But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked. You have grown fat. You have grown thick. You have become sleek. Then he abandoned God who made him, and rejected the Rock of his salvation.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 15. Beloved. Hebrew yeshurun, is supposed to be a diminutive of Israel. Calmet. 32:5 and 26. Calmet.—Prot. “Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked; thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God, which made him, and lightly esteemed the rock of his salvation.” This sudden change of persons is not found in the Septuagint “And Jacob eat, and was filled, and the beloved kicked; he grew fat, thick, and broad, and he abandoned God … and revolted from God his Saviour.” Bible.—Temporal prosperity occasioned the revolt of the Jews against their benefactor. Worthington.