Amos 6:2 Pass ye unto Calneh, and see What is become of that city, which was in the land of Shinar, an ancient city, as early as the days of Nimrod, a...
a great earthquake There are numerous earthquakes during the Tribulation. A previous great earthquake attended the opening of the sixth seal (Rev. Rev...
Building [N] [E]From Sacred Space to Holy House The localized presence of God and God's glory among his people is central to the unfolding story of th...
JEHOIACHIN je-hoi'-a-kin (yehoyakhin, Yahweh will uphold; called also Jeconiah in 1?Chronicles 3:16; Jeremiah 24:1; yekhonyah, Yahweh will be steadfas...
Motives Motives pose at least a twofold dilemma: (1) the status of a good deed done for the wrong reason or an evil deed done with good (or even witho...
The rest were killed The rest emphasizes the unique treatment of the previous two in comparison with these. Unlike the Beast and the False Prophet, t...
Chapter?25Ever since David?s time Jerusalem had been a celebrated place, beautiful for situation and the joy of the whole earth: while the book of psa...
But the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues The two-thirds left from the population prior to the sounding of the sixth trumpet (Rev...
Chapter?24Things are here ripening for, and hastening towards, the utter destruction of Jerusalem. We left Jehoiakim on the throne, placed there by th...
WAY wa ('orach, orcha', 'erets, bo', derekh, halikhah, ma`galah, nathibh; hodos, parodos, poreia, tropos; highway, mecillah, meclul; diexodoi ton hodo...
Hate, Hatred Hate derives from a strong dislike or ill will toward persons or things. As an emotional attitude, a person may oppose, detest, or despis...
Denial To know what is true, yet confess a falsehood; the forsaking of self in wholehearted consecration to Christ and in service to his kingdom. The ...
I know See commentary on Revelation 2:2. tribulation and poverty The connection between tribulation and poverty is found in the likelihood that their...
CHAPTER 10 Isaiah 10:1-4 . Fourth strophe. 1. them that decree--namely, unrighteous judges. write grievousness, &c.--not the scribes, but the...
The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it Although most take this passage to indicate there will be no more sun or moon, the passa...
Mercy [N] [T] [E]Mercy is a concept integral to an understanding of God's dealings with humankind. In English translations of the Bible, it comes to e...
Isaiah 14:19 But thou art cast out of thy grave Or rather from it F4; that is, he was not suffered to be put into it, or to have a burial, as the foll...
Divination [N] [T] [E] [S]Communication with a deity for the purpose of determining the deity's knowledge, resulting in clarification of a decision or...
Day [N] [T] [E] [S]Segment of time that includes the night ( Gen 1:8 ) as in a twenty-four hour day. Day also stands in contrast to night ( Num 11:32...
they had a king over them These locusts are to be contrasted with natural locusts which have no king: ?The locusts have no king, yet they all advance...