Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll. Ver. 1. _Then I turned me, and lifted up mine eyes_] _i.e._ I prepared me to the receiving of a new vision; nothing so comfortable as the former, but no less necessary; that the people, by sense of sin and fear of wrath,... [ Continue Reading ]
And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof [is] twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits. Ver. 2. _What seest thou?_] _q.d._ Mark it well, and let thine eye affect thine heart; let these things be _oculis commissa fidelibus._ I see a flyi... [ Continue Reading ]
Then said he unto me, This [is] the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off [as] on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off [as] on that side according to it. Ver. 3. _This is the curse_] Or oath, with exe... [ Continue Reading ]
I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof. Ver. 4. _I will bring it fo... [ Continue Reading ]
Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what [is] this that goeth forth. Ver. 5. _Lift up now thine eyes and see_] No doubt. saith Calvin here, the prophet was frighted at the sight of the flying roll, full of curses "My flesh trembleth for f... [ Continue Reading ]
And I said, What [is] it? And he said, This [is] an ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This [is] their resemblance through all the earth. Ver. 6. _And I said, What is it?_] _i.e._ What meaneth it? for the vision is very hard and mysterious lest (saith one) the plain denunciation of the secon... [ Continue Reading ]
And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this [is] a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah. Ver. 7. _And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead_] A lump of lead, the weightiest metal; noting the immoveable and immutable decree of God for the punishment of the wicked. Say... [ Continue Reading ]
And he said, This [is] wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof. Ver. 8. _And he said, This is wickedness_] viz. This woman, a figure of the whole sinful nation of the Jews; as were Aholah and Aholibah, Ezekiel 23:36; Ezekiel 23:4... [ Continue Reading ]
Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind [was] in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven. Ver. 9. _Behold, there came out two women_] Winged women, and carried throug... [ Continue Reading ]
Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah? Ver. 10. _Whither do these bear the ephah?_] That is, saith Ribera, _Quamdiu duratura est populi huius impietas?_ How long shall this people's wickedness last? like as Isaiah 6:10,11, when the prophet had heard, "make th... [ Continue Reading ]
And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base. Ver. 11. _To build it an house in the land of Shinar_] That is, of Babylon, Genesis 10:10; Genesis 11:2, where various of the Jews still remained in wilful exile, as loth t... [ Continue Reading ]