THE DAY OF JEHOVAH A DAY OF JUDGMENT FOR GUILTY JUDAH
The prophecy opens with the declaration of universal destruction for
all living things. IN his way the prophet impresses upon his hearers
the completeness and appalling nature of the impending judgment. In
the succeeding vv. he defines in detail... [ Continue Reading ]
STUMBLINGBLOCKS] or, slightly correcting the text to bring it into
harmony with the rest of the v., 'I will destroy the wicked.'... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL ALSO STRETCH OUT MINE HAND] cp. the similar powerful refrain in
Isaiah 5:25; Isaiah 9:12; Isaiah 9:17; Isaiah 9:21. All traces of
Baalism, together with the 'Chemarim' (RV), the black-robed priests of
Baal are first to be destroyed, as well as the wicked priests of
Jehovah, who degraded His w... [ Continue Reading ]
LEAP ON THE THRESHOLD] Evidently here also the crime is that of the
members of the court, perhaps a foreign religious custom: cp. 1 Samuel
5:5. But as there is no reference to religious customs in the context,
the words may simply refer to the retainers of the king, who were in
constant attendance a... [ Continue Reading ]
MAKTESH] or, 'the mortar': the local designation of the merchants'
quarter, which probably lay in the Tyropœan valley, W. of the Temple
area.... [ Continue Reading ]
SEARCH.. WITH CANDLES] i.e. thoroughly, as was required in the
poorly-lighted houses of Palestine: cp, Luke 15:8. SETTLED ON THEIR
LEES] i.e. have received no infusion of new and noble teachings, but
retain the old fallacies: cp. Jeremiah 48:11; Jeremiah 48:12.
13. Cp. Amos 5:11; Micah 6:15.
14, 1... [ Continue Reading ]