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Ask a Questiongladness--in confidence of realizing it. expectation...perish--in disappointment.
labour...wearieth--(Isa 55:2; Hab 2:13). knoweth not how to go to the city--proverb for ignorance of the most ordinary matters (Ec 10:3); spiritually, the heavenly city (Ps 107:7; Mt 7:13, 14)....
(Jer 8:10; Isa 56:11; Mic 3:11).
As our Lord's end approaches, the preparations for the establishment of the coming Kingdom are quickened and extended.
he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep--a true, divinely recognized shepherd.
In this verse the Lord's thought (purpose) stands in antithesis to the Assyrians' thoughts (Isa 10:7). (See Isa 46:10, 11; 1Sa 15:29; Mal3:6).
habitation of shepherds...flocks--in contrast to Jer 33:10, "without man...inhabitant...without beast" (Jer 32:43; compare Jer31:24; 50:19; Isa 65:10).
where we shall see no war--Here they betray their impiety in not believing God's promise (Jer 42:10, 11), as if He were a liar (1Jo5:10).
See on Eze 10:3. one cherub--one of the four cherubim. his hand--(Eze 1:8). went out--to burn the city.
Fear not--Be not affrighted at my presence. didst set thine heart to understand--what shall come to pass to thy people at the last times (compare Da 10:14). chasten thyself--(Da 10:2, 3). thy words...
saw...evidently--"distinctly." the ninth hour of the day--three o'clock, the hour of the evening sacrifice. But he had been "fasting until that hour" (Ac 10:30), perhaps from the sixth hour (Ac...
instruments of ministry--the official dress of the priests (Ex31:10).
Rather, "Penetrate to the perfections of the Almighty" (Job 9:10; Ps139:6).
Job dared to prescribe to God what He should do (Job 34:10, 13).
So must good judges act (Ps 10:14; Job 29:12).
unto devils--Septuagint, "demons" (compare 1Co 10:20), or "evil spirits."
From the folly of the sluggard learn wisdom (Pr 6:10, 11).
set...face against--determined to punish (See on Le 17:10).
from the tower of Syene--(see on Eze 29:10).
whose are all thy ways--(Jer 10:23).
building--literally, "the joining of the rafters," namely, the kingdom (Ec 10:16; Isa 3:6; Am 9:11). hands--(Ec 4:5; Pr 6:10). droppeth--By neglecting to repair the roof in time, the rain gets...
fearful...to fall into the hands--It is good like David to fall into the hands of God, rather than man, when one does so with filial faith in his father's love, though God chastises him. "It is...
The Greek, has "moreover," or "now." is a witness--of the truth which I am setting forth. The Father's witness is given Heb 5:10. The Son's, Heb 10:5. Now is added that of the Holy Spirit, called...
wallow...in ashes--(Jer 25:34; Mic 1:10). As they usually in mourning only "cast ashes on the head," wallowing in them means something more, namely, so entirely to cover one's self with ashes as to...
sling out--expressing the violence and suddenness of the removal to Babylon. A similar image occurs in Jer 16:13; 1Sa 25:29; Isa 22:17, 18. at this once--at this time, now. find it so--find it by...
Despairing of influencing the people, he turns to God. way of man not in himself--(Pr 16:1; 20:24; Jas 4:13, 14). I know, O Jehovah, that the march of the Babylonian conqueror against me (Jeremiah...
mourning--that is, afflicting myself by fasting from "pleasant bread, flesh and wine" (Da 10:3), as a sign of sorrow, not for its own sake. Compare Mt 9:14, "fast," answering to "mourn" (Da 10:15)....