Jeremiah 14:10 Thus saith the Lord unto this people Instead of answering the prophet directly and immediately, he first speaks to the people, and obse...
Chapter 1313:1 If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of a dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, (a) Who says that he has things revea...
Book IIIBook III------------Argument-As in the foregoing book Augustin has proved regarding moral and spiritual calamities, so in this book he proves ...
Psalm CXXXVI. Psalm CXXXVI. 1. Give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good, for His mercy endureth for ever (ver. 1). This Psalm contains the praise of ...
Idol, Idolatry The most prevalent form of idolatry in biblical times was the worship of images or idolsthat represented or were thought to embody vari...
Joshua 22:25 For the Lord hath made Jordan a border between us and you, &c.] And by it separated them from them, as if they were a distinct people; no...
Miracles. [N] [T]A miracle may be defined to be a plain and manifest exercise by a man, or by God at the call of a man, of those powers which belong ...
Chapter 119119:1 ALEPH. Blessed [are] a the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD. (a) Here they are not called blessed who think them...
If he called them gods (ei ekeinou eipen qeou). Condition of first class, assumed as true. The conclusion (verse Exodus 36 ) is umei legete; (Do ye ...
The Book of PsalmsChapter 46Chapter Overview: The safety of the church under God's care, ver. 1 - 7. An exhortation to behold his works, and to trus...
Lot [N] [E] [H](literally a pebble ). The custom of deciding doubtful questions by lot is one of great extent and high antiquity. Among the Jews lots...
Chapter 11:1 The a words of Jeremiah the son of b Hilkiah, of the priests that [were] in c Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: The Argument - The prophe...
Chapter 11:1 Now after the a death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses minister, s...
Jeremiah 2:20 For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands, &c.] The yoke of the people, as the Targum expresses it, that was upon thei...
BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA, RELIGION OF _I. DEFINITION_ 1. First Period 2. Second Period 3. Third Period _II. THE SOURCES_ _III. THE HISTORY_ _IV. TH...
?EXPOSITION Verse 31. He spake. See the power of the divine word. He had only to say it and it was done: and there came divers sorts of flies. Insect...
Malachi 3:8 Will a man rob God? &c.] Or the gods; the false gods, the idols of the Gentiles; the Heathens will not do that, accounting sacrilege a gre...
Chapter 141141:1 A Psalm of David. LORD, I a cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee. (a) He shows that there ...
Genesis 35:4 They gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which [were] in their hands Whether in the hands of his servants or of the captives taken at Sh...
Book I. Of the False Worship of the Gods.Book I. Of the False Worship of the Gods. Preface.-Of What Great Value the Knowledge of the Truth is and Alwa...