Bible Commentaries

Genesis 9:13 — la nube, y será por señal de un pacto entre mí y la tierra. Ver. 13. Pongo mi arco en la nube, etc. ] Allí estaba antes, pero no hasta ahora como una señal del pacto; como todavía se aplica como signo de la gracia de Dios a su Iglesia. Apocalipsis 4:3 ; Ap 10: 1 Eze 1:28 Está plantado en las nubes, como si el hombre disparara contra Dios y no Dios contra el hombre. Este arco con ambos extremos hacia abajo y de regreso al cielo, debe ser necesariamente un emblema de misericordia; porque el que tira,

Exodus 17:6 — la roca, en vano la habría golpeado Moisés. Deben usarse medios, pero Dios solo dependía de ellos para el éxito. Él es el único que hace que la roca abroaeh. Herirás la roca. ] Aquí un tipo de Cristo "golpeado, herido por Dios y afligido". Isaías 53:4 1Co 10: 4 Y saldrá agua de él. ] No fuego, que no había sido tan milagroso, sino agua. Este "cortar la roca" dura "," Sal 78:15, este "convertir el pedernal en fuente", Sal 114: 8 fue una obra de Onmipoteney y, por lo tanto, es muy celebrada. Deu 8:15

Nehemiah 8:14 — Y hallaron escrito en la ley que el SEÑOR había mandado por medio de Moisés, que los hijos de Israel habitarían en cabañas en la fiesta del mes séptimo: Ver. 14. Y hallaron escrito en la ley ] Y por tanto, de ningún modo se debe descuidar, ya que allí Dios había escrito para ellos grandes cosas, Oseas 8:12 ; cosas excelentes, Proverbios 22:20 ; cosas maravillosas, Salmo 119:18 . Hay una montaña de sentido

Job 14:18 — "Am I a sea, or a whale?" Job 7:12: were I these, or any the like robust creatures, yet could not I expect to stand before the displeased Omnipotency, who taketh the hills like tennis balls, and cracketh the rocks like a nut shell. See Habakkuk 1:4-6 . See Trapp on " Habakkuk 1:4 " See Trapp on " Habakkuk 1:5 " See Trapp on " Habakkuk 1:6 " And the rock is removed out of his place — As in earthquakes it sometimes happens. See Job 19:5 . Or by reason of the sea

Job 27:14 — Si sus hijos se multiplican, [será] por la espada: Y su descendencia no se saciará de pan. Ver. 14. Si sus hijos se multiplican, es por la espada ] Como lo fueron los setenta hijos de Acab, por ejemplo, 2 Reyes 10:1 , a quien había engendrado después de que Dios había amenazado con desarraigar su posteridad. Por tanto, él, como si fuera a cruzar

Job 9:12 — sería seguro que cavilara, o una vez cuestionara el proceder de Dios, para instarlo a la restitución o acusarlo de opresión; ya que él es el Señor principal de todo, y puede hacer con los suyos lo que le plazca. Es incontrolable, como reconoció Daniel 4:35 Nabucodonosor, Daniel 4:35 , y su voluntad es la verdadera y única regla de la justicia misma, nec solum recta, sed et regula. Por tanto, que toda la tierra guarde silencio ante él, Habacuc 2:20 , y que nadie se atreva a preguntarle ni una sola

Psalms 139:2 — — All my postures, gestures, practices, sive sedeam, sive surgam, whether I sit, stand, walk, lie; thou searchest and knowest all. Some search, but know not; thou dost both; thine eyes behold, thine eyelids try, the children of men, Psalms 11:4 . See Trapp on " Psalms 11:4 " Thou understandest my thought — Heb. my familiar thoughts, such as I am delighted in; voluntatem meam, some render it, my will; others, propinquitatem meam, my nearness, and that afar off, even from heaven,

Psalms 14:2 — The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, [and] seek God. The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men — As opposed to the children of God, so some take it, as Genesis 4:26 ; Genesis 6:2 . As a judge he looketh down, he vieweth, he taketh cognizance, ere he proceedeth to sentence. Thus he dealt with the old world, with Sodom, with Egypt, …, to teach us not to be too hasty. No more haste than good speed, saith

Psalms 27:5 — upon a rock. For in time of trouble he shall hide me — This protection he boldly promiseth himself as a fruit of his faith, fostered by the use of the ordinances. He knew that the only way to be safe was to get under God’s wing, Psalms 91:4 , to take sanctuary there, to be hid under God’s altar; for upon all the glory there is a defence, Isaiah 4:5 . Joash was preserved six years in the sanctuary, where he was hid. The sanctuary is called God’s hidden place, Ezekiel 7:22 ,

