reception; it is man himself that rejects the Divine influx.
Verses 7-14. The implantation of good and truth in the soul in infancy and youth.
Verses 15-33. The declension of the natural man from Divine truth, and consequent destruction of good and truth in the soul.
Verses 34-43. But when the soul has found by experience the futility of all else and turns to the Lord, its evils and falsities are dissipated.
Verses 44-52. The absolute necessity of carrying out the Divine will in the life again impressed upon the soul. Truth gives to the soul a perception of heaven, but cannot bring it thither till carried out in the life.
Zechariah 6:1-8
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Again I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, four chariots came out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass.
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In the first chariot were red horses; in the second chariot black horses;
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in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot dappled horses, all of them powerful.
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Then I asked the angel who talked with me, "What are these, my lord?"
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The angel answered me, "These are the four winds of the sky, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth.
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The one with the black horses goes out toward the north country; and the white went out after them; and the dappled went forth toward the south country."
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The strong went out, and sought to go that they might walk back and forth through the earth: and he said, "go around and through the earth!" So they walked back and forth through the earth.
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Then he called to me, and spoke to me, saying, "Behold, those who go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country."
