Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away. WHERE ... MOTHER'S DIVORCEMENT. Zion is 'the... [ Continue Reading ]
Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for... [ Continue Reading ]
I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering. I CLOTHE THE HEAVENS WITH BLACKNESS - another of the judgments on Egypt to be repeated hereafter on the last enemy of God's people (). I MAKE SACKCLOTH THEIR COVERING - (.)... [ Continue Reading ]
The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned. THE LORD GOD HATH GIVEN ME THE TONGUE OF THE LEARNED, THAT I SHOULD KNOW HOW TO SPEAK A WORD IN... [ Continue Reading ]
The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back. THE LORD GOD HATH OPENED MINE EAR (see note, ; ) - i:e., hath made me obediently attentive (but Maurer, 'hath informed me of my duty'), as a servant to his master (cf. Psalms 40:6 with ; ; ; ; ; ;... [ Continue Reading ]
I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting. SMITERS - with scourges and with the open hand (). ; Matt. 28:26; , inform us of the fufilment of this prophecy (Luke 18:31). To 'pluck the hair' is the highest insult that c... [ Continue Reading ]
For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed. FOR THE LORD GOD WILL HELP ME; THEREFORE SHALL I NOT BE CONFOUNDED. Sample of His not being "discouraged" (; ). THEREFORE HAVE I SET MY FACE LI... [ Continue Reading ]
He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me. HE IS NEAR THAT JUSTIFIETH ME - (Isaiah 49:4) The believer, by virtue of his oneness with Christ, uses the same language (Psalms 138:8; Romans 8:32). But 'justify,' in H... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up. BEHOLD, THE LORD GOD WILL HELP ME - cf. , margin; ; ; ). WHO (IS) HE (THAT) SHALL CONDEMN ME? - (.) THEY ALL SHALL WAX OLD AS A GARMENT - (; ; .) A leading... [ Continue Reading ]
Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God. WHO IS AMONG YOU THAT FEARETH THE LORD ... THAT WALKETH IN DARKNESS, AND HATH NO LIGHT? LET HIM TRUST IN THE NAME... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow. BEHOLD, ALL YE THAT KINDLE A FIRE, THAT COMPASS (YOURSELVES) ABOUT WITH SPARKS. In co... [ Continue Reading ]