Ecc 10:4, Eze 5:13, 16:42 | JFB | STEP | 4. spirit —anger. yielding pacifieth — ( ). This explains "leave not thy place"; do not in a resisting spirit withdraw from thy post of duty ( ).

Ecclesiastes 10:4

4. spirit—anger.

yielding pacifieth— (Pr 15:1). This explains "leave not thy place"; do not in a resisting spirit withdraw from thy post of duty (Ec 8:3).

Ezekiel 5:13

13. cause my fury to rest upon them—as on its proper and permanent resting-place (Isa 30:32, Margin).

I will be comforted—expressed in condescension to man's conceptions; signifying His satisfaction in the vindication of His justice by His righteous judgments (De 28:63; Pr 1:26; Isa 1:24).

they shall how—by bitter experience.

Ezekiel 16:42

42. my fury . . . rest—when My justice has exacted the full penalty commensurate with thy awful guilt (see on Eze 5:13). It is not a mitigation of the penalty that is here foretold, but such an utter destruction of all the guilty that there shall be no need of further punishment [CALVIN].