Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it. Ver. 1. _Come near, ye nations._] In this chapter and the next, the prophet, for the terror of the wicked, and comfort of the godly, summeth up what... [ Continue Reading ]
For the indignation of the LORD [is] upon all nations, and [his] fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter. Ver. 2. _For the indignation of the Lord is upon all nations._] Is, or shall be, upon all the Church's enemies, whether of former or... [ Continue Reading ]
Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood. Ver. 3. _Their slain also shall be cast out._] Buried with the burial of an ass, Jer 22:19 which Cicero somewhere calleth _sepulturam insepultam_ and unburied... [ Continue Reading ]
And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling [fig] from the fig tree. Ver. 4. _And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved._] _Inusitati supplicii at... [ Continue Reading ]
For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment. Ver. 5. _For my sword shall be bathed in heaven._] Heb., Drunk, or drenched - _i.e., _ _In coelo decretum est ut inebrietur; _ whencesoever the sword comes, it is bathed in... [ Continue Reading ]
The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, [and] with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea. Ver. 6. _The sword of the Lord is filled with blood, &c._] Tha... [ Continue Reading ]
And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness. Ver. 7. _And the unicorns shall come down._] _Monocerotes, qui interimi possunt, capi non possunt,_ creatures of untameahle fierceness; or rh... [ Continue Reading ]
For [it is] the day of the LORD'S vengeance, [and] the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion. Ver. 8. _For the controversy of Zion,_] _i.e., _ Of the Church, both Jewish and Christian, saith Piscator. _compare _ Rev 18:2... [ Continue Reading ]
And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch. Ver. 9. _And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch._] Like the lake of Sodom, which is near to Idumea, and whereof Josephus _a_ writes, that an ox, havi... [ Continue Reading ]
It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever. Ver. 10. _It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke of it shall go up for ever._] See Revelation 14:11; Revelation... [ Continue Reading ]
But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness. Ver. 11. _The cormorant and the bittern shall possess it._] God cannot satisfy himself in saying what he will do to... [ Continue Reading ]
They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none [shall be] there, and all her princes shall be nothing. Ver. 12. _They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom._] The Venetians have magistrates called _pregadi; _ because at first men were prayed to take the office, and to help to go... [ Continue Reading ]
And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, [and] a court for owls. Ver. 13. _A court for owls._] Or, Ostriches. See on Isaiah 34:11 .... [ Continue Reading ]
The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest. Ver. 14. _The wild beasts of the desert._] Heb., _Ziim et jiim._ See Isaiah 13:21,22, where these mon... [ Continue Reading ]
There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate. Ver. 15. _There shall the great owl make her nest._] Heb., _Kippoz._ The Hebrews themselves agree not what creatures these are here mentioned... [ Continue Reading ]
Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them. Ver. 16. _Seek ye out of the book of the Lord._] _Sciscitamini ex libro Domini,_ the Holy Bible, which Bishop Bonner's chaplain... [ Continue Reading ]
And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein. Ver. 17. _And he hath cast the lot for them,_] _i.e., _ For those creatures of prey aforementioned. _ From generation,_] _i.e.,... [ Continue Reading ]