SPAKE TREMBLING. spake (authoritatively) [there was] attention; as in Joshua's clays (Joshua 4:14). Compare Job 29:21. TREMBLING. panic. Hebrew. _r_ etheth. Occurs only here. Similar to _retet,_ which occurs only in Jeremiah 49:24 ("fear"). EXALTED HIMSELF: carried weight, or was exalted. OFFENDE... [ Continue Reading ]
UNDERSTANDING. notion. OF THEM. to them: i.e. to the People. KISS THE CALVES. Kissing was fundamental in all heathen idolatry. It is the root of the Latin _ad-orare_. to [bring something to] the mouth. "A pure lip" (Zephaniah 3:9) implies more than language.... [ Continue Reading ]
DEW. Hebrew. _t_ al. the night mist. See note on "Zion", Psalms 133:3. THE. a. FLOOR. threshingfloor. CHIMNEY. window, or opening. No word for chimney in Hebrew... [ Continue Reading ]
YET I, &C. Supply the connecting thought: "[Ye worship these calves], yet I, even I". &c. Compare Hosea 12:9; Isaiah 43:11. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. FROM THE LAND OF EGYPT. Supply the _Ellipsis_ (App-6); "[Who brought thee out] from", &c. Reference to Pent... [ Continue Reading ]
I DID KNOW THEE, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 2:7; Deuteronomy 8:15; Deuteronomy 32:10). Compare Amos 3:2. The Septuagint reads "I shepherded, or was shepherd to thee", reading _re ithika_ instead of _yeda tika_: i.e. (Resh. R) for (Daleth. D). THE LAND OF GREAT DROUGHT. Compare Deutero... [ Continue Reading ]
ACCORDING TO THEIR PASTURE, &C.: i.e. the more. fed them, the more they kicked against Me. THEY WERE FILLED. Note the Figure of speech _Anadiplosis_ (App-6), repeated for emphasis. HAVE THEY FORGOTTEN ME. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 8:12; Deuteronomy 32:15).... [ Continue Reading ]
AS. LION. App-92. Compare Hosea 5:14. AS. LEOPARD. Compare Jeremiah 5:6 BY THE WAY. Some codices, with three early printed editions, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "on the way of Assyria". WILL. OBSERVE. shall. watch, or lurk.... [ Continue Reading ]
CAUL. enclosure (i.e. the pericardium). THE WILD BEAST SHALL TEAR THEM. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:22).... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU HAST DESTROYED THYSELF. the destruction [which thou art suffering] is all thine own. Ref to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:5. Hebrew. _shahath,_ same word as "corrupted"). App-92. BUT IN ME, &C.. for. am thy [true] help.... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL BE THY KING. Where is thy king? Hebrew. _'ehi_. where, as in Hosea 13:14 twice; _'ehi_ is separated from the following word "king" by the accent _zakeph,_ and connected with _'epho'_. now. It therefore means "Where now is thy king? (Hoshea)": the answer being "in prison" (see 2 Kings 17:4).... [ Continue Reading ]
I GAVE THEE, &C. Reference to 1 Samuel 8:7. 1Sa 10:19. 1 Samuel 15:22; 1 Samuel 15:23; 1 Samuel 16:1. Compare Hosea 10:3. Or, literally "I give... and take him away", referring to. continued act, the violent deaths of Israel's then recent kings: Zachariah murdered by Shallum; Shallum by Menahem; Pek... [ Continue Reading ]
INIQUITY. perversity. Hebrew. _avah._ App-44. BOUND UP. tied up, as in. bag. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:32; Deuteronomy 32:35). App-92. HID. reserved.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHALL COME, &C. Isaiah 13:8; Jeremiah 30:6; Matthew 24:8. AN UNWISE SON. Note the Figure of speech _Meiosis_ (App-6), for emphasis, meaning. most foolish son. STAY LONG. linger. IN THE PLACE, &C.: i.e. in the act of being born. Compare 2 Kings 19:3. CHILDREN. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
RANSOM. redeem (with power). Hebrew. _padah,_ to redeem by power in virtue of the legal right. See note on Exodus 13:13. FROM. out of. THE POWER. the hand: i.e. Sheol's power (to keep in its grasp). THE GRAVE. Sheol. See App-35. REDEEM. Hebrew. _ga'al,_ to redeem by purchase by assertion of the... [ Continue Reading ]
HE. i.e. Ephraim. FRUITFUL. Used by Figure of speech _Irony_, his name being Ephraim. fruitful. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 41:52; Genesis 48:19). AN EAST WIND. Hebrew. _kadim_. not. scorching wind. _shirocco_ (Genesis 41:6; Jeremiah 18:17; Ezekiel 17:10; Ezekiel 19:12). WIND. Hebrew. _ruach... [ Continue Reading ]
SAMARIA. See 2 Kings 17:6. THEIR. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Aramaean, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "and their".... [ Continue Reading ]