Bible Commentaries

Esther 3:8 — threatened them, Deuteronomy 3:2 , and were they not, therefore, to be pitied, and not preyed upon? It is said of Queen Elizabeth, that she hated, no less than did Mithridates, such as maliciously persecuted virtue forsaken of fortune (Camd. Eliz. 531). And dispersed among the people — And, therefore, the more dangerous, since every sect strives to spread their opinions, and these, being antimagistratical, may do much harm, and draw many from their obedience, prove seedsmen of sedition. It

Esther 3:8 — Dios los había amenazado, Deuteronomio 3:2 , y no eran, por tanto, dignos de lástima y no depredados? Se dice de la reina Isabel que odiaba, no menos que Mitrídates, a los que perseguían maliciosamente la virtud abandonada de la fortuna (Camd. Eliz. 531). Y dispersos entre la gente ] Y, por lo tanto, más peligroso, ya que cada secta se esfuerza por difundir sus opiniones, y estas, al ser antimagistraticas, pueden hacer mucho daño, y atraer a muchos de su obediencia, probar semillas de sedición. Es

Job 32:2 — Jehovah; to remind him of his duty, whereunto we have need of all helps that may be. His father’s name, Barachel, signifieth, One whom God hath blessed; he hath blessed him indeed in so good a son, as could not but make him a glad father, Proverbs 10:1 . The Buzite he is called, either from his progenitor Buz, the son of Nahor, who was the brother of Abraham, and had by Milcah, Huz, his firstborn (of whom some think Job came), and Buz, his brother, Genesis 22:21 ; or else from his country, the

Job 32:2 — su deber, para lo cual necesitamos todas las ayudas que puedan ser. El nombre de su padre, Barachel, significa Aquel a quien Dios ha bendecido; lo ha bendecido en verdad con un hijo tan bueno, que no pudo sino hacer de él un padre feliz, Proverbios 10:1 . El Buzita se le llama, ya sea por su progenitor Buz, el hijo de Nacor, que era el hermano de Abraham, y tuvo por Milca, Huz, su primogénito (de quien algunos creen que vino Job), y Buz, su hermano, Génesis 22:21 ; o de su país, la ciudad de Buz,

Song of Solomon 3:1 — use of this powerful periphrasis. Before he had been "her beloved," but now "the love of her soul," because now he had withdrawn himself. It was night with her now; she "walked in darkness, and had no light," as Isaiah 50:10 , and as before daybreak the darkness is greatest, so was it now with the woeful spouse. She was indeed upon her bed of ease, but to her in this case it was a little ease, a bed of unrest; her soul was tossed and troubled with solitary seeking, longing

Song of Solomon 5:1 — spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved. I am come into my garden. — So ready is the Lord Christ to fulfil the desires of them that fear him. Psalms 145:19 Sometimes he not only grants their prayer, but fulfils their counsel, Psalms 20:4 fits his mercy ad cardinero desiderii, as Augustine Confess., lib. v. c. 1, hath it, lets it be to his, even as they will. Or if he cross them in the very thing they

Song of Solomon 7:12 — the grief of being without him, though but "for a small moment," as the prophet hath it. She had felt herself that while in the suburbs of hell as it were. She therefore holds him as fast as the restored cripple did Peter and John; Acts 3:11 she cleaves as close to him as Ruth did to Naomi; or Elisha did to his master Elijah, when now be knew he should be taken from his head. 2 Kings 2:2 She seems here to speak to Christ as once Barak did to Deborah, "If thou wilt go with me, then

Jeremiah 1:1 — share in sufferings from, and fellow sufferings with, his ungrateful countrymen, as much as might be. Nazianzen saith most truly of him, that he was the most compassionate of all the prophets; Prophetarum omnium ad commiserationem propensissimus. - Orat 17, ad cives. witness that pathetical wish of his, Jeremiah 9:1-3 , "Oh that my head were waters," …; and that holy resolve, Jeremiah 13:17 , "But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride, and mine

Jeremiah 1:1 — Palabras de Jeremías hijo de Hilcías, de los sacerdotes que estaban en Anatot, en la tierra de Benjamín: Ver. 1. Las palabras a de Jeremías. ] Piscator lo traduce como Acta Ieremiae, Los Hechos de Jeremías, como decimos, "Los Hechos de los Apóstoles", libro que también, dice uno, podría haber sido llamado en algún sentido Las Pasiones de los Apóstoles, que

Jonah 3:6 — it (Quintilian). Like enough it is, that this was but harsh news to him at first hearing; but when he had well considered it, and taken advice upon it, he set upon a reformation. Our chroniclers tell us of a poor hermit that came to Richard I, A. D. 1195, and, preaching to him the words of eternal life, bade him be mindful of the overthrow of Sodom, and to abstain from things unlawful. Otherwise, said he, the deserved vengeance of God will come upon thee. The hermit being gone, the king at first

