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Ask a QuestionBlow the trumpet--to convene the people (Nu 10:3). Compare Joe1:14. The nation was guilty, and therefore there must be a national humiliation. Compare Hezekiah's proceedings before Sennacherib's...
But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant--This plainly means, "shall show that he is so by becoming your servant"; as in Mt 20:27, compared with Mr 10:44.
And said, Hail, King of the Jews!--doing Him derisive homage, in the form used on approaching the emperors. "And they spit upon Him, and took the reed and smote Him on the head" (Mt 27:30). The...
Sirs, I perceive, that this voyage will be with hurt and much damage, &c.--not by any divine communication, but simply in the exercise of a good judgment aided by some experience. The event...
the soldiers' counsel was to hill the prisoners, lest any ... should escape--Roman cruelty, which made the keepers answerable for their prisoners with their own lives, is here reflected in this...
son...son's son--(2Ch 36:20). Nebuchadnezzar had four successors--Evil-merodach, his son; Neriglissar, husband of Nebuchadnezzar's daughter; his son, Labosodarchod; and Naboned (with whom his son,...
Then the chief of the fathers--or heads of the fathers (1Ch 24:31;27:1). princes of the tribes--(1Ch 27:16-22). rulers of the king's work--those who had charge of the royal demesnes and other...
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...
the smell of my son is as of a field--The aromatic odors of the Syrian fields and meadows, often impart a strong fragrance to the person and clothes, as has been noticed by many travellers.
Why should I be deprived of you both?--This refers to the law of Goelism, by which the nearest of kin would be obliged to avenge the death of Jacob upon his brother.
Command the children of Israel--This is the repetition of a law previously given (Ex 27:20, 21). pure oil olive beaten--or cold-drawn, which is always of great purity.
thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law--It might be, as some think, the Decalogue; but a greater probability is that it was "the blessings and curses," which comprised in fact an...
all Judah brought...presents--This was customary with the people generally at the beginning of a reign (1Sa 10:27), and with the nobles and high functionaries yearly afterwards. They were given in...
Jotham was twenty and five years old--(See on 2Ki 15:32-35). His mother's name...Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok--or descendant of the famous priest of that name [2Sa 8:17].
clap...hands--for joy at his downfall (La 2:15; Na 3:19). hiss--deride (Jer 25:9). Job alludes to Bildad's words (Job 18:18).
God has adjusted the weight of the winds, so seemingly imponderable, lest, if too weighty, or too light, injury should be caused. He measureth out the waters, fixing their bounds, with wisdom as...
vanity--that is, cries uttered in an unhumbled spirit, Job 35:12, which applies in some degree to Job's cries; still more to those of the wicked (Job 27:9; Pr 15:29).
light--is a common figure for comfort. strength--or, "stronghold"--affording security against all violence. The interrogations give greater vividness to the negation implied.
walk before the Lord--act, or live under His favor and guidance (Ge17:1; Ps 61:7). land of the living--(Ps 27:13).
I will speak--or, "muse" (Ps 77:12; 119:15). thy wondrous works--or, "words of thy wonders," that is, which described them (Ps 105:27, Margin).
(Compare Pr 4:25). Avoid all by-paths of evil (De 2:27; 17:11). A life of integrity requires attention to heart, speech, eyes, and conduct.
The slothful desire the gains the diligent get, but hate the pains the diligent take; therefore they have nothing. This is especially true as to the soul.
(Compare Pr 12:11, 27).heavy--The literal sense of "heavy," applied to material subjects, illustrates its figurative, "grievous," applied to moral. a fool's wrath--is unreasonable and excessive.
Every man has his proper place in society, where he may be safe and comfortable.
Such are not only out of place, but out of duty and in danger.
We are cautioned to take heed whom we converse with. And directed to have in view, in conversation, to make one another wiser and better.
a man sharpeneth...friend--that is, conversation...
Some are so bad, that even severe methods do not answer the end; what remains but that they should be rejected? The new-creating power of God's grace alone is able to make a change.
The...destruction--literally, "breaking into shivers" (Re 2:27). The prophets hasten forward to the final extinction of the ungodly (Ps37:20; Re 19:20; 20:15); of which antecedent judgments are types.
lofty looks--literally, "eyes of pride" (Ps 18:27). humbled--by calamities. God will so vindicate His honor "in that day" of judgments, that none else "shall be exalted" (Zec 14:9).
before--literally, from the time of the first existence of day. let--Old English for "hinder" (Isa 14:27). Rather, translate, "undo it" [Horsley].
Not even in those days of judgments, will God utterly exterminate His people. I will not make a full end with you--(Jer 5:10; Jer 4:27).