Bible Commentaries

Psalms 106:4 — 4, 5. In view of the desert of sins to be confessed, the writer invokes God's covenant mercy to himself and the Church, in whose welfare he rejoices. The speaker, me, I, is not the Psalmist himself, but the people, the present generation (compare :-). visit—(Compare :-).

Psalms 119:136 — 136. Zealous himself to keep God's law, he is deeply afflicted when others violate it (compare :-). Literally, "Mine eyes come down (dissolved) like water brooks" (Lamentations 3:48; Jeremiah 9:1). because, c.—(Compare Ezekiel 9:4 Jeremiah 13:17). TZADDI. (Psalms 119:137-144).

Psalms 68:1 — 1-3. Compare Numbers 10:35; Psalms 1:4; Psalms 22:14, on the figures here used. before him—as in Psalms 22:14- :, from His presence, as dreaded; but in Psalms 22:14- :, in His presence, as under His protection (Psalms 22:14- :).

Proverbs 1:27 — 27. fear—the object of it. desolation—literally, "a tumultuous noise," denoting their utter confusion. destruction—or calamity (Proverbs 1:26) compared to a whirlwind, as to fatal rapidity. distress— (Psalms 4:1; Psalms 44:11). anguish—a state of inextricable oppression, the deepest despair.

Ecclesiastes 2:16 — 16. remembrance—a great aim of the worldly (Genesis 11:4). The righteous alone attain it (Psalms 112:6; Proverbs 10:7). for ever—no perpetual memorial. that which now is—MAURER, "In the days to come all things shall be now long ago forgotten."

Isaiah 10:17 — 17, 18. light of Israel—carrying out the image in the end of :-. Jehovah, who is a light to Israel, shall be the "fire" (Deuteronomy 4:24; Hebrews 12:29) that shall ignite the "thorns," (the Assyrians, like dry fuel, a ready prey to flame).

Jeremiah 38:4 — 4. Had Jeremiah not had a divine commission, he might justly have been accused of treason; but having one, which made the result of the siege certain, he acted humanely as interpreter of God's will under the theocracy, in advising surrender (compare Jeremiah 26:11).

Ezekiel 31:6 — 6. fowls . . . made . . . nests in . . . boughs—so Ezekiel 17:23; Daniel 4:12. The gospel kingdom shall gather all under its covert, for their good and for the glory of God, which the world kingdoms did for evil and for self-aggrandizement (Matthew 13:32).

Ezekiel 36:10 — 10. wastes builded— Isaiah 58:12; Isaiah 61:4; Amos 9:11; Amos 9:12; Amos 9:14, where, as here (Ezekiel 34:23; Ezekiel 34:24), the names of David, Messiah's type, and Edom, Israel's foe, are introduced in connection with the coming restoration.

Hosea 10:1-15 — PRONTO A SER LA RUINA DEL ESTADO, ESTANDO AL PUNTO DE SER DESTERRADOS SU REY Y SUS IMAGENES: UN JUSTO CASTIGO, LA SIEGA QUE CORRESPONDE A LA SIEMBRA. La profecía fué pronunciada entre la primera y la segunda invasión de Israel por Salmanasar (véase v. 14; también el v. 6, que se refiere al llamado de auxilio que hizo el rey Oseas a so de Egipto; también los vv. 4 y 13). 1. frondosa viña—Así Maurer; así la Versión de los Setenta. La Versión Inglesa: “vida vacia.” Despojado de sus frutos (Calvino) (

Numbers 17:6 — 6. the rod of Aaron was among their rods—either one of the twelve, or, as many suppose, a thirteenth in the midst (Hebrews 9:4). The rods were of dry sticks or wands, probably old, as transmitted from one head of the family to a succeeding.

Nahum 3:12 — 12. thy strongholds—on the borders of Assyria, protecting the approaches to Nineveh: "the gates of thy land" (Nahum 3:13). fig trees with the first ripe figs—expressing the rapidity and ease of the capture of Nineveh (compare Isaiah 28:4; Revelation 6:13).

Mark 13:8 — 8. These are the beginnings of sorrows—"of travail-pangs," to which heavy calamities are compared. (See Jeremiah 4:31, &c.). The annals of TACITUS tell us how the Roman world was convulsed, before the destruction of Jerusalem, by rival claimants of the imperial purple.

Acts 20:34 — 34. these hands—doubtless holding them up, as before Agrippa in chains ( :-). have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me—See Acts 18:3; 1 Corinthians 4:12; 1 Corinthians 9:6, written from Ephesus; also 1 Thessalonians 2:9.

Acts 8:3 — 3. Saul . . . entering into every house—like as inquisitor [BENGEL]. haling men and women, c.—See his own affecting confessions afterwards (Acts 22:4 Acts 26:9; Acts 26:10; 1 Corinthians 15:9; Galatians 1:13; Philippians 3:6; 1 Timothy 1:13).

Romans 15:27 — 27. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also—"they owe it also" to minister unto them in carnal things—(Compare 1 Corinthians 9:11; Galatians 6:6; and see Luke 7:4; Acts 10:2).

1 Corinthians 7:4 — 4. A paradox. She hath not power over her body, and yet it is her own. The oneness of body in which marriage places husband and wife explains this. The one complements the other. Neither without the other realizes the perfect ideal of man.

2 Corinthians 5:3 — 3. If so be, &c.—Our "desire" holds good, should the Lord's coming find us alive. Translate, "If so be that having ourselves clothed (with our natural body, compare 2 Corinthians 5:4) we shall not be found naked (stripped of our present body)."

Philippians 4:12 — 12. abased—in low circumstances (2 Corinthians 4:8; 2 Corinthians 6:9; 2 Corinthians 6:10). everywhere—rather, "in each, and in all things" [ALFORD]. instructed—in the secret. Literally, "initiated" in a secret teaching, which is a mystery unknown to the world.

Judges 16:4 — 4. he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek—The location of this place is not known, nor can the character of Delilah be clearly ascertained. Her abode, her mercenary character, and her heartless blandishments afford too much reason to believe she was a profligate woman.