Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
Study Helps
Interpretation
Sin dispirits men, and takes away the heart. Forgetfulness of God's works is the cause of disobedience to his laws.
Glossary
- Tongues, Confusion of People
- At Babel, the cause of the early separation of mankind and their division into nations. The descendants of Noah built a tower to prevent their dispersion; but God “confounded their language”.