Psalms 106:27

Psa 106:27 To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.

Ver. 27. To overthrow their seed also among the nations] This clause of God’s oath is not expressed in Numbers, but drawn there hence as a fearful consequence, both here by the psalmist, and also by the prophet Ezekiel, Eze 20:1-49 And R. Solomon’s note upon this text is, Tunc erat decretum de desolando Templo, ut lachrymas pro re magna, sicut ante pro nihilo effunderent, Then was the desolation of the temple (though it fell out long after) determined, that those malcontents who cried for nothing before, might have somewhat to cry for.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

27. (Psa 106:27) And to make their seed fall in the nations, and to scatter them in the lands. As the appointed punishment of the older generation was to die in the wilderness, so that of their descendants was to die in dispersion and captivity among the Gentiles. See Lev 26:33; Lev 26:38; and compare Deu 28:32; Deu 28:36; Deu 28:64; Deu 28:68. The recollection of this threatening must have been peculiarly affecting to the Jews in Babylon.

Joseph Addison Alexander, The Psalms Translated and Explained (1850) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

(27) Overthrow.—This verse is evidently copied from Eze_20:23, but the psalmist has either intentionally or accidentally changed the prophet’s verb “scatter” into “overthrow,” just used in Psa_106:26. The error, if an error, is as old as the LXX. version.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

27. And that he would scatter their seed among the nations,

And disperse them in the lands.

Almost verbatim as Eze_20:23, from which the text must be corrected here. The Heb. words for make to fall and scatter are very similar (הפיץ … הפיל), and the former was accidentally repeated from Psa_106:26. The allusion to the warnings of banishment from the land in Lev_26:33; Deu_28:64 is suggested by the mention of the exclusion of the faithless Israelites from the land in Psa_106:26.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

To overthrow their seed also among the nations,.... Their posterity was not overthrown in the wilderness; they were spared to possess the land their fathers despised. This respects later times, as does what follows:

and to scatter them in the lands; which Kimchi explains by the discomfiture of them by the Amalekites and Canaanites, when they presumed, contrary to the will of God, to go up to the top of the hill; and by Arad's taking some of them prisoner, afterwards, Num 14:45. But this was not done, nor to be done, in the wilderness: but the meaning is, that God lifted up his hand in the wilderness, and sware there, as Ezekiel says, Eze 20:23, that he would scatter them and disperse them among the Heathen; that is, at one time or another; which he did in part at the Babylonish captivity, and completely by the Romans: which is now their case, and is a standing proof of this prophecy, and an accomplishment of the oath of God.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

To overthrow their seed also among the nations - Margin, as in Hebrew, “to make them fall;” to wit, among the surrounding people. The reference here is to the posterity of those who complained and fell in the wilderness. The result of their rebellion and complaining would not terminate with them. It would extend to their posterity, and the rebellion of the fathers would be remembered in distant generations. The overthrow of the nation, and its captivity in Babylon was thus one of the remote consequences of their rebellion in the wilderness.

And to scatter them in the lands - In foreign lands - as at Babylon. If this psalm was written at the time of the Babylonian captivity, this allusion would be most appropriate. It would remind the nation that its captivity there had its origin in the ancient and long-continued disposition of the people to revolt from God.

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

To overthrow their seed; he sware also (though not at the same time) that he would punish their sins, not only in their persons, but also in their posterity. See Exo 20:5; 32:34; Lev 26:33. Others refer this to the same oath and history, Num 14, because God intended at first to destroy both parents and children, even the whole nation, Psa 106:12,15, though afterwards upon Moses’s intercession he limited the judgment to that generation. But that destruction threatened was by the pestilence, Psa 106:12, not, as here, by captivity and banishment. Besides, God said that, Psa 106:11, but he did not swear it, but the oath came afterward, Psa 106:21.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

27. To overthrow their seed—As this is spoken of the “seed,” or posterity, of the unbelieving Israelites of the desert, it may refer to any subsequent periods and generations, and is founded on such general warnings as Leviticus 26, and Deuteronomy 28.

To scatter them in the lands—This was so far fulfilled during the times of the Judges as fully to answer to Psa_106:47, without resorting to the exile in Babylon.

Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

To overthrow their seed also among the nations. Like Ezekiel, (Eze_20:23) the writer regards the Babylonish captivity as in part a punishment for the sins committed in the wilderness. And to scatter them in the lands. (comp. Lev_26:33 Deu_28:64) The Israelites were punished, not merely by being carried into captivity, but by being completely broken up as a nation, and "scattered" widely over Western Asia some in Gozan and on the Khabonr, (2Ki_17:6) some in Haran, (1Ch_5:26) some in "the cities of the Modes", (2Ki_18:11 RAPC Tob 1:14 3:7) others in Babylonia. (2Ki_24:14-16 2Ch_36:20 Eze_1:1-3, etc.) The "scattering" has in later times increased ever more and more.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Overthrow - He swear also (tho' not at the same time) that he would punish their sins, not only in their persons, but in their posterity.

John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.

And to cast their seed among the nations From that time, the destruction of the Temple was decreed upon them, for on the night of the ninth of Ab they went, and the Holy One, blessed be He, said, “They wept for nothing, and I shall establish for them weeping for generations.”

Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.