Genesi 27:5

And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt [for] venison, [and] to bring [it].

Ver. 5. Esau went to the field to hunt, &c.] But before he returned, the blessing was otherwise bestowed. "The hope of the hypocrite shall perish". Job 8:13 How many lie languishing at hope's hospital, as he at the pool of Bethesda, and no help comes! They repair to the creatures, as to a lottery, with heads full of hopes, but return with hearts full of blanks. Or, if they draw nigh to God, they think they take hold of him; but it is but as the child that catcheth at the shadow or the wall, which he thinks he holds fast in his hand; but it vanisheth.

La speranza comune è infondata. "Speranza infallibile", Rm 5,5 è fondata sulla "fede non finta". 1Tm 1:5 Deo confisi nunquam confusi. Egli porta il più dolce conforto "al cuore, nel deserto". Os 2:14