The word — This verse contains the title of all the ensuing
discourses; for, tho' there be some verses in these chapters that
relate to the Jews, yet they are all concerning their restoration. The
prophecies of judgments from the beginning of this chapter to the
fifty — second, are all against forei... [ Continue Reading ]
Brigandines — Coats of mail.... [ Continue Reading ]
Let not the swift — It is in vain for the swift to flee away, the
mighty men shall not escape, but they shall stumble and fall at
Carchemish, which was near the river Euphrates, and northward from
Egypt.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Lydians — They were all auxiliaries to the Egyptians in this
expedition.... [ Continue Reading ]
Made drunk — These phrases only metaphorically signify, the great
slaughter God would make that day amongst the Egyptians.... [ Continue Reading ]
Stumbled — Stumbling one upon another, so that both those that went
before, and those who followed after, should fall together.... [ Continue Reading ]
Declare — Publish this over all the land of Egypt.... [ Continue Reading ]
Pharaoh — Hath made a great noise, but it cometh to nothing. Passed
— That is, he hath passed the time himself fixed when he would cone,
and fight the Chaldeans.... [ Continue Reading ]
Surely — He shall as certainly come and encompass you with his
armies, as Tabor is encompassed with mountains, and as Carmel is by
the sea.... [ Continue Reading ]
A serpent — Egypt is now like an heifer that makes a great
bellowing, but the time shall come when she shall make a lesser noise
like the hissing of a serpent. With axes — For the Chaldeans shall
come with an army, armed with battle — axes, as if they came to fell
wood in a forest.... [ Continue Reading ]
Tho' — Tho' it seem impenetrable.... [ Continue Reading ]