Bible Commentaries

Proverbs 3:23 — stumble. Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely. — Fiducialiter, saith the Vulgate - confidently and securely. Every malvoy shall be a salvoy to thee: thou shalt ever go under a double guard, the "peace of God" within thee, Philippians 4:7 and the "power of God" without thee. 1 Peter 1:5 "Thou shalt be in league also with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee." Job 5:23

Proverbs 8:14 — Counsel [is] mine, and sound wisdom: I [am] understanding; I have strength. Counsel is mine, … — Christ is "wise in heart, and mighty in strength," Job 9:4 his Church’s both counsellor Isaiah 9:6 and champion; Isaiah 37:23-24 and though she be but a "virgin daughter of Zion," yet she despiseth her adversary, and laughs him to scorn, Proverbs 8:22 because she hath one that is in love with

Isaiah 2:2 — last days, [that] the mountain of the LORD’S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. And it shall come to pass, … — See Trapp on " Micah 4:1 " where we shall find that that prophet hath the same words with this αυτολεξει . So hath Obadiah the same with Jeremiah, St Mark with St Matthew, St Jude with St Peter, the blessed Virgin

Isaiah 43:17 — they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow. Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse. — Or, Who brought forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power, viz, Pharaoh’s forces. Exodus 14:4 ; Exodus 14:9 ; Exodus 14:23 They are quenched as tow. — Ut ellychnium extinguentur. Heb., As a candlewick make of flax quickly quenched with water poured on it. See how easily God can confound his foes.

Isaiah 46:3 — Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne [by me] from the belly, which are carried from the womb: Which are borne by me from the belly. — You do not bear me, as they do their idols in procession and otherwise; but I bear you, and so have done from the first, and shall do the last; like as the tender mother doth her beloved babe, or as the eagle doth her young upon her wings. Exodus 19:4 Deuteronomy 32:11

Isaiah 47:7 — the latter end of it. I shall be a lady for ever. — Presumption precedeth destruction. Psalms 10:6 Revelation 18:7 So that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart. — The daughter of pride is security, and pleasure is her niece. Isaiah 47:8 Nor didst remember the latter end of it. — Heb., Her latter end. Memorare novissima tua, et in aeternum non peccabis. See Lamentations 1:4 .

Jeremiah 16:2 — regard of the great calamity impendent, that he is here forbidden marriage, otherwise lawful enough, and in some cases necessary. The contrary doctrine (such as was that of the Tatian heretics and Popish canonists) is a doctrine of devils. 1 Timothy 4:1

Jeremiah 19:13 — houses of Jerusalem. — Wherein they had their "chambers of imagery," and their private chapels for idolatrous uses, as Papists also have. Ezekiel 8:12 Zephaniah 1:1-18 Because all the houses upon whose roofs. — See on Zephaniah 1:4 .

Jeremiah 33:18 — the order of Melchizedek; and his sacrificing of himself once is more than equivalent to the daily perpetual sacrificing. Whereunto may be added the continuance of an evangelical ministry in the Church to the world’s end. Matthew 28:20 Ephesians 4:11-13

Jeremiah 4:13 — — Swiftly and numerously. His horses are swifter than eagles. — Which, though the biggest of all fowls, yet fly with greatest speed. Woe unto us, for we are spoiled. — This he premiseth fitly to his exhortation to repentance; Jeremiah 4:14 q.d., We are utterly undone, if repentance prevent not. “ Currat ergo paenitentia, ne praecurrat sententia. ”

Jeremiah 4:6 — Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction. Set up the standard towards Zion. — All this seemeth to be ironically spoken. as Jeremiah 4:5 For I will bring evil from the north, — i.e., From Babylon. Ab aquilone nihil boni. There is also another Babylon spoken of in the Revelation, which to the true Church hath of long time been lerna malorum; and so the poor persecuted Protestants

Jeremiah 5:18 — Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full end with you. I will not make a full end with thee. — In the midst of judgment, God remembereth mercy. See Jeremiah 4:27 ; Jeremiah 5:10 . Howbeit, from this text some gather, that now in this last captivity of theirs, God hath made a full end with the Jews, and that "wrath is come upon them to the utmost," or to the end εις τελος

Jeremiah 50:21 — provinces. Ezekiel 23:23 Calvin rendereth it, The land of exasperators, and the inhabitation of visitation, i.e., that deserve to be punished. This is God’s commission to Cyrus. Utterly destroy after them, — i.e., Their posterity. as Daniel 4:11

Jeremiah 9:22 — Speak, Thus saith the LORD, Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather [them]. Speak, Thus saith the Lord. — Heb., Speak, it is the Lord’s saying; and therefore thou mayest be bold to speak it. So 1 Thessalonians 4:15 , "For I say unto you in (or, by) the word of the Lord." And as the handful after the harvestman. — Death shall cut them up by handfuls, and lay them heaps upon heaps.

Ezekiel 15:8 — desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord GOD. And I will make the land desolate. — The land itself often suffereth, propter incolarum inemendabilem malitiam, "for the wickedness of them that dwell therein." Psalms 107:4 Idolatry especially is a land desolating sin. Because they have committed a trespass. — A grand trespass, a wickedness with a witness; they have deeply revolted, and backslidden with a perpetual backsliding. Apostates, as they sin not common sins,

Ezekiel 20:29 — Then I said unto them, What [is] the high place whereunto ye go? And the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day. And the name thereof is called Bamah, — i.e., A high place; a name good enough in itself, but, as used by them, as odious to all good hearts as a brothel house is to a chaste matron. She is the worse to pass by it, and spitteth at it. So should we in like case. Exodus 23:13 Psalms 16:4 Hosea 2:16-17 Zechariah 13:2 Deuteronomy 12:2

Ezekiel 30:24 — And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh’s arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded [man]. And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon. — Herod. God, as he sends the sword, Ezekiel 14:17 musters the men, Isaiah 13:4 orders the ammunition, Jeremiah 50:25 renders the weapons vain or prosperous, Isaiah 54:17 so he strengtheneth and weakeneth the arm of either party.

Ezekiel 33:20 — Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways. Yet ye say. — But therein ye lie, which is not the guise of God’s children. Isaiah 63:8 I will judge you every one after his ways. — And so wring a testimony, if not from your mouths, yet from your consciences, of mine impartial justice; such as is that in Deuteronomy 32:4 , "A God of truth, and without iniquity, just and right is he."

Ezekiel 4:12 — Baked on coals made of homely fuel, man’s dung burnt. Panem exhibuit Papa non ad purum ignem, sed ad oleta Quaestionariorum, Sorbonistarum, et Canonicorum coctum. - Pol. And thou shalt bake it with dung. — For want of wood. Lamentations 5:4 To the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. Proverbs 27:7 In their sight. — This, then, was more than a vision.

Ezekiel 9:10 — And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, [but] I will recompense their way upon their head. And as for me also. — Quapropter etiam ego, Wherefore also I; and there is a stop by an elegant aposiopesis. A rhetorical artifice, in which the speaker comes to a sudden halt, as if unable or unwilling to proceed. ŒD Mine eye shall not spare. — Ezekiel 5:11 ; Ezekiel 7:4 ; Ezekiel 8:18 . See a just commentary upon these words, Jeremiah 9:3-17 .