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the afflicted people--that is, the humbly pious. high looks--pride (Ps 101:5; 131:1).
He avows his sincere purpose, by God's aid, to act uprightly (Ge17:1; Ps 18:30).
(See on Mr 15:1-5; and Joh 18:28-19:22.) (See Mr 15:6.)
a Shunammite--Shunem, in the tribe of Issachar (Jos 19:18), lay on an eminence in the plain of Esdraelon, five miles south of Tabor. It is now called Sulam.
cry unto me--contrasted with "cry unto the gods," (Jer 11:12). not hearken--(Ps 18:41; Pr 1:28; Isa 1:15; Mic 3:4).
minister about holy things--the Jewish priests and Levites. The Greek especially applies to the former, the priests offering sacrifices. partakers with the altar--a part of the victims going to the...
no rest--Hebrew, "silence"; keep not silence yourselves, nor let Him rest in silence. Compare as to Messiah Himself, "I will not hold ... peace...not rest" (Isa 62:1); Messiah's watchmen (Isa 62:6,...
The reason is here given why investigation into man's "works" is only "sore travail" (Ec 1:13); namely, because all man's ways are vain (Ec 1:18) and cannot be mended (Ec 1:15). vexation of--"a...
The third case: a son who walks not in the steps of an unrighteous father, but in the ways of God; for example, Josiah, the pious son of guilty Amon; Hezekiah, of Ahaz (2Ki 16:1-20;...
My little children--(1Ti 1:18; 2Ti 2:1; 1Jo 2:1). My relation to you is not merely that of one zealously courting you (Ga 4:17, 18), but that of a father to his children (1Co 4:15). I travail in...
But--You need not wonder at the event; for dogs and swine they were before, and dogs and swine they will continue. They "scarcely" (2Pe 2:18) have escaped from their filthy folly, when they again...
a robe of fine linen--Hebrew, Butz--is rather supposed in the later books to denote cotton. an ephod--a shoulder-garment, a cincture or cape over his dress. It was worn by the priests, but was not...
name of the Lord--manifested perfections (Ps 8:1; 20:2), as faithfulness, power, mercy, &c., on which men rely. is safe--literally, "set on high, out of danger" (Ps 18:2; 91:4).
In doing so (Mal 2:6) he did his duty as a priest, "for," &c. knowledge--of the law, its doctrines, and positive and negative precepts (Le 10:10, 11; De 24:8; Jer 18:18; Hag 2:11). the law--that...
Many a one has caused his own death, or the death of others, by a false or injurious tongue.
Death and life--or, the greatest evil and good. that love it--that is, the tongue, or its use for...11-31; Lu 23:1-6, 13-25; Joh 18:28-19:16). See on Joh 18:28-19:16. See on Joh 19:17-30. See on Mt 27:51-56; and Joh 19:31-42.