Bible Commentaries

Psalms 11:6 — 6. Their punishment is described by vivid figures denoting abundant, sudden, furious, and utter destruction (compare Genesis 19:24; Job 18:15; Psalms 7:15; Psalms 9:15). cup—is a frequent figure for God's favor or wrath (Psalms 16:5; Psalms 23:5; Matthew 20:22; Matthew 20:23).

Psalms 53:5 — 5. Instead of assurances of God's presence with the pious, and a complaint of the wicked, Psalms 14:5; Psalms 14:6 portrays the ruin of the latter, whose "bones" even "are scattered" (compare Psalms 141:7), and who are put to shame as contemptuously rejected of God.

Proverbs 4:16 — 16, 17. The reason is found in the character of sinners, whose zeal to do evil is forcibly depicted (Proverbs 6:4; Psalms 36:5). They live by flagrant vices (Psalms 36:5- :). Some prefer to render, "Their bread is wickedness, their drink violence" (compare Job 15:16; Job 34:7).

Isaiah 22:13 — 13. Notwithstanding Jehovah's "call to mourning" ( :-), many shall make the desperate state of affairs a reason for reckless revelry (Isaiah 5:11; Isaiah 5:12; Isaiah 5:14; Jeremiah 18:12; 1 Corinthians 15:32). 1 Corinthians 15:32- :. PROPHECY THAT SHEBNA SHOULD BE DEPOSED FROM BEING PREFECT OF THE PALACE, AND ELIAKIM PROMOTED TO THE OFFICE. In Isaiah 36:3; Isaiah 36:22; Isaiah 37:2, we

Isaiah 37:3 — 3. rebuke—that is, the Lord's rebuke for His people's sins (Psalms 149:7; Hosea 5:9). blasphemy—blasphemous railing of Rab-shakeh. the children, &c.—a proverbial expression for, We are in the most extreme danger and have no power to avert it (compare Hosea 5:9- :).

Isaiah 49:4 — 4. I—Messiah. in vain—comparatively in the case of the greater number of His own countrymen. "He came unto His own, and His own received Him not" (Isaiah 53:1-3; Luke 19:14; John 1:11; John 7:5). Only a hundred twenty disciples met after His personal ministry was ended (John 7:5- :). yet . . . my judgment . . . with the Lord—Ultimately, God will do justice to My cause, and reward (Margin for "work,"

Jeremiah 32:5 — 5. visit him—in a good sense (Jeremiah 27:22); referring to the honor paid Zedekiah at his death and burial (Jeremiah 34:4; Jeremiah 34:5). Perhaps, too, before his death he was treated by Nebuchadnezzar with some favor. though ye fight . . . shall not prosper— (Jeremiah 21:4).

Jeremiah 5:28 — 28. shine—the effect of fatness on the skin (Deuteronomy 32:15). They live a life of self-indulgence. overpass . . . the wicked—exceed even the Gentiles in wickedness (Jeremiah 2:33; Ezekiel 5:6; Ezekiel 5:7). judge not . . . fatherless— (Isaiah 1:23). yet . . . prosper— (Isaiah 1:23- :).

Jeremiah 8:5 — 5. slidden . . . backsliding—rather, as the Hebrew is the same as in :-, to which this verse refers, "turned away with a perpetual turning away." perpetual—in contrast to the "arise" ("rise again," :-). refuse to return—in contrast to, "shall he . . . not return" (Jeremiah 8:4; Jeremiah 5:3).

