Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously? He ventures to expostulate with Yahweh as to the prosperity of the wicked, who had plotted again... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins. THEY GROW - literally, go on, progress. Thou givest them sure dwellings and increasing prosperity. THOU ART NEAR IN THEIR MOUTH, AND FAR FROM THEIR... [ Continue Reading ]
But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter. THOU, O LORD, KNOWEST ME - (Psalms 139:1). TRIED MINE HEART - (Jeremiah 11:20). TOWARD THEE, [ 'itaak (H854)] - rather, wi... [ Continue Reading ]
How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end. HOW LONG SHALL THE LAND MOURN - personification (; ). FOR THE WICKEDNESS - (, "A fruitful... [ Continue Reading ]
If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan? IF THOU HAST RUN WITH THE FOOTMEN, AND THEY HAVE WEARIED THEE, THEN HOW... [ Continue Reading ]
For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee. EVEN THY BRETHREN ... HAVE DEALT TREACHEROUSLY WITH THEE - as in Christ's case (; ; : cf. ; ;... [ Continue Reading ]
I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies. I HAVE FORSAKEN MINE HOUSE - Yahweh will forsake His temple and the people peculiarly His ("mine heritage"). The mention of God's close tie to them, as heretofore His,... [ Continue Reading ]
Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it. MINE HERITAGE IS UNTO ME - is become unto me: behaves toward me as a lion which roars against a man, so that he withdraws from the place where he hears it; so I withdrew from my people, once be... [ Continue Reading ]
Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour. SPECKLED BIRD - [ ha`ayiT (H5861) tsaabuwa` (H6641)] - many translate, 'a ravenous beast, the hyena;' the corresponding Arabic word means hyena; so t... [ Continue Reading ]
Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness. PASTORS - the Babylonian leaders (cf. , "the spoilers;... [ Continue Reading ]
They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart. MOURNETH UNTO ME - i:e., before me. Eichorn translates, 'by reason of me,' because I have given it to desolation (). BECAUSE NO MAN LAYETH IT TO HEART - becau... [ Continue Reading ]
The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace. THE SPOILERS ARE COME UPON ALL HIGH PLACES - before he had threatened the plains; now the hills.... [ Continue Reading ]
They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD. THEY HAVE SOWN WHEAT, BUT SHALL REAP THORNS - description in detail of the devastation of the land (). THEY SH... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the LORD against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them. Prophecy as to the surrounding nations, the Syrians, Ammonites, etc., wh... [ Continue Reading ]