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With God's presence and aid he is sure of safety (Ps 10:6; 15:5; Joh12:27, 28; Heb 5:7, 8).
like the shadow--(Compare Ps 102:11). tossed up and down--or, "driven" (Ex 10:19).
increaseth...transgressors--(Pr 5:8-10). The vice alluded to is peculiarly hardening to the heart.
(1Ki 7:1-8; 9:1, 19; 10:18, &c.). vineyards--(So 8:11).
Is not...as--Was there any one of these cities able to withstand me? Not one. So Rab-shakeh vaunts (Isa 36:19). Calno--Calneh, built by Nimrod (Ge 10:10), once his capital, on the Tigris. ...
The foes of God's people cannot succeed against them, unless they can shake their trust in Him (compare Isa 36:10).
hand...shortened--(See on Isa 50:2). ear heavy--(Isa 6:10).
salvation--embodied in the Saviour (see Zec 9:9). his work--rather, recompense (Isa 40:10).
fasten...move not--that is, that it may stand upright without risk of falling, which the god (!) would do, if left to itself (Isa 41:7).
be not proud--Pride was the cause of their contumacy, as humility is the first step to obedience (Jer 13:17; Ps 10:4).
sound of...wings--prognostic of great and awful changes. voice of...God--the thunder (Ps 29:3, &c.).
voice of his words--the sound of his words. was I in a deep sleep--"I sank into a deep sleep" [Lengkerke].
But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister--a subordinate servant.
uppermost seats--(See on Lu 14:7-11). greetings--(See on Mt 23:7-10).
this stranger--"this alien" (literally, "of another race"). The language is that of wonder and admiration, as is expressly said of another exhibition of Gentile faith (Mt 8:10).
The substance of these important verses has occurred more than once before. (See on Mt 10:34-36; Lu 12:49-53, &c.).
foretold of these days--of Messiah; all pointing to "the time of reformation" (Heb 9:10), though with more or less distinctness.
upon the housetop--the flat roof, the chosen place in the East for cool retirement. the sixth hour--noon.
they of the circumcision...were astonished...because that on the Gentiles also was poured out, &c.--without circumcision.
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God--"This is another confirmation of the truth that faith supposes the hearing of the Word, and this a commission to preach it."
think this--"consider this." such will we be--or "are," in general, not merely shall we be at our next visit.
suffer--rather, as the Greek is the same as in 2Ti 2:10, "If we endure (with Him)" (Ro 8:17). reign with him--The peculiar privilege of the elect Church now suffering with Christ, then to reign...