Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, making it a practice to turn to this world-power for assistance, AND STAY ON HORSES AND TRUST IN CHARIOTS, BECAUSE THEY ARE MANY, the chief strength of the Egyptian army being represented by their cavalry, which boasted some very powerful war-chariots, and... [ Continue Reading ]
EGYPT CANNOT PROTECT ISRAEL AGAINST THE LORD'S WRATH... [ Continue Reading ]
Yet He also is wise, said in divine irony, for God is wise in essence, far wiser than the Egyptians, and in comparison with Him the Jews had surely proved themselves fools in forsaking His mighty counsel and protection, AND WILL BRING EVIL, executing punishment upon those who ignore Him, AND WILL NO... [ Continue Reading ]
Now, the Egyptians are men, and not God, that is, on the one hand were finite, powerless creatures, on the other the almighty God; AND THEIR HORSES FLESH AND NOT SPIRIT, not endowed with the power of spirit beings, but only weak and perishable flesh. WHEN THE LORD SHALL STRETCH OUT HIS HAND, make us... [ Continue Reading ]
For thus hath the Lord spoken unto me, in a word which partakes of the nature of both a warning and a promise to Judah, His people, LIKE AS THE LION AND THE YOUNG LION ROARING ON HIS PREY, growling over an animal which he has stolen from the herd and is in the act of tearing to pieces, WHEN A MULTIT... [ Continue Reading ]
As birds flying, fluttering over a brood of fledglings, SO WILL THE LORD OF HOSTS DEFEND JERUSALEM, hovering over its inhabitants with anxious care; DEFENDING ALSO HE WILL DELIVER IT, AND PASSING OVER HE WILL PRESERVE IT, as the destroying angel passed over the blood-marked houses of the children of... [ Continue Reading ]
JEHOVAH PROTECTS THOSE WHO FEAR HIM... [ Continue Reading ]
Turn ye unto Him, the God of the covenant, the God of love, FROM WHOM THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL HAVE DEEPLY REVOLTED. The result of such true repentance is now pictured:... [ Continue Reading ]
For in that day, when the Lord visits His people, especially with the dawning of the Messianic era, EVERY MAN SHALL CAST AWAY HIS IDOLS OF SILVER AND HIS IDOLS OF GOLD, renouncing idolatry in every form, WHICH YOUR OWN HANDS HAVE MADE UNTO YOU FOR A SIN, whereby they contracted guilt in great measur... [ Continue Reading ]
Then shall the Assyrian, representative of the world-power hostile to the true Lord, FALL WITH THE SWORD, NOT OF A MIGHTY MAN, that of a human champion, AND THE SWORD, NOT OF A MEAN MAN, of a human adversary, SHALL DEVOUR HIM; BUT HE SHALL FLEE FROM THE SWORD, namely, the weapon employed by the Lord... [ Continue Reading ]
And he shall pass over to his stronghold for fear, that is, the king of Assyria, hitherto the strong refuge of his people, would flee in terror, AND HIS PRINCES SHALL BE AFRAID OF THE ENSIGN, scattered in wild confusion before the onslaught of Jehovah, SAITH THE LORD, WHOSE FIRE IS IN ZION AND HIS F... [ Continue Reading ]