Psalms Chapter 83 verse 4 Holy Bible
They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; That the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
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They have said, Come, let us put an end to them as a nation; so that the name of Israel may go out of man's memory.
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They say, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, and let the name of Israel be mentioned no more.
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They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
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They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
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"Come," they say, "and let's destroy them as a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more."
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They have said, `Come, And we cut them off from `being' a nation, And the name of Israel is not remembered any more.'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 4. - They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation. This was the general object of Israel's enemies at all times (2 Kings 24:2; 2 Chronicles 20:11; Psalm 138:7; 1 Macc. 3:35 1 Macc. 5:2), and thus does not help much towards determining the date of the occasion here spoken cf. That the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance (comp. Exodus 17:14; Deuteronomy 32:26; Psalm 34:16; Psalm 109:13).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) For this attack against, not only the independence, but even the continued existence of Israel as a nation, compare Esther 3:6; Esther 3:9; Jeremiah 11:19; Jeremiah 31:36; Jeremiah 48:2; Isaiah 7:8. . . .