Bible Commentaries

Psalms 121:5 — 5. upon thy right hand—a protector's place (Psalms 109:31; Psalms 110:5).

Psalms 127:5 — 5. adversaries in the gate—or place of public business (compare Job 5:4; Psalms 69:12).

Psalms 92:5 — 5. great . . . works—correspond to deep or vast thoughts (Psalms 40:5; Romans 11:23).

Song of Solomon 1:15 — 15. fair—He discerns beauty in her, who had said, "I am black" ( :-), because of the everlasting covenant (Psalms 45:11; Isaiah 62:5; Ephesians 1:4; Ephesians 1:5). doves' eyes—large and beautiful in the doves of Syria. The prominent features of her beauty (Matthew 10:16), gentleness, innocence, and constant love, emblem of the Holy Ghost, who changes us to His own likeness (Genesis 8:10; Genesis 8:11; Matthew 3:16). The opposite kind of eyes (Psalms 101:5; Matthew 20:15; 2 Peter 2:14).

Song of Solomon 7:1-13 — CAPITULO 7 1. tus pies—más bien, tus idas (Salmo 17:5). Alusión evidente a Isaías 52:7; “¡Cuán hermosos … los pies del que publica paz!” (Sulamita, cap. 6:13). calzados—sandalias, ricamente adornadas con piedras preciosas en el oriente ( Lucas 15:22; Efesios 6:15) Ella está evidentemente “sobre los montes,”

Isaiah 28:21 — 21. Perazim—In the valley of Rephaim (2 Samuel 5:18; 2 Samuel 5:20; 1 Chronicles 14:11), there Jehovah, by David, broke forth as waters do, and made a breach among the Philistines, David's enemies, as Perazim means, expressing a sudden and complete overthrow. Gibeon— (1 Chronicles 14:16; 2 Samuel

Isaiah 59:1 — 1. hand . . . shortened—(See on Isaiah 59:5). ear heavy— (Isaiah 59:5- :).

Ezekiel 16:50 — 50. haughty—puffed up with prosperity. abomination before me—"sinners before the Lord" ( :-); said of those whose sin is so heinous as to cry out to God for immediate judgments; presumptuous sins, daring God to the face (Genesis 18:20; Genesis 19:5). I took them away— (Genesis 19:5- :). as I saw good—rather, "according to what I saw"; referring to Genesis 19:5- :, where God says, "I will go down, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it which is come unto Me."

Ezekiel 2:2 — 2. spirit entered . . . when he spake—The divine word is ever accompanied by the Spirit (Genesis 1:2; Genesis 1:3). set . . . upon . . . feet—He had been "upon his face" (Genesis 1:3- :). Humiliation on our part is followed by exaltation on God's part (Ezekiel 3:23; Ezekiel 3:24; Job 22:29; James 4:6; 1 Peter 5:5). "On the feet" was the fitting attitude when he was called on to walk and work for God (Ephesians 5:8; Ephesians 6:15). that I heard—rather, "then I heard."

Ezekiel 34:16 — 16. In contrast to the unfaithful shepherds (Ezekiel 34:4). The several duties neglected by them I will faithfully discharge. fat . . . strong—that is, those rendered wanton by prosperity (Deuteronomy 32:15; Jeremiah 5:28), who use their strength to oppress the weak. Compare Jeremiah 5:28- :, "the fat cattle" (Jeremiah 5:28- :). The image is from fat cattle that wax refractory. with judgment—that is, justice and equity, as contrasted with the "force"

Daniel 11:28 — Maccabees 1:19, 20, &c.). against the holy covenant—On his way back to Syria, he attacked Jerusalem, the metropolis of Jehovah's covenant-people, slew eighty thousand, took forty thousand prisoners, and sold forty thousand as slaves (2 Maccabees 5:5-14). he shall do exploits—He shall effect his purpose. Guided by Menelaus, the high priest, he entered the sanctuary with blasphemies, took away the gold and silver vessels, sacrificed swine on the altar, and sprinkled broth of the flesh through

Hosea 8:14 — idols. Judah . . . fenced cities—Judah, though less idolatrous than Israel, betrayed lack of faith in Jehovah by trusting more to its fenced cities than to Him; instead of making peace with God, Judah multiplied human defenses (Isaiah 22:8; Jeremiah 5:17; Micah 5:10; Micah 5:11). I will send . . . fire upon . . . cities—Sennacherib burned all Judah's fenced cities except Jerusalem (2 Kings 18:13). palaces thereof—namely, of the land. Compare as to Jerusalem, 2 Kings 18:13- :.

