In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness. Ver. 1. _In that day there shall be a fountain opened_] _Nunc fructum poenitentiae adiungit,_ saith Calvin here. This is the fruit of their repentance. No sooner mourn... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, [that] I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land. Ver. 2. _I will cut off the names of the idols_] Heb... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall come to pass, [that] when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth. Ver. 3. _A... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive: Ver. 4. _The prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision_] Of their Midianitish dreams, which they had first dreame... [ Continue Reading ]
But he shall say, I [am] no prophet, I [am] an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth. Ver. 5. _But he shall say, I am no prophet_] Oυκ ειμι μοναχος, I am no monk, no clerk, I am not book learned, was the ignorant man's plea in Chrysostom's time, and so it is still to this day;... [ Continue Reading ]
And [one] shall say unto him, What [are] these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, [Those] with which I was wounded [in] the house of my friends. Ver. 6. _And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands?_] Jerome here supposeth the false prophet crucified for his false doc... [ Continue Reading ]
Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man [that is] my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones. Ver. 7. _Awake, O sword, against my shepherd_] A powerful expression, containing a commission... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall come to pass, [that] in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off [and] die; but the third shall be left therein. Ver. 8. _Two parts therein shall be cut off and die_] _q.d._ They shall, they shall, however strange or incredible this sad tidings seems to you; it... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It [is] my people: and they shall say, The LORD [is] my God. Ver. 9. _And I will bring the third part throug... [ Continue Reading ]