Psalms 5:6 — Jeremiah 8:5 , so that they cannot be got off without striving: such a one was Doeg, Saul, … The Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man — Heb. the man of blood; for blood hath so many tongues as drops to cry for vengeance, Genesis 4:10 , and God makes inquisition, Psalms 9:12 , commanding that murderers should be drawn from the altar to the slaughter, Exodus 21:14 . This made King James say, that if God did leave him to kill a man he would think God did not love him. And for deceitful

Psalms 5:6 — Jeremias 8:5 , para que no puedan ser atrapados. fuera sin esforzarse: tal era Doeg, Saul, etc. El Señor aborrecerá al hombre sanguinario y engañoso ] Heb. el hombre de sangre; porque la sangre tiene tantas lenguas como gotas para clamar venganza, Génesis 4:10 , y Dios hace inquisición, Salmo 9:12 , ordenando que los asesinos sean sacados del altar para el matadero, Éxodo 21:14 . Esto hizo que King James dijera que si Dios lo dejaba para matar a un hombre, pensaría que Dios no lo ama. Y para los engañadores,

Psalms 68:4 — lofty and lively style. Extol him that rideth upon the heavens — Exalt him so, as when a heap is made up unto a great height. Beza rendereth it, Sternite viam equiti deserti, Cast up or pave the way for him that rideth in the desert. Confer Isaiah 40:3-4 Malachi 3:1 Matthew 3:3 . The Septuagint render it, οδοποιησατε , Raise up the way, and make it ready (as they use to do before kings that ride in triumph), that the King of glory

Proverbs 10:4 — all, we need do the less. Doing you must be, saith the wise man, or else the beggar will catch you by the back. Labour also you must with your hands, "working the thing that is good, that ye may have to give to him that needeth." Ephesians 4:28 But the hand of the diligent. — Or, Of the nimble; that do motitare, saith Kimchi, are active and agile; that will lose nothing for looking after, but take care of smallest matters that all go right, being frugal and parsimonious of time, husbanding

Isaiah 9:5 — conquer under his standard. Here’s Jesus; we are "more than conquerors through him that loved us." But this shall be with burning, — i.e., With the fire of the Holy Ghost, saith Oecolampadius, burning up our corruptions, as Isaiah 4:4 and moulding us into a new man. Diodate senseth it thus: The world shall be filled with blood and wars, and at last shall be consumed with fire at the day of judgment.

Jeremiah 3:15 — in quo est pastor et credentes aliqui, saith Luther, Luth., tom. iii. p. 81. The poorest village is an ivory palace, if there be but in it a pastor and some few believers. Such pastors as God here promiseth (and more largely describeth, Jeremiah 23:1-40 Ezekiel 34:1-31 ), are special gifts of God: "I will give you pastors." David, after he had discomfited the Amalekites, sent gifts to his friends in Judah. 1 Samuel 30:26 Great Alexander, when he had prevailed at the river Granicus, and was

Jeremiah 33:11 — good; for his mercy [endureth] for ever: [and] of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD. The voice of joy. — See Jeremiah 7:34 ; Jeremiah 16:9 . The voice of them that shall say, Praise the Lord of hosts, for he is good. — This carmen intercalare the Jews sang joyfully at their return from Babylon, Ezra 3:11 and the saints shall have cause to sing throughout all eternity. And

Ezekiel 34:2 — the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe [be] to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks? Prophesy against the shepherds. — Good shepherds they should have been, but they were naught, Jeremiah 23:1-4 and naught would come of them, for their maladministration. Woe be to the shepherds of Israel. — Both to princes and priests, by whose evil government the people were so bad, as in the former chapter is fully set forth. Qualis rex, talis grex;

Daniel 6:4 — him. Then the presidents and princes sought. — Chald., Were seeking; they made it their business so to do. Envious men are always in excubiis, set in their watch, to observe where they may fasten their fangs, and do most mischief. See Proverbs 27:4 . See Trapp on " Proverbs 27:4 " But they could find none occasion. — His innocence thrattled their envy, and made them, since they could not come at his heart, to feed upon their own. Nor fault. — Neque in facto, nec in signo;

Amos 5:17 — And in all vineyards [shall be] wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the LORD. And in all vineyards shall be wailing — Where used to be great jollity and revelry riot in time of vintage, Psalms 4:7 . The calamity shall be common, the scourge overflowing; and all sorts shall have their share. See Joel 1:5 ; Joel 1:11 ; Joel 1:13 . For I will pass through thee, saith the Lord — As a fire in a thick wood, James 3:5 , or dry stubble, Joel

Amos 5:6 — Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour [it], and [there be] none to quench [it] in Bethel. Seek ye the Lord, and ye shall live — See Amos 5:4 . Sic eadem saepe surdis et obstinatis inculcantur (Mercer). The continual pressing of a duty imports: 1. The excellency; 2. The necessity; 3. The difficulty of doing it: else what need so many words? Perquam durum est, sed ita lex scripts est, saith