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Wesley's Notes on the Bible by Wesley, John (1703-1791)
1. Parable - His grave and weighty discourse. 2. Who - Though he knows my integrity, yet doth not plead my cause against my friends. 6. Reproach - With betraying my own cause and innocency.
Wesley's Notes on the Bible by Wesley, John (1703-1791)
2. Thy congregation - Thy people. Thine inheritance - The tribe of Judah, which thou hast in a special manner chosen for thine inheritance, and for the birth of the Messiah.
Wesley's Notes on the Bible by Wesley, John (1703-1791)
2. The sixth part - I will leave in thy country but one in six. 3. Thy bow - What is said of the bow rendered useless, is to be understood of all other weapons of war; this is one kind, the bow,…
Wesley's Notes on the Bible by Wesley, John (1703-1791)
1. He - The Medes or Chaldeans, that dash Nineveh in pieces. The munition - The forts. Make thy loins strong - Strengthen thyself. 2. For - Israel and Jacob were more to God, yet he punished them;…
Wesley's Notes on the Bible by Wesley, John (1703-1791)
2. Riches - All sorts of riches. To eat - Because God gives him up to a base and covetous mind. 3. With good - He hath not a contented mind and comfortable enjoyment of his estate.
Wesley's Notes on the Bible by Wesley, John (1703-1791)
1. The burden - This title is commonly given to sad prophecies, which indeed are grievous burdens to them on whom they are laid. Babylon - Of the city and empire of Babylon by Cyrus.
Wesley's Notes on the Bible by Wesley, John (1703-1791)
2. Jealousy - With great care that she should not, as formerly, sin against my love, and her own welfare, and with a great desire to do her good, and to rescue her from her enemies.
Wesley's Notes on the Bible by Wesley, John (1703-1791)
1. The prey - Extortion and rapine. 3. The horsemen - The Chaldeans and their confederates. 4. The whoredom - The idolatries, which were multiplied by the many people that served the Assyrian idols.
Wesley's Notes on the Bible by Wesley, John (1703-1791)
5. The Ziphites - Probably Saul would have pursued David no more, had not these wretches set him on. 6. Zerujah - David's sister. His father is not named either because he was now dead;…
Wesley's Notes on the Bible by Wesley, John (1703-1791)
1. Eat - This was done in a vision. Findeth - In the hand which was sent to him. 3. Belly - The mouth is the proper instrument of eating, but when meat is digested, the belly is said to eat.