_Dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan._ DWELL DEEP, O DEDAN We do not quite know who these inhabitants of Dedan were, but in all probability they were some Arabian tribe or tribes. The text intends one of two things--either to inform these inhabitants of Dedan, that however deep in the cavernous roc... [ Continue Reading ]
_Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in Me._ THE COMPASSION AND BENEFICENCE OF THE DEITY No subject is more open to general observation, or more confirmed by manifold experience, than the goodness of God. In Scripture it is most frequently presented t... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart_ ON THE DECEITFULNESS OF THE HEART, IN THE ABUSE OF PROSPERITY The words afford us the following doctrine, That worldly prosperity is often abused by the heart, as the occasion of self-deceit; or, that the heart often discovers its... [ Continue Reading ]
_There is sorrow (as) on the sea; it cannot be quiet._ LIFE ON THE OCEAN That which was true of the cities spoken of in our text, is also true, though in a different sense, of every voyager on the sea of life. “There is sorrow (as) on the sea.” I. Sorrow as on the sea is divinely predicted. Voyage... [ Continue Reading ]
_Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith the Lord._ DANGERS TO THE CHURCH What is called “Underground Jerusalem” is largely the space from which the stones were taken for the building of Solomon’s temple. That space, according to Josephus, was afterwards honeycombed with... [ Continue Reading ]