_Snows. Protestants, "Bright clouds," or "lightnings." (Haydock) --- God will presently grant your requests, after the persecution of Epiphanes. (Calmet) --- The latter season is when fruit ripens, the acceptable time to sue for grace. (Worthington)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Vanity. Jason prevailed on many to imitate the Gentiles, 1 Machabees i. 12._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Goats; the leaders of the people, Jeremias l. 8. (Calmet) --- Vir gregis ipse caper. (Virgil, Eclogues vii.) --- Jason died in exile, Lysimachus was slain in the temple, Alcimus perished miserably, and Menelaus was hurled among ashes, 2 Machabees v. 5., and iv. 39., and xiii. 4., and 1 Machabees ix... [ Continue Reading ]
_Corner, to connect the building. The Machabees were not of the tribe of Juda; but it was the chief, and gave name to the rest. Judas was also a figure of Christ, the chief corner-stone, and he should be born of that tribe. --- Pin, to fasten down the tent, or to hang things upon. These comparisons... [ Continue Reading ]
_Riders. The Syrians, with (Haydock) all their cavalry, were routed by a few ill-armed infantry. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Joseph. All the tribes shall embrace the gospel at last. (Worthington) --- Back, from the caverns to which they had fled._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Valiant. Ephraim was a powerful and valiant tribe, Deuteronomy xxxiii. 17. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Whistle. Christians are sweetly drawn by inspirations, without clamorous words. (St. Cyril) (Worthington) --- This expression shews the sovereign dominion of God. (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "I will give them a sign." (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Me. The Jews were spread throughout the world, and adhered to their own customs. (Philo) See Acts ii. 8. --- While they enjoyed the greatest prosperity, they kept together in a small territory. It is wonderful how they have since increased._... [ Continue Reading ]
_For them. They returned from the places to which they had been dispersed during former wars, when Judas had liberated his country. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Sea. The Jews pretend that the Bosphorus' straits were dried up, to afford them a passage. (St. Jerome) --- But they must produce some stronger text to prove such a miracle. No obstacles shall be able to retard God's people, Isaias xi. 16. --- Assyria. After Epiphanes, the kingdom subsisted only ab... [ Continue Reading ]
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