For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, BEHOLD ... IS THAT TIME, WHEN I SHALL BRING AGAIN THE CAPTIVITY - i:e., reverse it. The Jews restrict this to the return from Babylon. Christians refer it to the coming of Christ. But the... [ Continue Reading ]
I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land. I WILL ALSO GATHER ALL NATIONS, AND WILL BRING THEM DOWN INTO THE VALLE... [ Continue Reading ]
And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink. AND THEY HAVE CAST LOTS FOR MY PEOPLE - i:e., divided among themselves my people as their captives by lot. Compare as to the distribution of captives by lot (, "Foreigners... [ Continue Reading ]
Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompence me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head; YEA, AND WHAT HAVE YE TO DO WITH ME, O TYRE, AND ZIDON? - ye have no connection... [ Continue Reading ]
Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things: BECAUSE YE HAVE TAKEN MY SILVER AND MY GOLD - i:e., the gold and silver of my people. The Philistines and Arabians had carried off all the treasures of King Jehoram's house (). Compare also... [ Continue Reading ]
The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border. THE CHILDREN ALSO OF JUDAH ... AND OF JERUSALEM HAVE YE SOLD UNTO THE GRECIANS - literally, sons of the Javanites, i:e., the Ionians, a Greek colony on the coa... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head: BEHOLD, I WILL RAISE THEM - i:e., I will rouse them. Neither sea nor distance will prevent my bringing them back. Alexander, and his successors, restored to liberty many Jews... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the LORD hath spoken it. AND I WILL SELL YOUR SONS AND YOUR DAUGHTERS INTO THE HAND OF THE CHILDREN OF JUDAH, AND THEY SHALL SELL THEM TO THE SABE... [ Continue Reading ]
Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up: PROCLAIM YE THIS AMONG THE GENTILES. The nations hostile to Israel are summoned by Yahweh to "come up" (this phrase is used because Jerusalem was on a hill) against Jerusa... [ Continue Reading ]
Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong. BEAT YOUR PLOWSHARES INTO SWORDS. As the foes are desired to "beat their plowshares into swords, and their pruning-hooks into spears," that so they may perish in their unhallowed attack on Judah a... [ Continue Reading ]
Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD. ASSEMBLE YOURSELVES - `Hasten' (Maurer). THITHER - to the valley of Jehoshaphat. CAUSE THY MIGHTY ONES - the warriors who fancy themselves "mighty one... [ Continue Reading ]
Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about. LET THE HEATHEN BE WAKENED, AND COME UP TO THE VALLEY OF JEHOSHAPHAT - "wakened," in the opinion of Abarbanel, hints at the awaking of the dead to judgment. The same wo... [ Continue Reading ]
Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great. PUT YE IN THE SICKLE; FOR THE HARVEST IS RIPE: COME, GET YOU DOWN; FOR THE PRESS IS FULL, THE FATS OVERFLOW: FOR THEIR WICKEDNESS IS GREAT. Direction to the... [ Continue Reading ]
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. MULTITUDES, MULTITUDES, [hªmoniym]. The twice mention of the multitudes does not refer to the good and bad, for it is only the bad that are spoken of here; but crowds on crowds. The Hebrew i... [ Continue Reading ]
The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining. THE SUN AND THE MOON SHALL BE DARKENED - (notes, ; ).... [ Continue Reading ]
The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel. THE LORD ALSO SHALL ROAR OUT OF ZION - (cf. Ezekiel 38:18). The victories of the Jews over... [ Continue Reading ]
So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more. SO SHALL YE KNOW - experimentally by the proofs of favours which I shall vouchsafe to you. So "know" (, "Thou shall know that I t... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim. THE MOUNTAINS SHALL DROP DO... [ Continue Reading ]
Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land. EGYPT SHALL BE A DESOLATION, AND EDOM SHALL BE A DESOLATE WILDERNESS. "Edom" was subjugated by David, but revolted under Jehor... [ Continue Reading ]
But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation. BUT JUDAH SHALL DWELL FOREVER - (, "I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the Lord God") i:e., be established as a flourishing state.... [ Continue Reading ]
For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD FOR I WILL CLEANSE THEIR BLOOD THAT I HAVE NOT CLEANSED - I will purge away from Judah the extreme guilt (represented by "blood," the shedding of which was the climax of her sin, ) which was for long not "purged" away but visi... [ Continue Reading ]