RIGHTEOUS, &C. Figure of speech _Synchoresis._ App-6. LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. "Wherefore... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ WICKED. lawless. Hebrew. _rasha'._ App-44. deal very treacherously. Figure of speech _Polyptoton._ Hebrew are traitors of treachery. are utter traitors.... [ Continue Reading ]
NEAR. Anathoth was. city of priests. MOUTH. Put by Figure of ch _Metonymy_ (of Cause), for the words uttered by it. REINS. kidneys. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject), App-6, for the affections.... [ Continue Reading ]
PREPARE. separate, or devote.... [ Continue Reading ]
HOW LONG... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis_. WICKEDNESS. lawlessness. Hebrew. _rasha'._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
TRUSTEDST. confidedst. Hebrew. _batah._ App-69. SWELLING. Hebrew pride. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), for proud beasts in the undergrowth on the banks of the Jordan. See Jeremiah 49:19; Jeremiah 50:44, and compare Job 41:34.... [ Continue Reading ]
CALLED. called loudly.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE DEARLY BELOVED. Hebrew. love. Put by Figure of speech. _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for one loved. MY SOUL. I Myself (emphatic). Hebrew. _nephesh_. App-13. Figure of speech. _Anthropopatheia_. App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
IS. is become.... [ Continue Reading ]
SPECKLED BIRD. a bird of prey.... [ Continue Reading ]
PASTORS. Used of rulers. See note on Jeremiah 1:80; Jeremiah 3:15. MY PORTION. One Codex (Dr. Ginsburg's "G. 1") reads "My possession". PLEASANT PORTION. Hebrew portion of desire. my desired portion.... [ Continue Reading ]
MAN. Hebrew. _'ish_. App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIGH. eminent.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT. Some codices, with three early printed editions, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "but" in the text. REVENUES. produce.... [ Continue Reading ]
NEIGHBOURS. Egypt, Edom, Philistia, Amnion, and Moab. TO INHERIT. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 32:13). App-92.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEM. Authorized Version 1611 omits this word. EVERY MAN. Hebrew. _'ish_. App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS. according as. rk; but. type of Christ's ascension, as is clear from Ephesians 4:8. LED. led in proc on. CAPTIVITY. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), for captives. RECEIVED GIFTS FOR MEN. The Hebrew _lakah_ has. twofold meaning, i.e. _receiving_ and _giving._ Here the _Ellipsis... [ Continue Reading ]
OBEY. hearken. SAITH THE LORD. [is] Jehovah's oracle. 7-13. The beloved People. Themselves. 14-17. The beloved People. Their enemies.... [ Continue Reading ]