Bible Commentaries

Nehemiah 1:9 — turn unto Me. National repentance was ever the one great condition of Israel's national blessing (Deuteronomy 30:2 , &c.); and is still the condition. Compare Acts 3:19-21 , which, with Acts 28:17 , Acts 28:23 , was the last national call.

Nehemiah 13:2 — Because they (plural) Num 22:56 . Deuteronomy 23:3 , Deuteronomy 23:4 . children = sons. hired Balaam. Numbers 22:5 , Numbers 22:6 . Joshua 24:9 , Joshua 24:10 . them (singular), i.e. Israel. curse. Hebrew. kalal = reproach, imprecate. God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4 .

Esther 9:1 — thirteenth. See note on Esther 3:12 . commandment. Hebrew. dabar. See note on Esther 1:12 . decree. Hebrew. dath . See note on Esther 2:8 . power = mastery. See note on Esther 8:11 . though, &c. Note the Parenthesis. the Jews = the Jews themselves.

Psalms 138:2 — holy. See note on Exodus 3:5 . temple = house or palace. Hebrew. heykal. name. See note on Psalms 20:1 . magnified: i.e. by fulfilling it beyond all expectation. word = sayings. Hebrew. 'imrah . See App-73 . name. See note on Psalms 20:1 .

Psalms 26:8 — habitation = dwelling: implying safety. house. Referring not to the Temple, but to David's Tabernacle on Zion. Compare Psalms 5:7 , and see below. the place, &c. = the place of Thy glorious Tabernacle. dwelleth. Hebrew. shakan. See note on "placed" (Genesis 3:24 ).

Psalms 34:8 — taste, &c. Referred to in 1 Peter 2:3 . Blessed = How happy. See App-63 . man = strong man. Hebrew. geber. App-14 . Trusting not in his own strength, but in Jehovah. trusteth in = fleeth for refuge to. Hebrew. hasah . App-69 .I.

Psalms 68:35 — Thou art terrible. Supply Ellipsis thus: "[To be feared] is God from His Sanctuary". Thy holy places. Septuagint and Vulg, read the singular. It is the plural of majesty. holy. See note on Exodus 3:6 . power. Hebrew, plural = mighty, or abundant power.

Psalms 83:18 — men: Israel. JEHOVAH. One of three places where, in Authorized Version, this name is transliterated and printed in large capital letters (small in Revised Version) See App-48 . Compare Exodus 6:3 and Isaiah 26:4 . MOST HIGH. Hebrew. Elyon. App-4 .

Ecclesiastes 12:1 — now = also. Creator. Plural of Majesty = the [great] Creator, or a reference to the Trinity. evil days = days of the misfortune: i.e. affliction and death. Hebrew. ra'a' . App-44 . i.e. the days described in following verses. pleasure. See note on Ecclesiastes 3:1 .

Ecclesiastes 2:23 — travail = toil that brings about fatigue. The same word as in Ecclesiastes 1:13 ; Ecclesiastes 2:26 ; Ecclesiastes 3:10 ; Ecclesiastes 4:8 ; Ecclesiastes 5:14 . Not the same word as in Ecclesiastes 4:4 , Ecclesiastes 4:6 . Occurs only in Ecclesiastes.

Ecclesiastes 4:1 — under the sun. See note on Ecclesiastes 1:3 . side. Hebrew "hand": put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6 , for the violence proceeding from it. they: i.e. the oppressed. The phrase repeated for emphasis. Figure of speech Epistrophe. App-6 .

Song of Solomon 5:8 — I charge = I adjure. you. See note on Song of Solomon 2:7 . sick of love = love-sick. of = with. love. Same word and sense as in Song of Solomon 2:7 ; Song of Solomon 3:5 , and Song of Solomon 8:4 .

Isaiah 1:9 — Except, &c. The first passage in Isaiah quoted in N.T. (Romans 9:29 ). very small. Hebrew. kim'at. See note on Proverbs 5:14 . as Sodom. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 19:1-29 . Deuteronomy 29:23 .) Compare Isaiah 3:9 , for the reason.

Isaiah 40:14 — (Isaiah 40:12-14 ) Who. . . . Who. . . With whom. . . ? Isaiah 40:12-14 are introductory: while the Figure of speech Erotesis emphasizes the importance of Him Who speaks. instructed Him = made Him understand. path. See note on Isaiah 2:3 . taught = trained. Hebrew. lamad.

Isaiah 52:12 — ye shall not go out with haste. Reference to Pentateuch, where it was otherwise (only here, Exodus 12:33 , Exodus 12:39 , and Deuteronomy 16:3 ). the God of Israel. See note on Isaiah 29:23 . rereward = rear-guard. Compare Isaiah 58:8 .

Isaiah 54:8 — a little wrath = in an overflow of wrath. I hid My face. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 31:17 , Deuteronomy 31:18 ). Compare Isaiah 8:17 ; Isaiah 53:3 ; Isaiah 64:7 . See App-92 . everlasting kindness. See note on "ancient", Isaiah 44:7 .

Jeremiah 7:6 — stranger, the fatherless, and the widow. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 24:17 ). innocent blood. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 19:10 ). See note on Isaiah 59:7 . other gods. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 20:3 .Deuteronomy 6:14 ; Deuteronomy 8:19 , &c). App-92 .

Ezekiel 30:14 — Pathros . Upper, or Southern Egypt. Zoan = Tanis: now San; an ancient Egyptian city in Lower Egypt (Numbers 13:22 .Psalms 78:12; Psalms 78:12 ). See note on Isaiah 30:4 . No . No Ammon. Now Thebes (Nahum 3:8 ). Compare Jeremiah 46:25 .

Ezekiel 45:1 — offer = heave up, See next note. oblation = a heave offering. See note on Ezekiel 44:30 . the LORD . Hebrew. Jehovah . App-4 . Ih holy . See note on Exodus 3:5 . ten. The Septuagint reads twenty. Compare Numbers 35:2 .Joshua 21:2 .

Daniel 5:11 — man: or, grandee. Chaldee. g ebar. Same as App-14 . spirit . Chaldee. ruach. App-9 . holy . See note on Exodus 3:5 . gods . Chaldee. 'elahin (plural) App-4 . made master of the magicians . See Daniel 2:48 . See note on Daniel 2:2 .