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olive trees and the sycamore trees...in the low plains--that is, the Shephela, the rich, low-lying ground between the Mediterranean and the mountains of Judah.
(Job 6:28, 30). The "deceit" would be if he were to admit guilt against the witness of his conscience.
Rather, my "heart" (conscience) reproaches "not one of my days," that is, I do not repent of any of my days since I came into existence [Maurer].
These earnest terms are often used, and the address to God, as indifferent or averse, is found in Ps 3:7; 22:24; 27:9, &c.
dwelling-place--home (compare Eze 11:16), as a refuge (De 33:27).
rejoice the heart--the organ of perceiving what pleases the senses. sweetness...counsel--or, "wise counsel is also pleasing."
flocks--constituted the staple of wealth. It is only by care and diligence that the most solid possessions can be perpetuated (Pr23:5).
most proud--literally, "pride"; that is, man of pride; the king of Babylon. visit--punish (Jer 50:27).
The detailed enumeration implies the utter completeness of the ruin. and in all thy company--"even with all thy collected multitude" [Henderson].
lamentation--an elegy for the destruction coming on you. Compare Eze32:2, "take up," namely, as a mournful burden (Eze 19:1; 27:2).
many other things, &c.--such as we read in Joh 1:29, 33, 34;3:27-36. (Also see on Mt 3:12.)
Assurance that He is going from her in love, not in displeasure (Joh16:6, 7). all fair--still stronger than So 1:15; So 4:1. no spot--our privilege (Eph 5:27; Col 2:10); our duty (2Co 6:17; Jude23;...
He--Jehovah. Here the song of the Lord as to His vineyard (Isa 27:2-5) ends; and the prophet confirms the sentiment in the song, under the same image of a vine (compare Ps 92:13-15; Ho 14:5, 6). ...
mockers--a sin which they had committed (Isa 28:9, 10). bands--their Assyrian bondage (Isa 10:27); Judah was then tributary to Assyria; or, "lest your punishment be made still more severe"...
intend to bring this man's blood upon us--They avoid naming Him whom Peter gloried in holding up [Bengel]. In speaking thus, they seem to betray a disagreeable recollection of their own recent...
But after long abstinence--(See on Ac 27:33). "The hardships which the crew endured during a gale of such continuance, and their exhaustion from laboring at the pumps and hunger, may be imagined,...
brake--that they might be more portable. Fulfilling the prophecy (Jer 27:19). See 1Ki 7:15, 23, 27, 50. Nothing is so particularly related here as the carrying away of the articles in the temple....
Be not--or, "You shall not be." sudden fear--what causes it (Pr 1:27), any unlooked-for evil (Ps 46:3;91:12; 1Pe 3:14). desolation--(Pr 1:27).
Among which was Mary Magdalene--(See on Lu 8:2). and Mary the mother of James and Joses--the wife of Cleophas, or rather Clopas, and sister of the Virgin (Joh 19:25). See on Mt 13:55,56. and the...
Esau hated Jacob--It is scarcely to be wondered at that Esau resented the conduct of Jacob and vowed revenge. The days of mourning for my father are at hand--a common Oriental phrase for the death...
Ziklag--Though originally assigned to Judah (Jos 15:31), and subsequently to Simeon (Jos 19:5), this town had never been possessed by the Israelites. It belonged to the Philistines, who gave it to...
the vineyards--These seem to have been in the vine growing districts of Judah, and were committed to two men of that quarter. wine-cellars--The wine is deposited in jars sunk in the court of the...
The Hebrew is brief and bold, "his strength is hungry." destruction--that is, a great calamity (Pr 1:27). ready at his side--close at hand to destroy him (Pr 19:29).
Let...be--Let mine enemy be accounted as wicked, that is, He who opposes my asseveration of innocence must be regarded as actuated by criminal hostility. Not a curse on his enemies.
It was now Zophar's turn to speak. But as he and the other two were silent, virtually admitting defeat, after a pause Job proceeds. His family only increases to perish by sword or famine (Jer...
This shows Job 19:25 cannot be restricted to Job's hope of a temporal deliverance. death--as in Job 28:22, the realm of the dead (Heb 9:27; Ge 3:19).
The hopes of the rebels are thus overthrown, and not only so; the kingdom they opposed is destined to be coextensive with the earth. heathen--or, "nations" (Ps 2:1). and the uttermost parts of the...
Still pressing need extorts prayer for help. cry with my voice--denotes earnestness. Other things equal, Christians in earnest pray audibly, even in secret.
will--literally, "soul," "desire" (Ps 35:25). enemies--literally, "oppressors." Falsehood aids cruelty against him. breathe out--as being filled with it (Ac 9:1).