Chapter?12 The approaching captivity. (1-16) An emblem of the consternation of the Jews. (17-20) Answers to the objections of scoffers. (21-28) ...
Genesis 7:16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh These pairs were not two males or two females, but one male and one female; s...
Psalms 74:18 Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Lord Or hath reproached the Lord, as the Septuagint version and others render it, and ve...
Psalms 35:16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts That is, the abjects gathered, themselves together with such; these may design Saul's courtiers, his ...
Jeremiah 23:17 They say still unto them that despise me That despised the word, worship, and ordinances of the Lord; with such mockers and scoffers at...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 16. With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth. Like professional buffoons who grin around the banque...
THE TEACHINGS OF ST. PETER. There is no mention of an individual antichrist by this Apostle, but much is said of the evil tendencies which he saw al...
Chapter?3 The design here is to remind of Christ's final coming to judgement. (1-4) He will appear unexpectedly, when the present frame of nature wil...
Psalms 55:14 We took sweet counsel together Not in religious matters; for in these the testimonies of the Lord were David's counsellors, ( Psalms 119:...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 8. Saying, He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him. Here the taunt is cruel...
Malachi 2:17 Ye have wearied the Lord with your words As well as with their actions; see ( Isaiah 43:24 ) this is said after the manner of men, they s...
2 Peter 3:6 Whereby the world that then was The old world, as it is called in ( 2 Peter 2:5 ) ; and as the Ethiopic version here renders it; the world...
Isaiah 22:15 Thus saith the Lord God of hosts, Go These words are spoken to the prophet, bidding him go to Shebna's house; so the Arabic version, go t...
MOCK; MOCKER; MOCKING mok, mok'er, mok'-ing (hathal, la`agh, empaizo): To mock is the translation of hathal, to play upon, mock, deride (Judges 16:10...
\\INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 15\\ This chapter contains the Lord's answer to the prophet's prayers, in which he declares himself inexorable, and had re...
Chapter?2 The priests reproved for neglecting their covenant. (1-9) The people reproved for their evil practices. (10-17) Verses 1-9 What...
Chapter?22 Verse 1 We should be more careful to do that by which we may get and keep a good name, than to raise or add unto a great estate. Vers...
Promises of God, the Contained in the Scriptures Romans 1:2 Made in Christ Ephesians 3:6 ; 2?Timothy 1:1 MADE TO Christ Galatians 3:16 ...
Revelation 21:8 But the fearful Not the timorous sheep and lambs of Christ, the dear children of God, who are sometimes of a fearful heart, on account...
?EXPOSITION Verse 7. He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar. We have had mention of the ark and the shekinah, and now of the fiery cloudy pillar, whi...