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The special object of desire was God's perfections as displayed in his worship (Ps 27:4).
Adhere to tried friends. The ties of blood may be less reliable than those of genuine friendship.
lest any hurt it--attack it [Maurer]. "Lest aught be wanting in her" [Horsley].
in ashes--emblem of the deepest humiliation (Job 2:8; Eze 27:30).
(Pr 6:27-35; 8:6-23, 26, 27). No crime more provokes God to send destruction as a consuming fire; none so desolates the soul.
in my name--The devil often makes God's name the plea for lies (Mt4:6; 7:22, 23; Jer 27:15-20, the test whereby to know false prophets).
Tyre, in consonance with her seagirt position, separated by a strait of half a mile from the mainland, is described as a ship built of the best material, and manned with the best mariners and...
city--Jerusalem; the beating asunder of whose altars and images was mentioned in Isa 27:9 (compare Isa 24:10-12). calf feed--(Isa 17:2); it shall be a vast wild pasture. branches--resuming the...
Elim--supposed to be Wady Ghurundel (see on Ex 15:27).
The inferential admonition is followed (Pr 7:26, 27), by a more general allegation of the evils of this vice.
Only the firstling of the beasts--These, in the case of clean beasts, being consecrated to God by a universal and standing law (Ex 13:12; 34:19), could not be devoted; and in that of unclean...
when they had eaten enough, &c.--With fresh strength after the meal, they make a third and last effort to lighten the ship, not only by pumping, as before, but by throwing the whole cargo of wheat...
Jesus Led Away to Pilate (Mt 27:1, 2). For the exposition of this portion, see on Joh 18:28, &c. Remorse and Suicide of Judas (Mt 27:3-10). This portion is peculiar to Matthew. On the progress of...
in the midst of the sea--plainly referring to New Tyre (Eze 27:32).
for him that is simple--for sins of ignorance (Le 4:2, 13, 27).
(See on Mt 7:3-5, Mt 7:16-27.)
"The day" referred to in these verses is the day of the overthrow of the temple, when the fugitive "escapes." But "that day," in Eze 24:27, is the day on which the fugitive brings the sad news to...
In his days Pharaoh-nechoh--(See 2Ch 35:20-27).
Elihu--probably the same as Eliab (1Sa 16:6).
De 28:29; Ps 107:27 again quote Job, but in a different connection.
cymbals--suited to loud praise (Ne 12:27).
Whosoever, &c.--(See on Lu 9:23-27).
there...found a ship of Alexandria, sailing into Italy, and he put us therein--(See on Ac 27:2). As Egypt was the granary of Italy, and this vessel was laden with wheat (Ac 27:35), we need not...
as with an east wind--literally, "I will scatter them, as an east wind (scatters all before it)": a most violent wind (Job 27:21; Ps48:7; Isa 27:8). Thirty-two manuscripts read (without as), "with...
Dedan--in Arabia; distinct from the Dedan in Eze 27:15 (see on Eze27:15). Descended from Abraham and Keturah (Ge 25:3) [Bochart]. precious clothes--splendid coverlets.
the house of Joseph--the tribe of Ephraim, as distinguished from Manasseh (Jud 1:27).
For similar contrast compare Ps 90:2-6; 102:27, 28.
overthrew--literally, "shook off," as in Ex 14:27, as a contemptuous rejection of a reptile.
household--literally, "house," the family (Ac 16:15; 1Co 1:16).