BURDEN. oracle. Compare Zechariah 9:1, and the Structure on p. 1280. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4. FOR. upon: i.e. concerning Israel's affliction and final deliverance. SAITH THE LORD. [is] Jehovah's oracle. WHICH STRETCHETH FORTH, &c. The omnipotence of Jehovah is the guarantee that His w... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos_. App-6. PEOPLE. peoples.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. And it shall come to pass that in that day, &c. A BURDENSOME STONE. A stone difficult to lift or to move; not. stone to throw. Occurs only here. burden, &c. i.e. seek to lift it. CUT IN PIECES. lacerated. Assyria, Persia, Rome, Greece, Egypt of old, and in later days Spain, Portugal. and Russ... [ Continue Reading ]
ASTONISHMENT. the panic. Compare Deuteronomy 28:28. OPEN MINE EYES UPON. regard with favour.... [ Continue Reading ]
STRENGTH. See note on Zechariah 6:3. THE LORD OF HOSTS. See note on Zechariah 1:3. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim_. App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
HEARTH. chafing dish. Compare 2 Samuel 2:14. EVEN IN. as.... [ Continue Reading ]
FIRST. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "as at the first".... [ Continue Reading ]
FEEBLE. tottering.... [ Continue Reading ]
COME. Some codices read "come to make war".... [ Continue Reading ]
LOOK. look attentively with hope and concern; as in Genesis 19:17; Genesis 19:26. Quoted in Matthew 24:30; John 19:37. Compare the first occurance. (Genesis 15:5), and Ex, Zec 33:8. This is the effect of the gift of the Spirit. UPON. unto. ME, Western codices read "Me"; but the Eastern read "Him",... [ Continue Reading ]
SHALL THERE BE. GREAT MOURNING or, the wailing shall be great. HADADRIMMON. Now _Rummaneh,_ west of Esdraelon, near Megiddo, where king Josiah was slain, and where the mourning was unprecedented (2 Chronicles 35:22).... [ Continue Reading ]
WIVES. women. NATHAN. See 2 Samuel 5:14. All those names are mentioned in the genealogy of Luke 3.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHIMEI. See Numbers 3:18.... [ Continue Reading ]