Job 14:1-3, Isa 28:1, 4, Nah 1:4 | TSK | STEP | Job entreats God for favour, by the shortness of life, and certainty of death. He waits for his change. By sin the creature is subject to corruption. born. of few days. Heb. short of days. full.

A.M. 3279. B.C. 725. the crown.This chapter begins a new subject, chiefly relating to the devastations of Israel and Judah by the Assyrian kings. The ancient Samaria being beautifully situated on the top of a round hill, and surrounded immediately with a rich valley, and then a circle of other hills around it, suggested the idea of a chaplet, or wreath of flowers.

3; Ho 5:5; 6:10

drunkards.

7; 5:11,22; Pr 23:29; Ho 4:11; 7:5; Am 2:8,12; 6:6

whose.

4; 7:8,9; 8:4; 2Ki 14:25-27; 15:29; 18:10-12; 2Ch 28:6; 30:6,7

Am 6:1

overcome. Heb. broken.

Isaiah 28:4

shall be.

1; Ps 73:19,20; Ho 6:4; 9:10,11,16; 13:1,15; Jas 1:10,11

the hasty."No sooner," says Dr. Shaw, "doth the {boccore} (or early fig) draw near to perfection in the middle or latter end of June, than the {kermez,} or summer fig, begins to be formed, though it rarely ripens before August; about which time the same tree frequently throws out a third crop, or winter fig, as we may call it. This is usually of a much longer shape and darker complexion than the {kermez,} hanging and ripening upon the tree, even after the leaves are shed; and, provided the winter proves mild and temperate, is gathered as a delicious morsel in the spring."

Mic 7:1; Na 3:12; Re 6:13

eateth. Heb. swalloweth.

Nahum 1:4

rebuketh.

Job 38:11; Ps 104:7; 106:9; 114:3,5; Isa 50:2,3; 51:10; Am 5:8

Mt 8:26

and drieth.

Jos 3:13-15; Ps 74:15; Isa 19:5-10; 44:27; Eze 30:12

Bashan.

Isa 33:9; Am 1:2