Bible Commentaries

Psalms 109:7 — Verse Psalms 109:7. Let him be condemned — יצא רשע yetse rasha. "Let him come out a wicked man;" that is let his wickedness be made manifest.Let his prayer become sin. — Thus paraphrased by Calmet: "Let him be accused, convicted, and condemned, and let the

Psalms 132:6 — determined to build a temple for the ark, and heard that it was at Ephratah, I went and found it in the fields of Jaar, יער; - not the wood, but Kirjath Jaar or Jearim, where the ark was then lodged;-and having found it, he entered the tabernacle, Psalms 132:7; and then, adoring that God whose presence was in it, he invited him to arise and come to the place which he had prepared for him.

Psalms 36:7 — Verse Psalms 36:7. How excellent is thy loving-kindness — He asks the question in the way of admiration; but expects no answer from angels or men. It is indescribably excellent, abundant, and free; and, "therefore, the children of Adam put their trust under the

Psalms 80:12 — Verse Psalms 80:12. Why hast thou broken down — 7. When a vineyard is planted, it is properly fenced to preserve it from being trodden down, or otherwise injured by beasts, and to protect the fruit from being taken by the unprincipled passenger. So God protected Jerusalem and his temple by his own

Proverbs 2:7 — Verse Proverbs 2:7. He layeth up sound wisdom — תושיה tushiyah. We have met with this word in Job; see Job 5:12; Job 6:13; Job 11:6; Job 12:16. See especially Clarke's note on "Job 11:6", where the different acceptations of the word are given. Coverdale translates,

Proverbs 9:7 — Verse Proverbs 9:7. He that reproveth a scorner — לץ lets, the person who mocks at sacred things; the libertine, the infidel; who turns the most serious things into ridicule, and, by his wit, often succeeds in rendering the person who reproves him ridiculous. Wisdom

Song of Solomon 8:1 — CHAPTER VIII The love of the bride to her spouse, and the nature of that love, 1-7. The younger sister, 8-10. Solomon's vineyard, 11, 12. The confidence of the bride and bridegroom in each other, 13, 14. NOTES ON CHAP. VIIIVerse Song of Solomon 8:1. O that thou wert as my brother — The bride, fearing that her fondness for her

Isaiah 11:10 — Radix Isaei dicitur jam stare, et aliquantum stetisse, in signum populorum. - VITRINGA. "The root of Jesse is said to stand, and for some time to have stood, for an ensign to the people." Which rightly explains either of the two readings. Psalms 110:1-7 (note) is a good comment on this verse.

Isaiah 37:7 — Verse Isaiah 37:7. I will send a blast - "I will infuse a spirit into him"] "נותין בו רוח nothen bo ruach never signifies any thing but putting a spirit into a person: this was πνευμα δειλιας, the spirit of deceit." - Secker. "I will send a blast" - I do not think

Jeremiah 14:21 — Verse Jeremiah 14:21. Do not disgrace the throne of thy glory — The temple. Let not this sacred place be profaned by impious and sacrilegious hands.Break not thy covenant — See Exodus 24:7-8; Exodus 19:5. They had already broken the covenant, and they wish God to fulfil his part. They ceased to be his people, for they abandoned themselves to idolatry; and yet they wished Jehovah to be their Lord; to defend, support, and fill them with

Jeremiah 43:7 — Verse Jeremiah 43:7. Came they even to Tahpanhes — This city was called Daphne by the Greeks, and was situated at the extremity of Lower Egypt, near to Heliopolis. It was called Daphne Pelusiaca. They halted at this place, most probably for the purpose of obtaining

Jeremiah 47:7 — Verse Jeremiah 47:7. How can it be quiet — This is the answer of the Sword. I am the officer of God's judgments, and he has given me a commission against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore; all the coast where the Philistines have their territories. The measure

Daniel 11:7 — Verse Daniel 11:7. But out of a branch of her roots — A branch from the same root from which she sprang. This was Ptolemy Euergetes, her brother, who, to avenge his sister's death, marched with a great army against Seleucus Callinicus, took some of his best places,

Daniel 8:14 — hundred evenings and mornings. Yet I think the prophetic day should be understood here, as in other parts of this prophet, and must signify so many years. If we date these years from the vision of the he-goat, (Alexander's invading Asia,) this was A.M. 3670, B.C. 334; and two thousand three hundred years from that time will reach to A.D. 1966, or one hundred and forty-one years from the present A.D. 1825. This will bring it near to the time mentioned Daniel 7:25, where see the note.

Hosea 1:7 — Verse Hosea 1:7. But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah — I will spare them as a kingdom after Israel has been carried away into captivity by the Assyrians.And will save them by the Lord their God — Remarkably fulfilled in the supernatural defeat

Micah 1:15 — another instance, הירש haigeresh, to bring an heir, and מרשה mareshah, the city, the name of which signifies heirship. And so of the above proper names.Adullam the glory of Israel. — This was a fenced city in the south of Judah (see 2 Chronicles 11:7) towards the Dead Sea.There is much obscurity in the concluding verses of this chapter. They undoubtedly refer to the captivity of Israel, and to circumstances of distress, &c., which are not mentioned in any of the historical books, and therefore

Micah 7:10 — Verse Micah 7:10. Then she that is mine enemy — This may refer particularly to the city of Babylon.Shall she be trodden down — Literally fulfilled in the sackage of that city by the Persians, and its consequent total ruin. It became as mire; its walls,

Micah 7:4 — Verse Micah 7:4. The best of them is as a brier — They are useless in themselves, and cannot be touched without wounding him that comes in contact with them. He alludes to the thick thorn hedges, still frequent in Palestine.The day of thy watchmen — The

Zephaniah 1:7 — Verse 7. Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lords God — הס has, the same as hush, hist, among us. Remonstrances are now useless. You had time to acquaint yourselves with God; you would not: you cry now in vain; destruction is at the door.The Lord hath

Zechariah 1:20 — Verse Zechariah 1:20. Four carpenters. — Four other powers, who should defeat the powers intended by the horns. These are the same as the four chariots mentioned Zechariah 6:1-3; Zechariah 6:6-7. The first was NABOPOLASSAR, father of Nebuchadnezzar, who overturned the empire of the Assyrians. The second was CYRUS, who destroyed the empire of the Chaldeans. The third was ALEXANDER the Great, who destroyed the empire of the Persians. And the