Whilst the religious life is a receiving without spending, the worldly life is a continual spending without lasting profit or satisfaction.

spend money lit. "weigh silver." your labour your earnings (as ch. Isaiah 45:14).

hearken diligently &c. Or, if ye but hearken to me ye shall eat good, and your soul shall &c. (see Davidson's Syntax, § 86 c; and § 132 b).

delight itself(ch. Isaiah 58:14; Isaiah 66:11) in fatness the choicest and most nourishing food (cf. ch. Isaiah 25:6).

Continues after advertising
Continues after advertising