Zechariah 6:11 — 11. The high priest wore a crown above the miter (Zechariah 3:5; Leviticus 8:9). Messiah shall wear many crowns, one surmounting the other (Leviticus 8:9- :). It was a thing before unknown in the Levitical priesthood that the same person should wear at once the crown of a king and that of a high priest (Psalms 110:4; Hebrews 5:10). Messiah shall be revealed fully in this twofold dignity when He shall "restore the kingdom to Israel" (Hebrews 5:10- :).

Mark 4:4 — 4. And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the wayside—by the side of the hard path through the field, where the soil was not broken up. and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up—Not only could the seed not get beneath the surface, but "it was trodden down" (Luke 8:5), and afterwards picked up and devoured by the fowls. What means this? See on Luke 8:5- :. Second Case: THE STONY or rather, ROCKY GROUND. (Mark 4:5; Mark 4:16).

Luke 6:20 — 20, 21. In the Sermon on the Mount the benediction is pronounced upon the "poor in spirit" and those who "hunger and thirst after righteousness" (Matthew 5:3; Matthew 5:6). Here it is simply on the "poor" and the "hungry now." In this form of the discourse, then, our Lord seems to have had in view "the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which God hath promised to them that love Him," as these very beatitudes are paraphrased by James (Matthew 5:6- :).

Ephesians 2:10 — 10. workmanship—literally, "a thing of His making"; "handiwork." Here the spiritual creation, not the physical, is referred to (Ephesians 2:8; Ephesians 2:9). created—having been created (Ephesians 4:24; Psalms 102:18; Isaiah 43:21; 2 Corinthians 5:5; 2 Corinthians 5:17). unto good works—"for good works." "Good works" cannot be performed until we are new "created unto" them. Paul never calls the works of the law "good works." We are not saved by, but created unto, good works. before ordained—Greek, "before

Ephesians 5:3 — 3. once named—Greek, "Let it not be even named" (Ephesians 5:4; Ephesians 5:12). "Uncleanness" and "covetousness" are taken up again from Ephesians 5:12- :. The two are so closely allied that the Greek for "covetousness" (pleonexia) is used sometimes in Scripture, and often in the Greek Fathers, for sins of impurity.

1 Peter 3:12 — 12. Ground of the promised present and eternal life of blessedness to the meek ( :-). The Lord's eyes are ever over them for good. ears . . . unto their prayers— (1 John 5:14; 1 John 5:15). face . . . against—The eyes imply favorable regard; the face of the Lord upon (not as English Version, "against") them that do evil, implies that He narrowly observes them, so as not to let them really and lastingly hurt His people (compare 1 John 5:15- :).

Judges 17:5 — 5. the man Micah had an house of gods—Hebrew, "a house of God"—a domestic chapel, a private religious establishment of his own. an ephod—(see on :-). teraphim—tutelary gods of the household (see Genesis 31:19 and see on Genesis 31:19- :). consecrated one of his sons who became his priest—The assumption of the priestly office by any one out of the family of Aaron was a direct violation of the divine law (Numbers 3:10; Numbers 16:17; Deuteronomy 21:5; Hebrews 5:4).

1 John 2:5 — 5. Not merely repeating the proposition, 1 John 2:3, or asserting the merely opposite alternative to 1 John 2:3- :, but expanding the "know Him" of 1 John 2:3- :, into "in Him, verily (not as a matter of vain boasting) is the love of (that is towards)