Thus saith the LORD, Where [is] the (a) bill of your mother's divorcement, (b) whom I have put away? or which of my creditors [is it] (c) to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away. (a) Meaning, that he has not f... [ Continue Reading ]
(d) Why, when I came, [was there] no man? when I called, [was there] none to answer? Is my hand (e) shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish smelleth rotten, because [there is] no water,... [ Continue Reading ]
I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make (f) sackcloth their covering. (f) As I did in Egypt in token of my displeasure, (Exodus 10:21).... [ Continue Reading ]
The Lord GOD hath given (g) me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to [him that is] (h) weary: he awakeneth morning by morning, he awakeneth my ear to hear (i) as the learned. (g) The prophet represents here the person and charge of them that are justly calle... [ Continue Reading ]
I gave my back to the (k) smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting. (k) I did not shrink from God for any persecution or calamity. By which he shows that the true ministers of God can look for no other recompense of the wicked, but after th... [ Continue Reading ]
(l) Who [is] among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh [in] darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and rely upon his God. (l) Showing that it is a rare thing that any should obey correctly God's true ministers, though they labo... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, all ye that kindle (m) a fire, that surround [yourselves] with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks [that] ye have kindled. This shall ye have of my hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow. (m) You have sought consolation by your own devises, and have refused the light and co... [ Continue Reading ]