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All Lebanon's forest would not supply fuel enough to burn sacrifices worthy of the glory of God (Isa 66:1; 1Ki 8:27; Ps 50:8-13). beasts--which abounded in Lebanon.
the Lord shall raise him up a king...but what? even now--namely, Baasha (1Ki 15:27); he was already raised--he was in being, though not in power.
Asahel--This officer having been slain at the very beginning of David's reign [2Sa 2:23], his name was probably given to this division in honor of his memory, and his son was invested with the...
Let gratitude for the blessings of providence and grace incite saints (Ps 4:3) to holy living. Spiritual blessings are in store, represented by light (Ps 27:1) and gladness.
showed us light--or favor (Ps 27:1; 97:11). With the sacrificial victim brought bound to the altar is united the more spiritual offering of praise (Ps 50:14, 23), expressed in the terms with which...
coverings of tapestry--or, "coverlets," that is, for beds. silk--or, "linen" (compare Ex 26:1; 27:9) and purple--that is, the most costly goods.
My tabernacle...with them--as foretold (Ge 9:27); Joh 1:14, "The Word...dwelt among us" (literally, "tabernacled"); first, in humiliation; hereafter, in manifested glory (Re 21:3).
will I break his yoke--the Assyrian's yoke, namely, the tribute imposed by Sennacherib on Hezekiah (2Ki 18:14). from off thee--O Judah (Isa 10:27).
anointed ones--literally, "sons of oil" (Isa 5:1, Margin). Joshua the high priest, and Zerubbabel the civil ruler, must first be anointed with grace themselves, so as to be the instruments of...
rivers of oil--used in sacrifices (Le 2:1, 15). Will God be appeased by my offering so much oil that it shall flow in myriads of torrents? my first-born--(2Ki 3:27). As the king of Moab did. fruit...
two or three--at one meeting (he does not add "at the most," as in 1Co 14:27, lest he should seem to "quench prophesyings," the most edifying of gifts), and these "one by one," in turn (1Co 14:27,...
no flesh...glory--For they who try to glory (boast) because of human greatness and wisdom, are "confounded" or put to shame (1Co1:27). Flesh, like "the flower of the field," is beautiful, but frail...
must--because Scripture foretells it. till--There will be no further need of His mediatorial kingdom, its object having been realized. enemies under his feet--(Lu 19:27; Eph 1:22).