Psalms 83:11

11 Put thou the princes of them as Oreb and Zeeb; and Zebah and Zalmunna. (Make thou their princes, or their leaders, like Oreb and Zeeb; and like Zebah and Zalmunna.)

Psalms 83:11 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 83:11

Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb
Two princes of Midian, who were slain, the one at the rock Oreb, and the other at the winepress of Zeeb, so called after their names, ( Judges 7:25 ) ,

yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna;
kings of Midian, slain by Gideon, ( Judges 8:21 ) .

Psalms 83:11 In-Context

9 Make thou to them as to Midian, and Sisera; as to Jabin, in the strand of Kison. (Do thou to them like thou did to the Midianites, and to Sisera; and to Jabin, at the Kishon Stream.)
10 They perished in Endor; they were made as a turd of earth. (They perished at Endor; they were made like a turd upon the earth.)
11 Put thou the princes of them as Oreb and Zeeb; and Zebah and Zalmunna. (Make thou their princes, or their leaders, like Oreb and Zeeb; and like Zebah and Zalmunna.)
12 All the princes of them, that said, Hold we by heritage the saintuary of God. (Yea, all their princes, or their leaders, who said, Let us take for ourselves the land that belongeth to God/the land that belongeth to God's people.)
13 My God, put thou them as a wheel; and as stubble before the face of the wind. (My God, put thou them into a whirlwind; yea, make them like the dust in the wind.)
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