Lamentations 4:12 The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, &c.] Not only the neighbouring nations, and the kings of them, but eve...
Ezekiel 33:2 Son of man, speak to the children of thy people The Jews, of whom the prophet was; and designs those who were with him in the captivity; ...
Jeremiah 42:14 Saying, no, but we will go into the land of Egypt It was all one as if they had said, no, we will not obey the voice of the Lord to con...
Jeremiah 21:5 And myself will fight against you So far from being entreated to do for them according to his wondrous works in times past, as their fri...
Psalms 143:3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul Which is to be connected with ( Psalms 143:1 ) ; and is a reason why he desires his prayer might be...
Micah 6:14 Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied Either not having enough to eat, for the refreshing and satisfying of nature; or else a blessing being...
Ezekiel 14:17 Or [if] I bring a sword upon that land The land which had grievously sinned; the same land into which a famine should come, and through ...
Esther 3:10 And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.] As a token of his a...
Isaiah 30:5 They were all ashamed of a people [that] could not profit them The princes, the ambassadors that were sent unto them, and the king or peop...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 16. For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth. It seems that from mocking the people of God, the adversaries advanced to ...
Isaiah 65:24 And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer The sense is, should they be attacked by any enemy, or fear that they sha...
Jeremiah 46:4 Harness the horses Put on their bridles and saddles and gird them: or, bind the horses F18; that is, to the chariots; put them to, as we...
Jeremiah 6:24 We have heard the fame thereof Meaning not the prophet's report then, but the rumour of the enemy's coming from another quarter, at the ...
Overview - 1?Samuel 2 1?Hannah's song in thankfulness. 12?The sin of Eli's sons. 18?Samuel's ministry. 20?By Eli's blessing Hannah is more fruitful. 2...
Overview - Esther 7 1?Esther, entertaining the king and Haman, makes suit for her own life, and her people's. 5?She accuses Haman. 7?The king in his...
Overview - 1?Samuel 19 1?Jonathan discloses his father's purpose to kill David. 4?He persuades his father to reconciliation. 8?By reason of David's ...
Chapter 88:31? Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon ...
?EXPOSITION Verse 3. For the enemy hath persecuted my soul. He has followed me up with malicious perseverance, and has worried me as often as I have b...
Isaiah 16:9 Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah That is, bewail the one, as he had done the other, both places with t...
1 Samuel 17:20 And David rose up early in the morning Being very ready and eager to obey his father's orders, and visit his brethren: and left the sh...