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But go ye and learn what that meaneth--(Ho 6:6), I will have mercy, and not sacrifice--that is, the one rather than the other. "Sacrifice," the chief part of the ceremonial law, is here put for a...
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...
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...
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).
dash--(Ps 2:9). As a potter's vessel (Re 2:27).
neck of all nations--opposed to Jer 27:7.
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise--rather, "dill," as in Margin. and cummin--In Luke (Lu 11:42) it is "and rue, and all manner of herbs." They...
And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose--These sleeping saints (see on 1Th 4:14) were Old Testament believers, who--according to the usual punctuation in our...
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...