The angel shows in this chapter, that whatever evils the Jews had suffered, proceeded from the righteous judgment Of God; and then he adds a consolation — that the Lord would at length alleviate or put an end to their evils, when he had removed afar off their iniquity. Interpreters have touched neit... [ Continue Reading ]
He afterwards adds, that he was _asked by the angel what he saw_. He might indeed have said, that a roll flying in the air appeared to him, but he did not as yet understand what it meant; hence the angel performed the office of an interpreter. But he says, that the roll was _twenty cubits long, and... [ Continue Reading ]
The angel then says, that it was _the curse _which _went forth _(55) _over the face of the whole land_. We must remember what I have just said, that God’s judgment is here set forth before the Jews, that they might know how justly both their fathers and themselves have been with so much severity cha... [ Continue Reading ]
He afterwards adds, _It shall come into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who swears in my name falsely; and there will it reside, and it shall consume the hoarse, both the wood and the stones_. Here the Prophet further stimulates the Jews to repentance, by showing that the curse wou... [ Continue Reading ]
Here I stop; I intended to add all the verses, but I can hardly finish the whole today. It will be enough for us to understand that this is the second part of the vision, in which the Prophet, in order to relieve or in some measure to mitigate the sorrow of the Jews, shows, that God would not treat... [ Continue Reading ]
Then the angel answered, _This is the measure that goes forth, and this is their eye in all the earth_. By saying that the measure is their eye, he no doubt means that the ungodly could not thus be carried away at their own pleasure, but that God restrained them whenever it seemed good to him; for t... [ Continue Reading ]
Now the Prophet says that wickedness, when first seen, was in mid air, and in a measure; but at the same time he calls the measure the eye of the ungodly, for though wickedness extends itself to all parts, yet God confines it within a hidden measure; and this he designates by eyes, whereby he seems... [ Continue Reading ]
Now the angel adds, that _a thin piece of lead was cast over the mouth of the measure, and that wickedness was cast into the measure_. The expression, that wickedness was thrown into the measure, may be explained in two ways — either that God would not permit so much liberty to the devil to lead the... [ Continue Reading ]
The Prophet says here that such would be the change of things, that God would in turn afflict the Chaldeans, who had so cruelly treated the chosen people. And this is the reason why I think that iniquity is to be taken for the violent injustice and plunder which heathen enemies had exercised towards... [ Continue Reading ]