Chapter?19Immediately after David?s marriage, which one would have hoped would secure him Saul?s affection, we find his troubles coming upon him faste...
Chapter?15In this chapter, I. Israel looks back upon Egypt with a song of praise for their deliverance. Here is, I. The song itself (v.?1-19). The sol...
Chapter?2The scope of the first two chapters of this epistle may be gathered from ch.?3:9 , We have before proved both Jews and Gentiles that they ar...
Chapter?26In this chapter we have, I. Isaac in adversity, by reason of a famine in the land, which, 1. Obliges him to change his quarters (v.?1). But,...
Chapter 22:3? And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. cloven tongues tongues, as of fire, parting a...
Chapter?9In this and the following chapter we have Job?s answer to Bildad?s discourse, wherein he speaks honourably of God, humbly of himself, and fee...
Chapter?6Daniel does not give a continued history of the reigns in which he lived, nor of the state-affairs of the kingdoms of Chaldea and Persia, tho...
Chapter?4In this chapter we have, I. A most earnest and pathetic exhortation to obedience, both in general, and in some particular instances, backed w...
Chapter?40The waters of the sanctuary which this prophet saw in vision (ch.?47:1 ) are a proper representation of this prophecy. Hitherto the waters h...
THORN IN THE FLESH thorn (skolops te sarki): Paul thus characterizes some bodily ailment which afflicted him and impaired his usefulness (2?Corinthia...
Chapter?7We have done with the visions, but not with the revelations of this book; the prophet sees no more such signs as he had seen, but still the w...
Chapter?9At this chapter begins another sermon, which is continued to the end of ch. 11. It is called, The burden of the word of the Lord,?? for every...
Chapter?12The apostle (Gal.?4:25, Gal.?4:26 ) distinguishes between Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children???the remaining carcas...
Chapter?35In this chapter we have three communions and three funerals. I. Three communions between God and Jacob. God ordered Jacob to Beth-el; and, i...
Chapter?4We have here proper instructions given us (very proper to close the canon of the Old Testament with), I. Concerning the state of recompence a...
Chapter?4Solomon, having shown the vanity of this world in the temptation which those in power feel to oppress and trample upon their subjects, here f...
Chapter?7Solomon had given many proofs and instances of the vanity of this world and the things of it; now, in this chapter, I. He recommends to us so...
Chapter?35David, in this psalm, appeals to the righteous Judge of heaven and earth against his enemies that hated and persecuted him. It is supposed t...
Chapter?56After the exceedingly great and precious promises of gospel grace, typified by temporal deliverances, which we had in the foregoing chapter,...
Chapter 18We left the prophet Elijah wrapt up in obscurity. It does not appear that either the increase of the provision or the raising of the child h...