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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...
"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...
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.
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...
The last three verses of the ninth chapter form the proper introduction to the Mission of the Twelve, as is evident from the remarkable fact that the Mission of the Seventy was prefaced by the very...
Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new sepulchre--The choice of this tomb was, on their part, dictated by the double circumstance that it was so near at...
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God--Here, too, we are on Old Testament ground. There the difference between outward and inward purity, and the acceptableness of the latter only...
Matthew was in his calling, as the rest of those whom Christ called. As Satan comes with his temptations to the idle, so Christ comes with his calls to those who are employed. We are all...
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.