CHAPTER 8 Hosea 8:1-14 . PROPHECY OF THE IRRUPTION OF THE ASSYRIANS, IN PUNISHMENT FOR ISRAEL'S APOSTASY, IDOLATRY, AND SETTING UP OF KINGS W...
HARLOT har'-lot: This name replaces in the Revised Version (British and American) whore of the King James Version. It stands for several words and ph...
Agriculture. [N] [E]This was little cared for by the patriarchs. The pastoral life, however, was the means of keeping the sacred race, whilst yet a f...
Isaiah 27:2 In that day sing ye unto her The congregation of Israel, as the Targum; or rather the church of Christ; for after, and upon the destructio...
CHAPTER 35 Isaiah 35:1-10 . CONTINUATION OF THE PROPHECY IN THE THIRTY-FOURTH CHAPTER. 1. solitary place--literally, a dry place, without spr...
?EXPOSITION Verse 2. Bless the LORD, O my soul. He is in real earnest, and again calls upon himself to arise. Had he been very sleepy before? Or was h...
Blessing [B]For blessing before eating, see PRAYER 3962|See THANKSGIVING AND PRAYER BEFORE TAKING FOODSee also BENEDICTIONSRESPONSIVE BLESSINGS OF THE...
Zeal, religious General scriptures concerning Joshua 24:15 Joshua 24:16 ; 2 Samuel 24:24 2 Samuel 24:25 ; 1?Kings 9:4 ; 15:14 ; 1?Chronicles 2...
Heaven [T] [E] [S]GODS DWELLING PLACE Deuteronomy 26:15 ; 1 Kings 8:30 1 Kings 8:39 1 Kings 8:43 1 Kings 8:49 ; 1?Chronicles 16:31 ; 21:26 ; ...
CHAPTER 3 Ezekiel 3:1-27 . EZEKIEL EATS THE ROLL. IS COMMISSIONED TO GO TO THEM OF THE CAPTIVITY AND GOES TO TEL-ABIB BY THE CHEBAR: AGAIN BE...
AMULET am'-u-let (qemia, lechashim, mezuzah, tephillin, tsitsith; phulakterion): Modern scholars are of opinion that our English word amulet comes fr...
CHAPTER 4 Solomon 4:1-16 . 1. Contrast with the bride's state by nature ( Isaiah 1:6 ) her state by grace ( Solomon 4:1-7 ), perfect through ...
CHAPTER 17 Jeremiah 17:1-27 . THE JEWS' INVETERATE LOVE OF IDOLATRY. The the Septuagint omits the first four verses, but other Greek version...
CHAPTER 44 Jeremiah 44:1-30 . JEREMIAH REPROVES THE JEWS FOR THEIR IDOLATRY IN EGYPT, AND DENOUNCES GOD'S JUDGMENTS ON THEM AND EGYPT ALIKE. ...
CHAPTER 3 Micah 3:1-12 . THE SINS OF THE PRINCES, PROPHETS, AND PRIESTS: THE CONSEQUENT DESOLATION OF ZION. 1. princes--magistrates or judges...
FOUR for ('arba`; tessares): Four (cardinal number) was a sacred and complete number with the Hebrews, as well as with several other peoples. It occu...
CHAPTER 5 Isaiah 5:1-30 . PARABLE OF JEHOVAH'S VINEYARD. A new prophecy; entire in itself. Probably delivered about the same time as the sec...
ADULTERY a-dul'-ter-i: In Scripture designates sexual intercourse of a man, whether married or unmarried, with a married woman. 1. Its Punishment: ...
CRIME; CRIMES krim, krimz: This. term is used in English as the equivalent of the Hebrew mishpaT, judgment, verdict (Ezekiel 7:23); zimmah, a heinous...
CHAPTER (ELEGY) 3 Lamentations 3:1-66 . Jeremiah proposes his own experience under afflictions, as an example as to how the Jews should beha...