Judges 9:1
BRETHREN. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Species) for other relatives.... [ Continue Reading ]
BRETHREN. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Species) for other relatives.... [ Continue Reading ]
MEN. masters, lords, or owners. Hebrew. _baalim._... [ Continue Reading ]
LIGHT. rash. PERSONS. Hebrew. _'enosh._ App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
PLAIN. oak. OF THE PILLAR. Genitive of Apposition. that is to say, the pillar made of oak. See Joshua 24:26. Compare Genesis 28:18; Genesis 28:22; Genesis 31:13; Genesis 31:45; Genesis 35:14; Genesis 35:20; 2 Samuel 18:18.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. Not Jehovah in covenant.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE TREES. This is pare allegory (App-6). The _interpretation_ is local and historical. The _application_ is dispensational. WENT FORTH. Verb, duplicated by Figure of speech _Polyptoton_ (App-6). Very emphatic. ". going forth they went forth", or went forth with great earnestness of purpose. THE O... [ Continue Reading ]
HONOUR. Compare Exodus 27:20; Exodus 27:21.Leviticus 2:1. The _interpretation_ of these three "honour", &c. is clear from the context. An _application_ may be made as to what should be seen in Israel and in ourselves. GO. march about, instead of fulfilling my mission.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FIG TREE. Israel's _national_ privileges (Matthew 21:19; Matthew 21:20; Mark 11:13; Mark 11:20; Mark 11:21.Luke 13:6; Luke 13:6).... [ Continue Reading ]
FORSAKE. Same Hebrew as "leave" in Judges 9:9 and Judges 9:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE VINE. Israel's _spiritual_ privileges (Isaiah 5.John 15).... [ Continue Reading ]
LEAVE. Same Hebrew as "forsake" (Judges 9:11). WINE. new wine. Hebrew. _tirosh._ App-27.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE BRAMBLE. This is prophetic of the false nation under the rule of Antichrist, which will devour the nation as foreshown in Judges 9:20.... [ Continue Reading ]
PUT YOUR TRUST. flee for refuge. Hebrew. _hasah_. App-69.... [ Continue Reading ]
Note the parenthesis of verses: Judges 9:17; Judges 9:18. LIFE. soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13.... [ Continue Reading ]
REIGNED. exercised power over. Hebrew. _sur,_ Occurs only here, and Hosea 8:4; Hosea 12:4. THREE YEARS.. usurpation, and therefore not included in _Anno Dei_ reckoning. See App-50. They are concurrent with Tola's first three.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Elohim. Not Jehovah. AN EVIL SPIRIT. an evil _ruach._ App-9.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHECHEM. Some codices, with Septuagint, read "the son of Shechem".... [ Continue Reading ]
WOULD TO GOD. would that. Figure of speech _Ecphonesis._ App-6. AND HE SAID. The Septuagint reads "and say".... [ Continue Reading ]
PRIVILY. deceitfully or craftily. BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._... [ Continue Reading ]
AS. according as.... [ Continue Reading ]
PLAIN. oak.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW.. special various reading called _S_ evir has "thou" (emphatic) instead of "now". I pray thee, _thou,_ &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
DWELT. waited, or sat down.... [ Continue Reading ]
RAN. rushed... [ Continue Reading ]
BERITH. covenant. a sanctuary.... [ Continue Reading ]
TREES. brushwood.... [ Continue Reading ]
HARD. close.... [ Continue Reading ]
A PIECE OF A. an upper. ALL TO BRAKE. altogether brake. (Obsolete.)... [ Continue Reading ]
A WOMAN SLEW. See note on Judges 4:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
RENDERED. requited. Hebrew brought back. WICKEDNESS. Hebrew. _ra'a'._... [ Continue Reading ]