Isa 5:7, 59:14-15, Jer 5:1, Hos 4:1-2, Amo 6:1-6, Mat 23:23 | TSK | STEP | the vineyard. his pleasant plant. Heb. plant of his pleasures. he looked. but.The paronomasia, or play of words, is very remarkable here: he looked for {mishpat,} "judgment," but behold {mispach,} "oppression;" for {tzedakah,} "justice," but behold {tzëdkah,} "a cry." oppression. Heb. a scab. a cry.

Isaiah 5:7

the vineyard.

his pleasant plant. Heb. plant of his pleasures.

62:5; Ps 147:11; 149:4; So 7:6; Zep 3:17

he looked.

2; 58:6-8; Ex 22:22-27; Mic 6:8; Zec 7:9-14; Mt 3:8-10; 23:23

but.The paronomasia, or play of words, is very remarkable here: he looked for {mishpat,} "judgment," but behold {mispach,} "oppression;" for {tzedakah,} "justice," but behold {tzëdkah,} "a cry."

oppression. Heb. a scab.

1:6; 3:17

a cry.

Ge 4:10; Ex 2:23,24; 3:7; 22:21-24,27; De 15:9; Ne 5:1-5

Job 31:38,39; 34:28; Pr 21:13; Lu 18:7; Jas 5:4

Isaiah 59:14-15

4; 5:23; 10:1,2; Ps 82:2-5; Ec 3:16; Jer 5:27,28,31; Am 5:7,11

Mic 3:9-11; 7:3-5; Hab 1:4; Zep 3:1-3

truth.

48:1; Ps 5:9; 12:1,2; Jer 5:1,2; 7:28; Ho 4:1,2; Mic 7:2

he that.

Hab 1:13,14; Ac 9:1,23; Ro 8:36; Heb 11:36-38; 1Jo 3:11,12

maketh himself a prey. or, is accounted mad.

2Ki 9:11; Jer 29:26; Ho 9:7; Mr 3:21; Joh 8:52; 10:20; Ac 26:24

2Co 5:13

displeased him. Heb. was evil in his eyes.

Ge 38:10; 2Sa 11:27; 2Ch 21:7; *marg:

Jeremiah 5:1

1 The judgments of God upon the Jews, for their perverseness;

7 for their adultery;

10 for their impiety;

15 for their worship of idols;

19 for their contempt of God;

25 and for their great corruption in the civil state;

30 and ecclesiastical.

Run ye.

2Ch 16:9; Da 12:4; Joe 2:9; Am 8:12; Zec 2:4

seek.

Pr 8:3; So 3:2; Lu 14:21

if ye can.

1Ki 19:10; Pr 20:6; Eze 22:30

if there.

Ge 18:23-32; Ps 12:1; 14:3; 53:2-4; Mic 7:1,2

that seeketh.

Pr 2:4-6; 23:23; Isa 59:4,14,15; 2Th 2:10

Hosea 4:1-2

1 God denounces judgments on Israel, for their aggravated impieties and iniquities.

12 He exposes the ignorance and wickedness of the priests, and profligacy of the people, he will leave their wives and daughters to commit lewdness, without present punishment.

15 He warns Judah, not to imitate Israel's crimes, which are still further reproved.

Cir. A.M.3224. B.C. 780. Hear.

1Ki 22:19; Isa 1:10; 28:14; 34:1; 66:5; Jer 2:4; 7:2; 9:20; 19:3; 34:4

Am 7:16; Re 2:11,29

for.

12:2; Isa 1:18; 3:13,14; 5:3; 34:8; Jer 25:31; Mic 6:2

no truth.

Isa 59:13-15; Jer 6:13; 7:3-6; Mic 7:2-5

nor knowledge.

Jer 4:22,28; 5:4; Joh 8:55; Ro 1:28; 1Co 15:34

swearing.

Isa 24:5; 48:1; 59:2-8,12-15; Jer 5:1,2,7-9,26,27; 6:7; 7:6-10

Jer 9:2-8; 23:10-14; Eze 22:2-13,25-30; Mic 2:1-3; 3:2,9; 6:10; 7:2

Zep 3:1; Zec 5:3; 7:9

blood. Heb. bloods. toucheth.

5:2; 6:9; La 4:13; Mt 23:35; Ac 7:52; 1Th 2:15; Re 17:6

Amos 6:1-6

1 The wantonness of Israel,

7 shall be plagued with desolation;

12 and their incorrigibleness shall end in affliction.

to them.

Jud 18:7; Isa 32:9-11; 33:14; Jer 48:11; 49:31; Lu 6:24,25

Lu 12:17-20; Jas 5:5; 1Pe 5:7

at ease. or, secure.

Jer 7:4

and trust.

4:1; 8:14; 1Ki 16:24

named.

Ex 19:5,6; La 1:1

chief. or, firstfruits.

Jas 1:18

Pass.

Jer 2:10,11; Na 3:8

Calneh.

Ge 10:10; Isa 10:9

Calno.

Hamath.

2Ki 17:24,30; 18:34; 19:13

Gath.

1Sa 17:4,23; 2Ch 26:6

better.

Isa 10:9-11; 36:18,19; 37:12,13; Eze 31:2,3; Na 3:8

put.

5:18; 9:10; Ec 8:11; Isa 47:7; 56:12; Eze 12:22,27; Mt 24:48; 1Th 5:3

2Pe 3:4; Re 18:17

and cause.

12; 5:12; Ps 94:20

seat. or, habitation.

lie.

Isa 5:11,12; 22:13; Lu 16:19; Ro 13:13,14; Jas 5:5

beds.Either sofas to recline on at table, or beds to sleep on; which among the ancients, were ornamented with ivory inlaid.

stretch themselves upon their couches. or, abound withsuperfluities.

1Sa 25:36-38; Ps 73:7; Lu 12:19,20

chant. or, quaver. to the.

Ge 31:27; Job 21:11,12; Ec 2:8; Isa 5:12; 1Pe 4:3; Re 18:22

like.

5:23; 8:3; 1Ch 23:5

drink.This probably refers to the costliness and magnificence of the drinking vessels, as well as to the quantity drank.

wine in bowls. or, in bowls of wine.

Ho 3:1; 1Ti 5:23

chief.

Mt 26:7-9; Joh 12:3

but.

Ge 37:25-28; 42:21,22; 49:22; Es 3:15; Ro 12:15; 1Co 12:26

affliction. or, breach.

2Ki 15:29; 17:3-6; Jer 30:7

Matthew 23:23

for.

Lu 11:42

anise. Gr. [anethon ,] dill.Dill is a species of plant of the pentandria digynia class, growing native in Spain and Portugal. The root is fusiform and long; stems, erect-groved, jointed, branched, and about two feet in height; leaves, doubly pinnated, sweet and odorous; flowers, flat, terminal umbels; corolla, five ovate, concave, yellow petals, with apexes inflected; germen, like that of fennel; seeds, scarcely the length of a carraway seed, but broader and flatter, of a brown colour, aromatic, sweetish odour, and warmish, pungent taste.

cummin. Gr. [kuminom ]Cummin is a plant of the same class as dill: it rises eight or ten inches on a slender round procumbent, branching stem; leaves, a dark green, narrow, linear, and pointed; flowers, purple, in numerous four rayed umbels; corolla, five unequal petals, inflected, and notched at the apex; seeds, oblong, striated, of a brown colour, strong, heavy odour, and warm, bitterish taste.

the weightier.

9:13; 12:7; 22:37-40; 1Sa 15:22; Pr 21:3; Jer 22:15,16; Ho 6:6

Mic 6:8; Ga 5:22,23

these.

5:19,20