_Obscurity. He continues to bewail the misery of Jerusalem. --- Heaven, the highest glory, Isaias xiv. 12. --- Stool; the temple, and the land. The ark fell not into the hands of the enemy. (Calmet) --- The punishment which the Lord permits, is justly ascribed to Him. (Worthington)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Unclean, or treated it as such. (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "he hath accounted profane the kings." (Haydock) --- Joakim, Jechonias, Sedecias, and the royal family, were exposed to the greatest ignominy and sufferings. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Horn: beauty and power, (Haydock) the two kingdoms, the fortresses, (Calmet) and all their strength, denoted by horns. (Worthington) --- Hand; refusing us protection, and aiding the Chaldeans._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Women, suffering them to be abused, chap. v. 11, 13._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Tent: the temple, with the same indifference as if it had been a hut, built to guard the fruit of a garden, Isaias v. 5., and Psalm lxxix. 13. --- Sabbaths. The Jews rested, but could offer no sacrifices in captivity. --- Priest. Saraias was slain, and Sedecias imprisoned, &c., chap. lii. 10. (Calm... [ Continue Reading ]
_Cursed, or suffered it to be polluted, (Worthington) as he looked on it with horror, after it had been profaned by Achaz, &c. --- Towers. Septuagint, "palaces;" Greek: bareon. --- Feast. What a contrast! The temple used to resound with songs of praise and music: the Chaldeans fill it with insolent... [ Continue Reading ]
_Line, to level it with the ground, (Isaias xxxiv. 11.; Calmet) or to treat it with just severity. (Theodoret) --- Bulwark. Literally, "the first wall," (Haydock) or ditch, lined with palisades. Alexander [the Great] ordered the towers to be levelled, and the horses' manes to be cut, when Hephæstion... [ Continue Reading ]
_Among, as slaves, or in prison. --- Law has been neglected; and now it cannot be observed, as to the ceremonial part. There are no public instructions. --- No vision. When Jeremias was consulted, he had to pray for ten days, chap. xlii. 7._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Ancients, even magistrates. (Calmet) --- Canitiem multo deformat pulvere. (Virgil, \'c6neid x.)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Earth, by an overflowing of the bile, occasioned by grief, Job xvi. 14. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Sea. This is an hyperbole, to express the greatness of sorrow, as the sea surpasses all other waters. (Worthington)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Revelations. Hebrew Masoth, "burdens" for the enemy. This sentence ought to come before and they, &c., as it is in the Vulgate. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Mouth, with scorn, Isaias lvii. 4., and Psalm xxxiv. 21._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Old, by Moses, (Deuteronomy xxviii. 15, 49., and Leviticus xxvi. 14.) Micheas, (chap. xxvi. 18.) Holda, &c. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Upon. Hebrew and Septuagint, "O wall," &c., ver. 8. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Watches. Jerusalem is here represented in the midst of danger and misery. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Dealt. Literally, "gathered grapes," chap. i. 12. (Haydock) --- Long; quite small, Psalm xxxviii. 9. This has been denounced, chap. xix. 9., and Deuteronomy xxviii. 53. (Calmet) It took place at Samaria, and in the last siege of Jerusalem, (Josephus, Jewish Wars vii., and viii.; Worthington) as wel... [ Continue Reading ]
_Killed. Literally, "stricken" (Haydock) with unusual severity. (Worthington)_... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER II. _ About. The troops of the enemy resemble those multitudes, which come from all parts to Jerusalem. Many kings could not raise such an army. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]