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Ask a QuestionDe 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).
dash--(Ps 2:9). As a potter's vessel (Re 2:27).
neck of all nations--opposed to Jer 27:7.
take up--lift up. the destroyed--a destroyed one. Literally, (as opposed to its previous bustle of thronging merchants and mariners, Eze 27:27), "one brought to death's stillness." in...midst...
And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary--"the mother of James and Joses," mentioned before (Mt 27:56). sitting over against the sepulchre--(See on Mr 16:1). The Sepulchre Guarded (Mt...
smiters--with scourges and with the open hand (Isa 52:14; Mr 14:65). Literally fulfilled (Mt 27:26; 26:27; Lu 18:33). To "pluck the hair" is the highest insult that can be offered an Oriental (2Sa...
justify you--approve of your views. mine integrity--which you deny, on account of my misfortunes.
judgment--my right. Job's own words (Job 13:18; 27:2).
lighten mine eyes--dim with weakness, denoting approaching death (compare 1Sa 14:27-29; Ps 6:7; 38:10).
With God's presence and aid he is sure of safety (Ps 10:6; 15:5; Joh12:27, 28; Heb 5:7, 8).
given me the necks--literally, "backs of the necks"; made them retreat (Ex 23:27; Jos 7:8).
(Compare Ps 35:27). love thy salvation--delight in its bestowal on others as well as themselves.
hidden ones--whom God specially protects (Ps 27:5; 91:1).
eyes lofty--a sign of pride (Ps 18:27). exercise myself--literally, "walk in," or "meddle with."
serve...till it--The same Hebrew root expresses "serve" and "till," or "cultivate." Serve ye the king of Babylon, and the land will serve you [Calvin].
(Eze 23:27). that all...may be taught not to do, &c.--(De 13:11).
lamentation--a funeral dirge, eulogizing her great attributes, to make the contrast the greater between her former and her latter state.
falling headlong, &c.--This information supplements, but by no means contradicts, what is said in Mt 27:5.
put it under the compass of the altar beneath--that is, the grating in which they were carried to a clean place (Le 4:12).
Maharai--chief of the detachment of the guards who attended on the king in the tenth month, January (1Ch 27:13; 2Sa 23:28).
dust...clay--images of multitudes (Zec 9:3). Many changes of raiment are a chief constituent of wealth in the East.