Jonah 3:6 — es de esperar, esto no fue más que una mala noticia para él en la primera audiencia; pero cuando lo consideró bien y tomó un consejo al respecto, emprendió una reforma. Nuestros cronistas nos hablan de un pobre ermitaño que llegó a Ricardo I, A. D. 1195, y, predicándole palabras de vida eterna, le ordenó que se acordara del derrocamiento de Sodoma y se abstuviera de cosas ilícitas. De lo contrario, dijo, la merecida venganza de Dios vendrá sobre ti. Habiéndose ido el ermitaño, el rey pareció al

Jonah 3:8 — Dios ] Clama con valentía; dejen que las bestias rugen con fuerza y ​​rasguen las nubes, por así decirlo, con sus clamores; la falta de comida les obligará a hacerlo. Y como Dios puede hablar de tal manera que las bestias brutas lo entiendan, Joe 2:11 Amós 5:8 ; Amo 9: 4 Juan 2:10 ; así pueden ellos, después de una especie, hablar o gemir de tal manera que él pueda entenderlos, Joel 1:20 Os 2:21 Salmo 147:9 : oye a los cuervos jóvenes que claman a él, aunque con un tono ronco y áspero; de donde

Haggai 1:12 — de Salatiel, y Josué hijo de Josedec, el sumo sacerdote, con todo el remanente del pueblo, obedecieron a la voz del SEÑOR su Dios y a las palabras del profeta Hageo, como el SEÑOR su Dios había enviado. él, y el pueblo temió delante del SEÑOR. Ver. 12. Entonces Zorobabel, el hijo de Shealtiel, etc. ] Tan poderosa en operación, tan rápida y poderosa, es la buena palabra de Dios en la boca de sus ministros fieles, cuando es secundada e impulsada por su Espíritu Santo. Vea para esto Isaías 55:10,11

Haggai 1:9 — saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that [is] waste, and ye run every man unto his own house. Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little — Spes in oculis, luctus in manibus, as Jerome here. The hope of unjust men perisheth, Proverbs 11:7 , etiam spes valentissima, his likeliest hope, as some render it; he thinks himself sure, as Esau did of the blessing, but he only thinks so; God cuts off the meat from his mouth, Joel 1:16 , takes away his corn in the time thereof, Hosea 2:9 , confutes

Haggai 1:9 — el SEÑOR de los ejércitos. Por mi casa que está desolada, y cada uno corre a su casa. Ver. 9. Buscaste mucho, y he aquí que llegó a poco ] Spes in oculis, luctus in manibus, como Jerome aquí. La esperanza de los hombres injustos perece, Proverbios 11:7 , etiam spes valentissima, su esperanza más probable, como algunos lo expresan ; él se cree seguro, como Esaú lo hizo de la bendición, pero él solo piensa así; Dios corta la carne de su boca, Joel 1:16 , quita su trigo en su tiempo, Oseas 2:9 ,

Haggai 2:14 — this people, and so [is] this nation before me, saith the LORD; and so [is] every work of their hands; and that which they offer there [is] unclean. So is this people, and so is this nation before me — Though pure in their own eyes, Proverbs 30:12 , and to the world-ward unrebukeable, as Paul the Pharisees, Philippians 2:14-15 , and those self-justiciaries, Luke 16:14-15 "Ye are those that justify yourselves" (and have the world’s good word for you), "but God knoweth your

Zechariah 13:3 — promesa anterior. Primero dará a su pueblo un espíritu de juicio, y luego un espíritu de ardor, como Isaías 4:4 , para que puedan discernir tanto el bien como el mal, y no se dejen engañar por el error de los impíos, caer de su propia firmeza, Hebreos 5:14 2 Pedro 2:17 . También serán adeo perciti zelo, llevados por el celo de la gloria de Dios, y tan benditamente explotados, como puedo decir, en su causa, que caerán sobre sus parientes más queridos en este caso, y trabajarán para traer su propios hijos

Zechariah 13:8 — shall be left therein. Two parts therein shall be cut off and die — q.d. They shall, they shall, however strange or incredible this sad tidings seems to you; it shall be even so, take my word for it. "Behold the severity of God," Romans 11:22 . In the Greek it is the resection, or, cutting off ( αποτομιαν ), as a surgeon cutteth off proud and dead flesh. "The just Lord is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity," …,

Matthew 5:21 — as less corrupt. New things are vain things, saith the Greek proverb. And the historian condemneth his countrymen, as despisers of old customs, and carried after new. a But as old age is a crown, if it be found in the way of righteousness, Proverbs 16:31 , and not otherwise; so may it be said of these Kadmonim or the old Rabbis, later than Ezra, whom our Saviour here confuteth. Much might have been attributed to their authority, had they not rested upon the bare letter of the law, and wrested it

Matthew 5:21 — Habéis oído que fue dicho por los antiguos: No matarás; y todo el que matare correrá peligro de juicio: Ver. 21. Habéis oído que fue dicho por los antiguos ] La antigüedad es venerable; y de los testigos, Aristóteles atestigua, que cuanto más antiguos son, más se les debe acreditar como menos corruptos. Las cosas nuevas son vanas, dice el proverbio griego. Y