Bible Commentaries

1 Kings 11:13 — Sin embargo, no destruiré todo el reino; [pero] daré una tribu a tu hijo por amor de David mi siervo, y por amor de Jerusalén que yo he escogido. Ver. 13. No arrancaré todo. ] Aquí hay una segunda mitigación de la sentencia. Ver 1 Reyes 11:12 . Clemente y misericordioso es el Señor; pronto se arrepiente del mal y deja una bendición tras él. Una tribu. ] Benjamín es contado como parte de Judá, porque

Ezra 6:19 — Y los hijos del cautiverio celebraron la pascua el día catorce del mes primero. Ver. 19. Y los hijos del cautiverio ] De modo que los cautivos que regresan son llamados, primero, a guardar en silencio el recuerdo de su última miseria, no sea que desprecien el castigo del Señor, Hebreos 12:5 . En segundo lugar, para recordarles esa señal

Job 2:1 — Otra vez hubo un día en que los hijos de Dios vinieron a presentarse ante el SEÑOR, y Satanás también vino entre ellos para presentarse ante el SEÑOR. Ver. 1. Otra vez hubo un día ] Ya sea el día siguiente, o el próximo día de reposo, o el próximo primer día del año (que es el día de la auditoría general de Dios, como lo dirán los rabinos), no tenemos que decir . Dios, como en su consejo eterno ha designado

Psalms 24:3 — porque el propósito del profeta es mostrar que aunque Dios hizo todo, no salvará a todos; pero que hay un número selecto, sacrificado y llamado de entre muchos, que serán eternamente felices; y estos se caracterizan aquí, como también lo son, Salmo 15:1,5 , con el cual este salmo tiene gran afinidad, y se cree que fue compuesto al mismo tiempo, es decir, dice R. David, después de la negociación Ornani Iebusaei, después del negocio con Araunah el jebuseo, cuando Dios por fuego del cielo había señalado

Psalms 36:7 — tus propios elegidos. ¡Oh, esto es incomparable e inexpresable! Hace una gran diferencia entre los justos y los malvados, aunque el mundo ciego no lo observa. Por tanto, hijos de los hombres ] que también son hijos de Dios, por mejor nacimiento, Juan 1:12,13 , y ese es su mayor predominio, 1 Juan 3:1 . Ludovicus, de apellido Santo, rey de Francia, necesitaría llamarse Ludovicus de Pissiaco en lugar de tomar títulos mayores, porque allí se convirtió al cristianismo. Pensó que no había nacimiento para

Psalms 61:1 — Salmo 61:1 «Al Músico principal sobre Neginah, [Salmo] de David. »Oye, oh Dios, mi clamor; atiende a mi oración. Al Músico principal de Neginah, etc. ] Vincenti in melodiis Davidis (Vatab.). Es probable que él hizo este salmo cuando, expulsado de su reino por

Proverbs 13:12 — deferred maketh the heart sick. — Hope’s hours are full of eternity; and how many see we lie languishing at hope’s hospital, as he at the pool of Bethesda! Spes interrenis incerti nomen boni spes in divinis nomen est certissimi Hebrews 11:1 Hope unfailable Romans 5:5 is founded upon faith unfeigned. 1 Timothy 1:5 But when the desire cometh. — As come it will to those that wait patiently upon God; for waiting is but hope and trust lengthened. Deo confisi, nunquam confusi. "The

Isaiah 26:2 — Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in. Open ye the gates. — Room for the righteous, for such only are freemen of this city; Revelation 22:14 such only are written among the living in Jerusalem. Isaiah 4:3-4 Psalms 118:19 And this seemeth spoken to those doorkeepers, the ministers, to whom God hath committed the keys of his kingdom, setting them as upon a watch tower to keep out enemies,

Jeremiah 20:8 — because the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily. For since I spake, I cried out, — i.e., Ever since I took upon me the office of a prophet, I executed it vigorously, I cried with full mouth. Jeremiah 4:5 Isaiah 58:1 I cried violence and spoil, — sc., Will surely befall you by the Chaldees. Or, I cried out of my misusages. Because the word of the Lord was made a reproach unto me, and a derision daily. — This was all the recompense I reaped of my goodwill

Jeremiah 33:1 — Moreover the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying, Moreover, the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah the second time. — To the same purpose with the former, Jeremiah 32:1 which is reckoned his fourteenth sermon, as this his fifteenth; by both we see that "the word of God is not bound," though the preacher may; 2 Timothy 2:9 "It runs and is glorified," is free and not fettered. 2 Thessalonians 3:1 While

Jeremiah 5:14 — will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them. Because ye speak this word. — Ungodly men shall one day answer, with all the world on fire about their ears, for all their hard and haughty speeches. Judges 1:15 They shall find that neither their own words are wind, but such as they shall give a sad account of; nor the prophet’s words wind, unless it be to blow them into the bottomless lake, and to torment their consciences, haply in the meanwhile

Ezekiel 23:4 — they bare sons and daughters. Thus [were] their names; Samaria [is] Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah. And the names of them were Aholah, — i.e., Her tent, not mine (so he calleth Samaria, or the ten tribes). What have I to do with it or her Compare 1 Kings 12:16 ; 1 Kings 12:28 ; 1 Kings 12:31 . She is gone to her tent, and hath set her up tabernacles, where to worship her golden idols. The elder. — So called because more numerous and potent than the other two tribes. She was also first in

Ezekiel 4:5 — was found but not observed by that idolatrous people, as appeareth by the complaints made of them by Zephaniah and Jeremiah; neither were they warned by their brethren’s miseries, the ten tribes being now carried into captivity. Compare Ezekiel 1:1-2 ; Ezekiel 3:15 ; Ezekiel 3:24-27 ; Ezekiel 8:1 .

Ezekiel 47:11 — marishes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt. But the miry places thereof and the marishes, shall not be healed. — Sensual souls are seldom wrought upon by the word. Behemoth (the devil) lieth in those fens and quagmires. Job 40:21 They are void of the Spirit. Judges 1:18-19 They say unto God, "Depart from us," we had rather dance to the timbrel and harp; Job 21:11 whoredom and wine, and new wine, take away their hearts. Hosea 4:11 He who had married a wife, or rather

Ezekiel 47:11 — Pero sus lugares lodosos y sus marismas no sanarán; se les dará a la sal. Ver. 11. Pero sus lodos y marismas no se curarán. ] Las almas sensuales rara vez se ven afectadas por la palabra. Behemot (el diablo) yace en esos pantanos y ciénagas. Job 40:21 Están desprovistos del Espíritu. Jueces 1: 18-19 Dicen a Dios: "Apártate de nosotros",

Amos 1:14 — Pero encenderé fuego en el muro de Rabá, y consumirá sus palacios con gritos en el día de la batalla, con tempestad en el día del torbellino. Ver. 14. Pero encenderé un fuego, etc. ] Con mis propias manos (no sólo enviar un fuego, como antes, Amós 1:10 ; Amós 1:10 1:12); como Carlos V, emperador de Alemania (cuando le dijeron cómo ese Farnesio, el general del Papa, había violado a ciertas damas),

Haggai 2:13 — unclean in soul, that is, in his whole person, as every wicked man is totus totus pollutus, wholly covered with corruption, a loathsome leper from head to foot, wholly set upon sin, as Exodus 32:22 , lying down in wickedness, or in that wicked one, 1 John 5:19 , sick of such a disease as the physicians call corruptionem totius substantiae, nay, dead in sins and trespasses, Ephesians 2:1 ; and can therefore do no better than dead work at best, Hebrews 9:14 , such as the living God will not be served

Haggai 2:13 — Entonces dijo Hageo: Si [uno que es] inmundo por un cadáver toca alguno de estos, ¿será inmundo? Y los sacerdotes respondieron y dijeron: Será inmunda. Ver. 13. Si es inmundo por un cadáver ] Con una inmundicia ceremonial. El hebreo dice así: Si uno que es inmundo de alma, es decir, en toda su persona, como todo impío es totus totus pollutus, totalmente cubierto de corrupción, un leproso repugnante de pies

Matthew 27:43 — He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God. He trusted in God — These were cruel mockings, as those were called, Hebrews 11:36 . Nothing troubled David more than to be hit in the teeth with his God, to have his religion laid in his dish,Psalms 42:1-11; Psalms 42:1-11 ; Psalms 43:1-5 . And it went to Job’s heart to hear his friend Eliphaz (a godly man otherwise) scoff

Matthew 8:22 — bury their dead — The dead in sin, their dead in nature. Ungodly men are no better than breathing ghosts, walking sepulchres of themselves. Their bodies are but living coffins to carry a dead soul up and down in. The saints only are heirs of life,1 Peter 3:7; 1 Peter 3:7 , and all others are dead, stark dead in sins and trespasses, as the wanton widow, 1 Timothy 5:6 ; as Terence saith the same: Sane hercle homo voluptati obsequens fuit dum vixit. And of such dead corpses (as once in Egypt, Exodus