Psa 83:4, 12, Eze 36:5, Obd 13 | JFB | STEP | 4. from being a nation —utter destruction ( ). Israel —here used for Judah, having been the common name.

Psalms 83:4

4. from being a nation—utter destruction (Isa 7:8; 23:1).

Israel—here used for Judah, having been the common name.

Psalms 83:12

12. The language of the invaders.

houses—literally, "residences," enclosures, as for flocks (Ps 65:12).

of God—as the proprietors of the land (2Ch 20:11; Isa 14:25).

Ezekiel 36:5

5. to cast it out for a prey—that is, to take the land for a prey, its inhabitants being cast out. Or the land is compared to a prey cast forth to wild beasts. FAIRBAIRN needlessly alters the Hebrew pointing and translates, "that they may plunder its pasturage."

Obadiah 13

13. substance—translated "forces" in Ob 11.