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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 the Lord began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts 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• ⁶And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
⁷Lord, by thy favor thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled. (Psa. 30:6‑7)

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Gen. 45:11• ¹¹And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty. (Gen. 45:11)

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Ruth 1:20‑21• ²⁰And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
²¹I went out full, and the Lord hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the Lord hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me? (Ruth 1:20‑21)

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1 Sam. 2:5‑7• ⁵They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.
⁶The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.
⁷The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up. (1 Sam. 2:5‑7)

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2 Kings 4:8• ⁸And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great 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 unto 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 an 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 increased in the land.
¹¹But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
¹²And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord.
¹³And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:
¹⁴And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
¹⁵And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
¹⁶While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath 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 also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants 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 to serve with rigor:
¹⁴And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigor. (Ex. 1:13‑14)

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Ex. 2:23‑24• ²³And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason 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 so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;
⁴And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.
⁵For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it.
⁶And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the Lord. (Judg. 6:3‑6)

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

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2 Kings 13:7,22• ⁷Neither did he leave 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.
²²But 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 the Lord saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: for 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 vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the countries.
⁶And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity. (2 Chron. 15:5‑6)

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Jer. 51:33‑34• ³³For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come.
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: