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Quoted by the Saviour (Joh 6:45), to prove that in order to come to Him, men must be "drawn" by the Father. So Jer 31:34; Mic 4:2; 1Co2:10; Heb 8:10; 10:16; 1Jo 2:20. great...peace--generally (Ps...
ye be disposed to go--tacitly implying, they would be as well not to go, but yet not forbidding them to go (1Co 10:9) [Grotius]. The feast is not an idol feast, but a general entertainment, at...
The union of mercy and truth (Ps 57:3; 85:10) secure the blessings of the promise (Ge 12:3; 18:18) to all the world (Isa 52:10).
gracious--Thereby he takes precaution against sudden injury (Ec10:11). swallow up himself--(Pr 10:8, 14, 21, 32; 12:13; 15:2; 22:11).
posts of...door--rather, foundations of the thresholds. house--temple. smoke--the Shekinah cloud (1Ki 8:10; Eze 10:4).
Blow...trumpet--to sound an alarm of coming war (Nu 10:1-10; Ho5:8; Am 3:6); the office of the priests. Joe 1:15 is an anticipation of the fuller prophecy in this chapter.
All other world kingdoms are to be overthrown to make way for Christ's universal kingdom (Da 2:44). War chariots are to give place to His reign of peace (Mic 5:10; Zec 9:10).
Or, Who shall descend, &c.--another case of impossibility, suggested by Pr 30:4, and perhaps also Am 9:2--probably proverbial expressions of impossibility (compare Ps 139:7-10; Pr 24:7, &c.).
Abundance of blessings shall abide on good men; real blessings.
Blessings--literally, "Praises." The last clause is better: "The mouth of the wicked covereth (or concealeth) violence (or...reaped iniquity--that is, the fruit of iniquity; as "righteousness" (Ho 10:12) is "the fruit of righteousness" (Job 4:8; Pr 22:8; Ga 6:7,8). lies--false and spurious worship. trust in thy way--thy...
Resuming the argument, 1Co 10:7; 1Co 8:9, 10. flee--Do not tamper with it by doubtful acts, such as eating idol meats on the plea of Christian liberty. The only safety is in wholly shunning...
"For even if I were to boast somewhat more exceedingly (than I do,2Co 10:3-6) of our (apostolic) authority (2Co 10:6; 2Co 13:10)...I should not be put to shame (by the fact; as I should be if my...
she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold--L720,00.
the house was filled with a cloud--(See on 1Ki 8:10).
Job reverts with peculiar pleasure to his former dignity in assemblies (Job 29:7-10).
eyes...privily--He watches with half-closed eyes, appearing not to see.
mercy...and...faithfulness--as mercy and truth (Ps 25:10).
thy paths--ways of providence (Ps 25:4, 10).
poor and needy--(Compare Ps 34:10; 41:1).
grave--literally, "hell" (Ps 16:10), death in wide sense.
(Compare Pr 4:10, 13; Pr 3:8, &c.).
Similar calls (Pr 3:1-3; 4:10, &c.).
Right speech is the fruit of a good heart, but the wicked show theirs to be useless.
Referring to Ec 10:18. Instead of repairing the breaches in the commonwealth (equivalent to "building"), the princes "make a feast for laughter (Ec 10:16), and wine maketh their life glad (Ps...
pastors--the rulers, civil and religious. This verse gives the cause of the impending calamity.
The "wings" denote alacrity, the "hands" efficacy and aptness, in executing the functions assigned to them.
(Eze 23:10, 47). Compare as to the destruction under Titus, Lu19:43, 44.
two coats--directed against the reigning avarice. (Also see on Mt3:10.)
Peter, &c.--(See on Joh 20:1-10).