He said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you, and will proclaim the LORD’s name before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.”
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 19. All good, that could reasonably be desired. “I will pass before thee in all my glory,” (Sept.) and principally in my beneficence. Calmet. 34:6, 7. Calmet.—I will shew thee what great favours I have in reserve for Israel. Divines dispute whether Moses saw the divine essence. Saint Thomas Aquinas 1, p. q. 12, a. 11. Menochius.—If he requested to do so now, it seems to be denied, verse 20. John 1:17. Tirinus.—Proclaim, and so forth When I pass, I will repeat some of my glorious titles, and particularly that I am merciful. Menochius.—Yet I will shew mercy with discretion, and will punish some of you. Calmet.