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Psa. 107:39 KJV (With Strong’s)

Again, they are minishedc and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.

2 Kings 10:32• ³²In those days Jehovah began to cut Israel short; and Hazael smote them in all the borders of Israel; (2 Kings 10:32)

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Ministry on This Verse

Again.The incidents detailed in these verses, which frequently occur, and mark the superintendence of a benign Providence, and the hand of a just God, appear to be brought forward to illustrate the return of the Israelites from captivity, and the punishment of their oppressors the Babylonians. Wherefore, at last, as in a common chorus, they conclude with exhorting each other to a serious consideration of these things, and to make a proper return to the Almighty.they are.

Psa. 30:6‑7• ⁶As for me, I said in my prosperity, I shall never be moved.
⁷Jehovah, by thy favour thou hadst made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face; I was troubled. (Psa. 30:6‑7)

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Gen. 45:11• ¹¹And there will I maintain thee; for yet there are five years of famine; in order that thou be not impoverished, thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast. (Gen. 45:11)

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Ruth 1:20‑21• ²⁰And she said to them, Call me not Naomi--call me Mara; for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.
²¹I went out full, and Jehovah has brought me home again empty. Why do ye call me Naomi, seeing Jehovah has brought me low, and the Almighty has afflicted me? (Ruth 1:20‑21)

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1 Sam. 2:5‑7• ⁵They that were full have hired themselves out for bread; and the hungry are so no more: Even the barren beareth seven, and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.
⁶Jehovah killeth, and maketh alive; he bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.
⁷Jehovah maketh poor, and maketh rich, he bringeth low, also he lifteth up: (1 Sam. 2:5‑7)

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2 Kings 4:8• ⁸And it came to pass on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a wealthy woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread. (2 Kings 4:8)

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2 Kings 8:3• ³And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines; and she went forth to cry to the king for her house and for her land. (2 Kings 8:3)

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Job 1:10‑17• ¹⁰Hast not thou made a hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? Thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is spread abroad in the land.
¹¹But put forth thy hand now and touch all that he hath, and see if he will not curse thee to thy face!
¹²And Jehovah said to Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy hand; only upon himself put not forth thy hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah.
¹³And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their brother, the firstborn.
¹⁴And there came a messenger to Job and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the asses feeding beside them;
¹⁵and they of Sheba fell upon them and took them, and the servants have they smitten with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped, alone, to tell thee.
¹⁶While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped, alone, to tell thee.
¹⁷While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, The Chaldeans made three bands, and fell upon the camels and took them, and the servants have they smitten with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped, alone, to tell thee. (Job 1:10‑17)

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Ex. 1:13‑14• ¹³And the Egyptians made the children of Israel serve with harshness;
¹⁴and they embittered their life with hard labour in clay and bricks, and in all manner of labour in the field: all their labour with which they made them serve was with harshness. (Ex. 1:13‑14)

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Ex. 2:23‑24• ²³And it came to pass during those many days, that the king of Egypt died. And the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and cried; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage;
²⁴and God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob; (Ex. 2:23‑24)

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Judg. 6:3‑6• ³And it came to pass when Israel sowed, that Midian came up, and Amalek, and the children of the east, and came up against them.
⁴And they encamped against them, and destroyed the produce of the land, until thou come to Gazah, and they left no sustenance in Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.
⁵For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as locusts for multitude; both they and their camels were without number; and they entered into the land to destroy it.
⁶And Israel was greatly impoverished because of Midian. And the children of Israel cried to Jehovah. (Judg. 6:3‑6)

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2 Kings 10:32• ³²In those days Jehovah began to cut Israel short; and Hazael smote them in all the borders of Israel; (2 Kings 10:32)

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2 Kings 13:7,22• ⁷For he had left of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing.
²²And Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz. (2 Kings 13:7,22)

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2 Kings 14:26• ²⁶For Jehovah saw that the affliction of Israel was very bitter; and that there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel. (2 Kings 14:26)

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2 Chron. 15:5‑6• ⁵And in those times there was no peace to him that went out nor to him that came in, but great disturbances were amongst all the inhabitants of the countries.
⁶And nation was broken against nation, and city against city; for God disturbed them with all manner of distress. (2 Chron. 15:5‑6)

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Jer. 51:33‑34• ³³For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing-floor, at the time of its being trodden; yet a little while, and the time of harvest shall come for her.
³⁴Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel; he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out. (Jer. 51:33‑34)

• {v.39-40} Careless and lifted up even there, they are brought down. He pours contempt on princes, but the poor and needy He sets on high. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 107-113” by J.N. Darby)

• Nevertheless, man does not alter, if the hungry are filled and increase in worldly possessions, they, in their turn, may oppress and afflict others; hence in the ways of God they are again “diminished and brought low” (vs. 39). (“Psalms 107” by H. Smith)

• After the restored twelve tribes of Israel are at rest in their land they are again brought low through another oppression. This perhaps has reference to the approaching armies under Gog (Russia) who will attack when Israel will have returned to their land (Ezk. 38:11-12). But the Lord delivers them and causes them to rejoice (vs. 39-43). (“Book 5.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

And they are diminished and brought low, through oppression, adversity, and sorrow: