Jeremiah 31:22 How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? &c.] From place to, place, from country to country, from one kingdom to anoth...
?EXPOSITION Verse 70. Their heart is as fat as grease. They delight in fatness, but I delight in thee. Their hearts, through sensual indulgence, have ...
Pride [N] [T] The Old Testament. While pride is sometimes used in the Old Testament in a positive sense (i.e., the pride of the land of Israel [ Psalm...
?EXPOSITION Verse 97. O how love I thy law! It is a note of exclamation. He loves so much that he must express his love, and in making the attempt he ...
CHAPTER 7 Ezekiel 7:1-27 . LAMENTATION OVER THE COMING RUIN OF ISRAEL; THE PENITENT REFORMATION OF A REMNANT; THE CHAIN SYMBOLIZING THE CAPTI...
?EXPOSITION Verse 2. I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. To be holy is to be wise; a perfect way is a wise way. David's resolve was excellen...
CHAPTER 21 Jeremiah 21:1-14 . ZEDEKIAH CONSULTS JEREMIAH WHAT IS TO BE THE EVENT OF THE WAR: GOD'S ANSWER. Written probably when, after havi...
FOREKNOW; FOREKNOWLEDGE for-no', for-nol'-ej: 1. Meaning of the Term 2. Foreknowledge as Prescience 3. Foreknowledge Based on Foreordination 4. Fo...
Luke 16:8 And the Lord commended the unjust steward Not the Lord Jesus Christ, who delivered this parable, as the Syriac version seems to suggest, ren...
?EXPOSITION Verse 21. Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed. This is one of God's judgments: he is sure to deal out a terrible portion to men of...
BIBLE, THE, IV CANONICITY $ IV. Literary Growth and Origin--Canonicity.$ Thus far the books of the Old Testament and New Testament have been taken si...
God, Names of Names are more than labels. In Old Testament times a name expressed identification, but also identity. Significant meaning often attache...
Chapter?101David was certainly the penman of this psalm, and it has in it the genuine spirit of the man after God?s own heart; it is a solemn vow whic...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 14. Like sheep they are laid in the grave. As dumb driven cattle, they are hurried to their doom, and are penned in within the gates ...
Matthew 2:1 Now when Jesus was born Several things are here related respecting the birth of Christ, as the place where he was born, in Bethlehem of J...
FOURTH PERIOD. FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE KINGDOM UNTIL ITS DIVISION, THE PERIOD OF DAVID AND SOLOMON, OR THE RISING AND SETTING OF THE ROYAL GLORY....
PREFACE In sending forth a new collection of Hymns, I feel it necessary to preface the work by a few words of explanation. I am anxious that no purc...
Chapter?23The historian is now drawing towards a conclusion of David?s reign, and therefore gives us an account here, I. Of some of his last words, wh...
INDEX I NAMES AND SUBJECTS Acts, Book of, 32-40, should be al- lowed to help in interpreting the Pauline Epistles, 125 Adonis, 3Hf., religion ...
Gospel [N] [E]Glad tidings or good news, from Anglo-Saxon godspell.The Old Testament. Good news is proclaimed widely ( 1 Sam 31:9 ; Psalm 96:2-3 ; ...