"The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh."
Commentary
Gill's Exposition
The voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness,.... The ground of it, the trees in it, and the beasts that harbour there; and causes them to be in pain, and to bring forth their young, as the (g) word signifies, and as it is rendered in Psa 29:9 ; all which
effects thunder produces, and may mystically signify the preaching of the Gospel among the Gentiles, and the consequence of it. The Gentile world may be compared to a wilderness, and is called the wilderness of the people, Eze 20:35 ; the inhabitants of it being ignorant, barren, and unfruitful; and the conversion of them is expressed by turning a wilderness into a fruitful land, Isa 35:1 ; and the Gospel being sent thither has been the means of shaking the minds of many with strong and saving convictions; which made them tremble and cry out, what shall we do to be saved? the Lord shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh; which was the terrible wilderness that the children of Israel passed through to Canaan's land; the same with the wilderness of Zin, Num 33:36 ; and was called Kadesh from the city of that name, on the borders of Edom, Num 20:1 ; the Targum paraphrases it, "The word of the Lord shaketh the wilderness of Rekam;'' in the Targum in the King's Bible it is, "makes the serpents in the wilderness of Rekam to tremble;'' but that thunder frightens them, I have not met with in any writer. (g) "parturire faciet", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus, Michaelis; "dolore parturientis afflicit", Piscator.
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Commentary
Gill's Exposition
The voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness,.... The ground of it, the trees in it, and the beasts that harbour there; and causes them to be in pain, and to bring forth their young, as the (g) word signifies, and as it is rendered in Psa 29:9 ; all which
effects thunder produces, and may mystically signify the preaching of the Gospel among the Gentiles, and the consequence of it. The Gentile world may be compared to a wilderness, and is called the wilderness of the people, Eze 20:35 ; the inhabitants of it being ignorant, barren, and unfruitful; and the conversion of them is expressed by turning a wilderness into a fruitful land, Isa 35:1 ; and the Gospel being sent thither has been the means of shaking the minds of many with strong and saving convictions; which made them tremble and cry out, what shall we do to be saved? the Lord shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh; which was the terrible wilderness that the children of Israel passed through to Canaan's land; the same with the wilderness of Zin, Num 33:36 ; and was called Kadesh from the city of that name, on the borders of Edom, Num 20:1 ; the Targum paraphrases it, "The word of the Lord shaketh the wilderness of Rekam;'' in the Targum in the King's Bible it is, "makes the serpents in the wilderness of Rekam to tremble;'' but that thunder frightens them, I have not met with in any writer. (g) "parturire faciet", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus, Michaelis; "dolore parturientis afflicit", Piscator.