Ezekiel 16:37 — had been always her enemies. "God will make him, who leaves God for the world, disgraced even in the eyes of the world, and indeed the more so the nearer he formerly stood to Himself" [HENGSTENBERG], (Isaiah 47:3; Jeremiah 13:26; Hosea 2:12; Nahum 3:5). all . . . thou hast hated—the Edomites and Philistines; also Moab and Ammon especially (Nahum 3:5- :). I . . . will discover thy nakedness—punishment in kind, as she had "discovered her nakedness through whoredoms" (Nahum 3:5- :); the sin and its

Ezekiel 27:9 — 9. Gebal—a Phoelignician city and region between Beirut and Tripolis, famed for skilled workmen (1 Kings 5:18, Margin; 1 Kings 5:18- :). calkers—stoppers of chinks in a vessel: carrying on the metaphor as to Tyre. occupy thy merchandise—that is, to exchange merchandise with thee.

Matthew 21:33 — There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard—(See on :-). and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower—These details are taken, as is the basis of the parable itself, from that beautiful parable of Isaiah 5:1-7, in order to fix down the application and sustain it by Old Testament authority. and let it out to husbandmen—These are just the ordinary spiritual guides of the people, under whose care and culture the fruits of righteousness are expected to

1 Corinthians 6:16 — 16. Justification of his having called fornicators "members of an harlot" ( :-). joined—by carnal intercourse; literally, "cemented to": cleaving to. one body—with her. saith he—God speaking by Adam (Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:5). "He which made them at the beginning said," &c. (Matthew 19:5- :).

2 Corinthians 6:10 — 10. The "as" no longer is used to express the opinion of his adversaries, but the real state of him and his fellow laborers. making many rich—Spiritually (1 Corinthians 1:5), after the example of our Lord, who "by His poverty made many rich" (1 Corinthians 1:5- :). having nothing—Whatever of earthly goods we have, and these are few, we have as though we had not; as tenants removable at will, not owners (1 Corinthians

Ephesians 2:18 — 18. Translate, "For it is through Him (John 14:6; John 14:6- :) that we have our access (Ephesians 3:12; Romans 5:2), both of us, in (that is, united in, that is, "by," Romans 5:2- :, Greek) one Spirit to the Father," namely, as our common Father, reconciled to both alike; whence flows the removal of all separation between Jew and Gentile. The oneness of "the Spirit,"

Ephesians 5:4 — 4. filthiness—obscenity in act or gesture. foolish talking—the talk of fools, which is folly and sin together. The Greek of it, and of "filthiness," occurs nowhere else in the New Testament. nor—rather, "or" (compare Ephesians 5:3). jesting—Greek, "eutrapelia"; found nowhere else in the New Testament: implying strictly that versatility which turns about and adapts itself, without regard to principle, to the shifting circumstances of the moment, and to the varying moods of

1 Timothy 5:11 — 11. younger—than sixty years old (1 Timothy 5:9). refuse—to take on the roll of presbyteress widows. wax wanton—literally, "over-strong" (1 Timothy 5:9- :). against Christ—rebelling against Christ, their proper Bridegroom [JEROME]. they will—Greek, "they wish"; their desire is to marry again.

Hebrews 7:28 — word—"the word" confirmed by "the oath." which—which oath was after the law, namely, in Hebrews 7:27- :, abrogating the preceding law-priesthood. the Son—contrasted with "men." consecrated—Greek, "made perfect" once for all, as in Hebrews 2:10; Hebrews 5:9; see on Hebrews 5:9- :; Hebrews 5:9. Opposed to "having infirmity." Consecrated as a perfected priest by His perfected sacrifice, and consequent anointing and exaltation to the right hand of the Father.

James 1:25 — 25. looketh into—literally, "stoopeth down to take a close look into." Peers into: stronger than "beholdeth," or "contemplated," :-. A blessed curiosity if it be efficacious in bearing fruit [BENGEL]. perfect law of liberty—the Gospel rule of life,

1 John 5:10 — 10. hath the witness—of God, by His Spirit (1 John 5:8). in himself—God's Spirit dwelling in him and witnessing that "Jesus is the Lord," "the Christ," and "the Son of God" (1 John 5:1; 1 John 5:5). The witness of the Spirit in the believer himself to his own sonship is not here expressed, but follows