Of her friend — Her husband. An adulteress — Either already
tainted, or that certainly will be tainted with that vice. According
to the love — Let this be the emblem of my love to the children of
Israel. And love — Love the feasts of their idols, where they drink
wine to excess.... [ Continue Reading ]
Fifteen pieces of silver — It was half the value of a slave, Exodus
21:32. An homer of barley — About fourteen bushels. Of barley —
The meanest kind of provision; and suited to a low condition, all this
is, to set forth Israel's indigence and ingratitude, and God's bounty
to Israel.... [ Continue Reading ]
Abide for me — Thou shalt wait unmarried, until I espouse thee.... [ Continue Reading ]
For — Now the parable is unfolded, it shall be with Israel as with
such a woman, they and she were guilty of adultery, both punished
long, both made slaves, kept hardly, and valued meanly, yet in mercy
at last pardoned, and re — accepted tho' after a long time of
probation. Without a king — None of... [ Continue Reading ]
Return — Repent. And David — The Messiah who is the son of David.
And his goodness — God and his goodness; that is, the good and
gracious God. God in Christ and with Christ shall be worshipped. The
latter days — In the days of the Messiah, in gospel — times.... [ Continue Reading ]