THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. RAIN, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 11:14). rain of rain. copious rains. App-92. SO, &C. Render: "of _Jehovah_ Who maketh. and giveth". SHALL MAKE. Who maketh. AND GIVE. and giveth. THEM. Some codices, with Syriac, read "you".... [ Continue Reading ]
IDOLS. Hebrew. _teraphim,_ or household gods. These cannot give rain (Jeremiah 14:22). vanity trash. A FLOCK. he-goats: i.e. bell-wethers. Compare Isaiah 14:9; Jeremiah 51:40.... [ Continue Reading ]
PUNISHED. shall visit upon. THE LORD OF HOSTS. See note on Zechariah 1:3. GOODLY HORSE. majestic war-horse.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIM: i.e. Judah (Zechariah 10:3), Compare Jeremiah 30:21. CAME FORTH. went forth. THE CORNER. the corner-stone (Matthew 21:42). Messiah. NAIL. tent-pin, or peg. Compare Isaiah 22:23. THE BATTLE BOW. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of the Part), App-6, for all kinds of weapons. OPPRESSOR.... [ Continue Reading ]
STREETS. lanes, or out-places.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim_. App-4. HEAR. answer.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY. A special various reading called _Sevir_ (App-34), reads "he". THEY OF EPHRAIM, &c.. they (or he) shall be as. mighty one (or warrior) of Ephraim. AS THROUGH WINE. as wine [snaketh the heart to rejoice]. Psalms 104:15. WINE. Hebrew. _yayin,_ App-7 CHILDREN. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
HISS: or, signal. The figure is borrowed from bee -keepers (Isaiah 5:26; Isaiah 7:18). HAVE INCREASED. did increase [before]. Compare Ex, Zechariah 1:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
SOW. Compare Hosea 2:23. PEOPLE. peoples. they shall remember Me. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 30:1). LIVE WITH, &c.. live, and return with. TURN. return.... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL BRING THEM AGAIN, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 30:3; Deuteronomy 30:5). See App-92. PLACE. Supply: "[the necessary room]".... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. Though. HE. Septuagint reads "they". WITH. of. Gen, of Apposition. See App-17. THE RIVER: i.e. the Nile.... [ Continue Reading ]
WALKUP AND DOWN, &c.. walk (habitually). Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 5:24; Genesis 6:9; Genesis 17:1). App-92. Compare Micah 4:5; Micah 6:8. SAITH THE LORD. [is] Jehovah's oracle.... [ Continue Reading ]