Bible Commentaries

Psalms 116:3 — 3, 4. For similar figures for distress see Psalms 18:4; Psalms 18:5. gat hold upon me—Another sense ("found") of the same word follows, as we speak of disease finding us, and of our finding or catching disease.

Psalms 127:3 — 3-5. Posterity is often represented as a blessing from God (Genesis 30:2; Genesis 30:18; 1 Samuel 1:19; 1 Samuel 1:20). Children are represented as the defenders (arrows) of their parents in war, and in litigation.

Psalms 66:16 — 16-20. With these he unites his public thanks, inviting those who fear God (Psalms 60:4; Psalms 61:5, His true worshippers) to hear. He vindicates his sincerity, inasmuch as God would not hear hypocrites, but had heard him.

Psalms 66:19 — 16-20. With these he unites his public thanks, inviting those who fear God (Psalms 60:4; Psalms 61:5, His true worshippers) to hear. He vindicates his sincerity, inasmuch as God would not hear hypocrites, but had heard him.

Psalms 99:3 — 3. thy . . . name—perfections of justice, power, c. great and terrible name—producing dread ( :-), and to be praised by those over whom He is exalted ( :-). it is holy—or, "He is holy" (Psalms 99:5 Psalms 99:9; Isaiah 6:3).

Ecclesiastes 10:18 — 18. building—literally, "the joining of the rafters," namely, the kingdom (Ecclesiastes 10:16; Isaiah 3:6; Amos 9:11). hands— (Ecclesiastes 4:5; Proverbs 6:10). droppeth—By neglecting to repair the roof in time, the rain gets through.

Isaiah 13:5 — 5. They—namely, "Jehovah," and the armies which are "the weapons of His indignation." far country—Media and Persia, stretching to the far north and east. end of heaven—the far east (Psalms 19:6). destroy—rather, "to seize" [HORSLEY].

Isaiah 20:4 — 4. buttocks uncovered—BELZONI says that captives are found represented thus on Egyptian monuments (Isaiah 47:2; Isaiah 47:3; Nahum 3:5; Nahum 3:8; Nahum 3:9), where as here, Egypt and Ethiopia are mentioned as in alliance.

Isaiah 26:14 — 14. They—The "other lords" or tyrants ( :-). shall not live—namely, again. deceased—Hebrew, "Rephaim"; powerless, in the land of shades (Isaiah 14:9; Isaiah 14:10). therefore—that is, inasmuch as. Compare "therefore" (Genesis 18:5; Genesis 19:8).

Isaiah 29:5 — 5. Moreover—rather, "Yet"; yet in this extremity help shall come, and the enemy be scattered. strangers—foreign enemies, invaders (Isaiah 25:2). it shall be—namely, the destruction of the enemy. at an instant—in a moment (Isaiah 30:23).

Isaiah 38:7 — 7. sign—a token that God would fulfil His promise that Hezekiah should "go up into the house of the Lord the third day" (2 Kings 20:5; 2 Kings 20:8); the words in italics are not in Isaiah.

Jeremiah 10:13 — 13. Literally, "At the voice of His giving forth," that is, when He thunders. (Job 38:34; Psalms 29:3-5). waters— (Psalms 29:3-19.29.5- :) —above the firmament; heavy rains accompany thunder. vapours . . . ascend— (Psalms 135:7). treasures—His stores.

Jeremiah 50:28 — 28. declare in Zion . . . temple—Some Jews "fleeing" from Babylon at its fall shall tell in Judea how God avenged the cause of Zion and her temple that had been profaned (Jeremiah 52:13; Daniel 1:2; Daniel 5:2).

Ezekiel 23:47 — 47. stones—the legal penalty of the adulteress (Ezekiel 16:40; Ezekiel 16:41; John 8:5). Answering to the stones hurled by the Babylonians from engines in besieging Jerusalem. houses . . . fire—fulfilled (2 Chronicles 36:17; 2 Chronicles 36:19).

Ezekiel 3:5 — 5. See Margin, Hebrew, "deep of lip, and heavy of tongue," that is, men speaking an obscure and unintelligible tongue. Even they would have listened to the prophet; but the Jews, though addressed in their own tongue, will not hear him.

Hosea 5 overview — CHAPTER 5 :-. GOD'S JUDGMENTS ON THE PRIESTS, PEOPLE, AND PRINCES OF ISRAEL FOR THEIR SINS. Judah, too, being guilty shall be punished; nor shall Assyria, whose aid they both sought, save them; judgments shall at last lead them to repentance.

Zechariah 4:5 — 5. Knowest thou not, c.—Not a reproof of his ignorance, but a stimulus to reflection on the mystery. No, my lord—ingenious confession of ignorance as a little child he casts himself for instruction at the feet of the Lord.

Mark 5:5 — 5. And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones—Terrible as he was to others, he himself endured untold misery, which sought relief in tears and self-inflicted torture.

Luke 11:5 — 5-8. at midnight . . . for a friend is come—The heat in warm countries makes evening preferable to-day for travelling; but "midnight" is everywhere a most unseasonable hour of call, and for that very reason it is here selected.

John 3:18 — 18. is not condemned—Having, immediately on his believing, "passed from death unto life" (John 5:24). condemned already—Rejecting the one way of deliverance from that "condemnation" which God gave His Son to remove, and so wilfully remaining condemned.