_Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help_ THE ABUNDANCE OF HORSES IN EGYPT The abundance of horses in Egypt is attested, not only in other parts of Scripture, but by profane writers. Homer describes Thebes as having a hundred gates, out of each of which two hundred warriors went forth with cha... [ Continue Reading ]
_Yet He also is wise_ GOD WORKS IN HISTORY You have been clever and successful, but have you forgotten that “God also is wise,” that He too has His policy, and acts reasonably and consistently? You think you have been making history; but God also works in history, and surely, to put it on the low... [ Continue Reading ]
_Men, and not God. .. flesh, and not spirit_ SPIRITUAL EXISTENCES THE CHIEF FORCES OF THE WORLD It is here evidently implied that a spirit is mightier than a horse. The ancients attached the idea of immense force to a well-trained war-horse. I. SPIRIT IS THE ORIGINAL POWER We see power everywhere... [ Continue Reading ]
_Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey_ A HOMERIC PASSAGE There is no passage in Isaiah which is so Homeric in ring as this; cf. _Iliad, _18.161 f., 12.299 _ft_. (_F. Delitzsch._) THE LION AND THE SHEPHERDS Is it an unworthy figure of the Divine Claimant for this city, who kep... [ Continue Reading ]
_As birds flying_ THREE PICTURES OF ONE REALITY I. THE VERY STRIKING AND BEAUTIFUL PICTURES. There are three of them. 1. “As birds flying,” &c. The original shows that it is the mother-bird that is thought about. And the picture rises at once of her fluttering over the nest, where the callow chick... [ Continue Reading ]
_The Lord, whose fire is in Zion_ THE LORD’S FURNACE This very remarkable designation of God stands ere as a kind of seal set upon the preceding prophecy. It is the reason why that shall certainly be fulfilled. And what precedes is mainly a promise of a deliverance for Israel, which was to be a d... [ Continue Reading ]