Verse 1
raise = utter, or take up. Same as Exodus 20:7.
the wicked = a wicked one. Hebrew. rash " a. App-44.
Verse 2
evil-injury. Hebrew. r"a " a. See App-44.
speak = testify.
decline = "turn away [and follow]". Figure of speech Ellipsis (App-6. a).
Verse 3
countenance = prefer, or favour.
Verse 4
ox or his ass. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species), App-6, put for any kind of beast of burden.
Verse 5
help. Hebrew. Homonym. "azab two words
(1) "azab = to leave, or forsake.
(2) "azab = to help, or restore (hence strengthen, or fortify).
No. 1 in Genesis 2:24; Genesis 39:6. Nehemiah 5:10. Psalms 49:10. Malachi 4. But here it should be No. 2 (as in Nehemiah 3:8. Deuteronomy 32:36. 1 Kings 14:10. 2 Kings 14:26. Jeremiah 49:25).
surely help with him. Figure of speech Polyptoton (App-6), "helping shalt help him", or, supplying the Ellipsis, "surely help him [to unload]".
Verse 7
wicked = a wicked one. Hebrew. rash " a. App-44.
Verse 8
blindeth . . . perverteth: i.e. causeth these acts, or sins. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Effect), App-6.
wise. Hebrew seeing the most clear-sighted.
Verse 9
heart = soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
Verse 10
fruits. Hebrew harvest.
Verse 11
and. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint, have this in text; it need not, therefore, be in italics.
Verse 12
refreshed. Hebrew verbal form of nephesh (soul) = quickened, have new life put in, renewed, or revived.
Verse 13
be circumspect = take heed.
make no mention, &c. A command often disobeyed, especially in house of Saul. Compare "Baal", 1 Chronicles 8:33; 1 Chronicles 9:39; 1 Chronicles 12:5; 1 Chronicles 14:7; 1 Chronicles 27:28. Hence the importance of the prophecy as to the future in Hosea 2:16, Hosea 2:17.
Verse 14
Three times. No. of Divine perfection. App-10.
Verse 15
as = according as.
month Abib. See App-51.
appear before Me. This is the current Hebrew text: but this, and ten other passages were altered by the Sopherim (only in the pointing). App-33. The primitive text read (and ought to be) "see My face". They did not know that "face" was used by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part), App-6, for the person "Me", and they thought it too anthropomorphitic. See note on Exodus 34:20.
empty = empty-handed.
Verse 17
before = Hebrew "before the face of".
THE Lord God = Hebrew. ha-"adon Jehovah. See App-4.
Verse 18
offer. Hebrew "slay", requiring the supply of the Ellipsis, ii. d (App-8), "slay [and pour out]". See App-43.
sacrifice. Hebrew "feast", put by Metonymy (of Adjunct" for "festal sacrifice" (App-6).
Verse 19
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.
mother"s: i.e. in the milk of its dam. Repeated, Exodus 84:26 and Deuteronomy 14:21. For similar consideration compare Deuteronomy 22:6. Leviticus 22:28.
Verse 20
Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos (App-6) for emphasis. an angel. It is Elohim speaking, therefore, who can it be but Micha-el? Compare Daniel 10:13, Daniel 10:21; Daniel 12:1. Jude 1:9; and see Malachi 3:1; Isaiah 63:9.
Verse 21
transgressions = Hebrew. pasha. App-44. My name. Compare Jeremiah 23:26. Colossians 2:9.
the Hivites. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Targum of Onkelos, and one early printed edition, read "and the Hivites".
them = the six nations. See App-10.
Verse 24
images = sacred pillars or statues. Exodus 24:4; Exodus 34:13. See note on Ex. 26.
Verse 25
bread, and thy water. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species), App-6, put for all kinds of food and drink.
Verse 27
My fear = a terror of me.
Verse 28
hornets. Compare Deuteronomy 7:20. Joshua 24:12.
Verse 31
sea of the Philistines = the Mediterranean or "Great Sea".
from the desert = the desert of Shur.
the river = the Euphrates.
the inhabitants. Some codices, with The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel and one early printed edition, read "all the inhabitants".
Verse 33
sin. Hebrew. chat"a. See App-44.