Bible Commentaries

Exodus 22:20 — Muerte. En hebreo, "será anatema" ( erom) que denota la destrucción total tanto de la persona como de sus bienes. (Jonatán) (1 Reyes xv. 3.)

1 Kings 8:64 — Court of the priests. An altar was there erected, in haste. Fire from heaven came to consume the victims, 2 Paralipomenon vii. 1. (Calmet)

1 Kings 8:64 — Patio de los sacerdotes. Allí se erigió un altar, apresuradamente. Fuego del cielo vino a consumir a las víctimas, 2 Paralipomenon vii. 1. (Calmet)

Psalms 142:12 — Mercy. Towards me. Justice required that the rebels should be punished, as they were, even contrary to David’s intention, 1 Kings xviii. 5. (Calmet)

Ecclesiastes 7:23 — Thy. We must be satisfied with a good conscience, as we cannot control the thoughts and words of all. (St. Ambrose, Of. i. 1.)

Isaiah 19:11 — Tanis. Or of the twelve kings, ver. 1. They are disconcerted at the approach of Psammitichus, (Calmet) or at the want of water. (Haydock)

Isaiah 31:2 — Words. The Lord will punish the wicked Jews, (Calmet) after the Egyptians. (Josephus, [Antiquities?] x. 1.) --- The former would not believe the prophets. (Worthington)

Isaiah 55:4 — Él. David, quien continuamente proclamaba las misericordias divinas, (Salmo XVII. 1.) o más bien Cristo; aunque Grocio solo lo referiría a Jeremías. (Calmet)

Jeremiah 3:1 — It. Hebrew, "a saying." Septuagint, "If," &c., Deuteronomy xxiv. 1. (Haydock) --- Woman. Hebrew, "land." --- Lovers. Septuagint, "shepherds," (Calmet) seeking aid from idols and foreigners.

Jeremiah 44:18 — Famine. They think nothing of the transgression of the law, &c., ver. 23. Could obduracy and blindness go greater lengths? (1 Machabees i. 12.)

Lamentations 3:41 — Up. This posture "is the testimony of a soul naturally Christian." (Tertullian, Apol.) --- Our heart must accompany our hands, 1 Timothy ii. 8. (Calmet)

Ezekiel 7:25 — Angustia. Cuando el enemigo esté delante de la ciudad, verán su error; Pero será muy tarde. No obtendrán la paz, Jeremías xxxviii. 1.

Zechariah 3:3 — Garments. Negligences and sins. (Challoner) --- Jesus had neglected to urge the building of the temple, or to repress unlawful marriages, 1 Esdras viii. (Worthington)

Judges 12:3 — Hands exposed to all sorts of danger. I resolved to defend myself to the utmost, 1 Kings xix. 6., and Ecclesiastes x. 2. (Calmet)

Expanded Esther 7:14 — God. Coming near to him, chap. vi. 20., and 1 Corinthians vi. 16. The wise do not seek for glory; but it follow them.

Wisdom of Solomon 40:22 — Green. "The sight of no colour is more agreeable to the eyes." (Pliny xxxvii. 1.) --- The Church is more excellent than the synagogue. (Worthington)

Wisdom of Solomon 7:12 — Soul. Whether the person have incurred a fault or not, we ought to shew pity, reflecting on our own frailty, 1 Corinthians x. 12.

Sirach 3:3 — Everlastingly. is such a short-lived creature an object worthy of thy eternal wrath? (Job xiii. 25., and xiv. 1., and Psalm cii. 13.)

1 Samuel 9:1 — Abiel, who is also called Ner, 1 Paralipomenon viii. 33. (Cajetan) --- Strong. Hebrew, "a mighty man of power," either of body, or of riches.

2 Samuel 5:11 — Hiram was a magnificent prince, who kept up a correspondence with Solomon. He greatly adorned the city of Tyre. See Jospehus, contra Apion 1.)