Chapter?1We have here the first alphabet of this lamentation, twenty-two stanzas, in which the miseries of Jerusalem are bitterly bewailed and her pre...
Chapter?26This chapter is a solemn conclusion of the main body of the levitical law. The precepts that follow in this and the following book either re...
HAGGAI hag'-a-i, hag'-a-i (chaggay, an adjective formed from chagh, feast): 1. Name: The word Haggai may mean festal, the prophet having been born p...
Chapter?67This psalm relates to the church and is calculated for the public. Here is, I. A prayer for the prosperity of the church of Israel (v.?1). I...
Chapter?17Enough had been done in the chapter before to quash all pretensions of the families of the tribe of Levi that would set up in competition wi...
Chapter?11Jerusalem was walled round, but it was not as yet fully inhabited, and therefore was weak and despicable. Nehemiah?s next care is to bring p...
Chapter?30Moses is, in this chapter, further instructed, I. Concerning the altar of incense (v.?1-10). II. Concerning the ransom-money which the Israe...
Chapter?1This evangelist begins with the account of Christ?s parentage and birth, the ancestors from whom he descended, and the manner of his entry in...
Chapter?58The prophet, in this chapter, has his commission and charge renewed to reprove the sinners in Zion, particularly the hypocrites, to show the...
Chapter?147This is another psalm of praise. Some think it was penned after the return of the Jews from their captivity; but it is so much of a piece w...
Chapter?6In this chapter we have, I. A threatening of the destruction of Israel for their idolatry, and the destruction of their idols with them (v.?1...
SATAN sa'-tan (saTan), adversary, from the verb saTan, to lie in wait (as adversary); Satan, Satanas, adversary, diabolos, Devil, adversary or accuser...
Chapter?21The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ are the two main hinges upon which the door of salvation turns. He came into the world on purpose...
Chapter?9The prophet in this chapter (according to the directions given him, ch.?3:10, ch.?3:11 ) saith to the righteous, It shall be well with thee, ...
Chapter?105Some of the psalms of praise are very short, others very long, to teach us that, in our devotions, we should be more observant how our hear...
Chapter?6The most remarkable thing we have upon record concerning the old world is the destruction of it by the universal deluge, the account of which...
Chapter?34The iniquities and calamities of God?s Israel had been largely and pathetically lamented before, in this book. Now in this chapter the sheph...
Chapter?1In this chapter we have, I. The general title of this prophecy (v.?1), with the general scope of it (v.?2). II. God?s particular controversy ...
Chapter?10In this chapter we have, I. Orders given about the making and using of silver trumpets, which seems to have been the last of all the command...
BIBLE, THE, I-III INTRODUCTION bi'-b'-l, (biblia): $ I. THE NAMES$ 1. Bible 2. Other Designations--Scriptures, etc. 3. Old Testament and New Testa...