Then said the Lord unto me, Go yet, that is, once more, again, in a second venture, LOVE A WOMAN BELOVED OF HER FRIEND, the word being used often for husband, YET AN ADULTERESS, one still regarded and surrounded with conjugal love by her lawful husband, though estranged from him on account of her ad... [ Continue Reading ]
THE NEW MARRIAGE OF THE ADULTERESS. In a second symbolical marriage the faithful love of God, which for that very reason is also jealous and intends to lead to repentance, is pictured.... [ Continue Reading ]
So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, a shekel being worth about 62 cents, AND FOR AN HOMER OF BARLEY AND AN HALF HOMER OF BARLEY, a total of some twelve bushels of grain. This was dowry-money, but the amount was that paid for a slave, Cf Exodus 21:32; Zechariah 11:12. The transaction... [ Continue Reading ]
And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days, in a faithful union with him alone; THOU SHALT NOT PLAY THE HARLOT, AND THOU SHALT NOT BE FOR ANOTHER MAN, in an adulterous union; SO WILL I ALSO BE FOR THEE, not taking any other consort, loyal in wedded love. The reference is undoubtedly to t... [ Continue Reading ]
For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king and without a prince, without a government of their own, AND WITHOUT A SACRIFICE, namely, those of public worship in the Temple, AND WITHOUT AN IMAGE, pillars as used in connection with their worship, AND WITHOUT AN EPHOD, the beautiful... [ Continue Reading ]
Afterward shall the children of Israel return and seek the Lord, their God, the Jewish Church after the exile being the organization in which the belief in the true God was still taught, AND DAVID, THEIR KING, namely, the Son of David, the Messiah, who is called so also in other Messianic prophecies... [ Continue Reading ]