When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without. Probably delivered in the interreign and civil war at Pekah's death; for , "all their kings a... [ Continue Reading ]
And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face. AND THEY CONSIDER NOT IN THEIR HEARTS - literally, say not to, etc. (). The voice of conscience no longer pleads in the hardened sinner's heart: the ma... [ Continue Reading ]
They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies. THEY MAKE THE KING GLAD WITH THEIR WICKEDNESS, AND THE PRINCES WITH THEIR LIES. Their princes, instead of checking, "have pleasure in them that do" such crimes ().... [ Continue Reading ]
They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened. THEY ARE ALL ADULTERERS, AS AN OVEN HEATED BY THE BAKER - "all of them" (so the Hebrew), king, princes, and people, are adulterers. AS AN OVEN HEATED BY THE... [ Continue Reading ]
In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners. IN THE DAY OF OUR KING - his birthday, or day of inauguration. The weak and sottish King Zachariah is alluded to, according to Pusey, the last of Jehu's line, and who, as appointe... [ Continue Reading ]
For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire. FOR THEY HAVE MADE READY THEIR HEART - rather, 'they make their heart approach,' namely, their king, in going to drink with him (Henderson)... [ Continue Reading ]
They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me. THEY ARE ALL HOT AS AN OVEN - all burn with eagerness to cause universal disturbance, (2 Kings 15:1.) AND HAVE DEVOURED THEIR JUDGES - magistrates; as the fir... [ Continue Reading ]
Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned. EPHRAIM, HE HATH MIXED HIMSELF AMONG THE PEOPLE - by leagues with idolaters (see remarks on the beginning of this chapter), and the adoption of their idolatrous practices (; ; ). EPHRAIM IS A CAKE NOT TURNED - a cak... [ Continue Reading ]
Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not. STRANGERS HAVE DEVOURED HIS STRENGTH - "strangers" - foreigners: the Syrians under Hazael, in the reign of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu; and Assyrians, in the reign of Menah... [ Continue Reading ]
And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this. AND THE PRIDE OF ISRAEL TESTIFIETH TO HIS FACE. Repetition of . AND THEY DO NOT RETURN TO THE LORD THEIR GOD, NOR SEEK HIM FOR ALL THIS - notwithstanding all their calamitie... [ Continue Reading ]
Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria. EPHRAIM ALSO IS LIKE A SILLY DOVE - a bird proverbial for simplicity: easily deceived. SILLY - lit, open, simple, easily persuaded, whether to good or bad [ powtaah (H6601)]. WITHOUT HEART - i:e., unders... [ Continue Reading ]
When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard. WHEN THEY SHALL GO - to seek aid from this or that foreign state. I WILL SPREAD MY NET UPON THEM - as on birds taken on the ground ();... [ Continue Reading ]
Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me. WOE UNTO THEM! FOR THEY HAVE FLED FROM ME - as birds from their nest (; ). FROM ME - who both could and would have hea... [ Continue Reading ]
And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me. AND THEY HAVE NOT CRIED UNTO ME WITH THEIR HEART - but unto other gods (Maurer). (Job 35:9.) Or, rather, they did indeed cry unto me, but not "w... [ Continue Reading ]
Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me. THOUGH I HAVE BOUND AND STRENGTHENED THEIR ARMS - when I saw their arms as it were relaxed with various disasters, I bound them, so as to strengthen their sinews: image from surgery, (Calvin). Maurer transla... [ Continue Reading ]
They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt. THEY RETURN, BUT NOT TO THE MOST HIGH - or, 'to one who is not the Most High,' one very different from Him,... [ Continue Reading ]