_Set thy face against the Ammonites._ PROPHECIES AGAINST FOREIGN NATIONS At the outset it must be understood that prophecies of this kind form part of Jehovah’s message to Israel. Although they are usually cast in the form of direct address to foreign peoples, this must not lead us to imagine that... [ Continue Reading ]
_I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste._ DESIGNS OF AVARICE DEFEATED All their (the Tyrians) care was to get estates and enlarge their trade, and they looked upon Jerusalem not as an enemy, but as a rival. Tyre promised herself that the fall of Jerusalem would be an advantage to her in res... [ Continue Reading ]
_I am against thee, O Tyrus._ ON THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING GOD FOR OUR FRIEND That vengeance belongs unto God is emphatically declared in the book of God (Romans 12:19). And exemplary is the vengeance with which the Almighty has from time to time visited, not only those who had either arrayed themse... [ Continue Reading ]