_The just. Christ, (Calmet) Josias, (Grotius) or any whose cause is just, yet finds no protection from such corrupt magistrates. (Haydock) --- Evil, by the wicked, or to prevent his fall, 4 Kings xii. 20. People little consider what a loss the world sustains, when those die who might have averted th... [ Continue Reading ]
_Bed. The grave which affords rest to the virtuous, Josias, &c. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Sorceress. Septuagint, "lawless" children. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Tongue, in contempt. Saints, and particularly Jesus Christ, have been exposed to ridicule._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Comfort. Hebrew, "heat," abandoning yourselves to shameful excesses. --- Torrents, to avoid being seen. Such sacrifices would have been incredible, if the Scriptures, and all history did not prove their existence, Deuteronomy xii. 31., and Wisdom xii. 3., and 4 Kings xxiii. 10._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Them. The stones of the torrent, which were often the objects of adoration, Leviticus xxvi. 1., and Genesis xxviii. 18. The god, Helagabalus, was a rough boundary stone._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Bed, like a shameless prostitute. The idols are generally represented in this light, as corrupting God's people. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Remembrance. Domestic gods. (St. Jerome) The Lares or Penates were usually placed in the court or porch. The Jews probably used Hecate or Trivia, for the same purpose, chap. lxv. 11., and lxvi. 17. To prevent this impiety, God had ordered some of the law to be written on the doors, Deuteronomy vi.... [ Continue Reading ]
_King. Moloc, or (Calmet) any foreign king, of whose alliance God did not approve. (Theodoret) --- To please them, the true religion was adulterated._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Rest. They were obstinate before the coming of Nabuchodonosor, and of the Romans. --- Asked. Confiding in their own strength._... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER LVII. _ Afraid, since thou hast despised my, my laws and offers._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Justice. He speaks ironically. (Calmet) --- Self-righteousness is vicious. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Companies, or princes, in whom thou hast confided. Assyria and Egypt cannot save themselves. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_And I. Seeing there is no aid in man, God will save his people for his own goodness' sake. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_End. I will not always threaten or be angry, Genesis vi. 3. (Calmet) --- Spirit. Holy Ghost. (St. Irenæus v. 12.) (St. Augustine) --- God spares the humble penitent, and grants what they desire with as much eagerness as a sailor does a fair wind. (Worthington) --- He does not regard the indifferent... [ Continue Reading ]
_Heart. Dreadful state of the abandoned sinner! (Deuteronomy xxxii.21., and Psalm xii. 2., and xliii. 24.)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Lips. Whatever they could ask, so that they might sing canticles. All should be content. He alludes to the liberation of the captives, which was near, and to the redemption of mankind far off. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Dirt. Literally, "treading," conculcationem. (Haydock) --- The works of the wicked are fruitless. They have no content. (Calmet) Non enim gazæ neque consularis_ Summovet lictor miseros tumultus, Mentis et curas laqueata circum, Tecta volantes. ----- (Horace, ii. ode 16.) --- The obstinate sinne... [ Continue Reading ]