Pro 10:26, 26:6, Jer 23:13-16, 28, Eze 3:18, 33:7-8, 2Cor 2:17 | TSK | STEP | vinegar. as smoke.As the acidity of vinegar causes the unpleasantness and pain to the teeth, and by softening and dissolving the alkali of the bone, impairs their texture, and renders them incapable of mastication; and as smoke, by irritating the tender vessels, causes the eyes to smart, and prevents distinct vision; so a sluggish messenger is a continual vexation and loss to those by whom he is employed. so.

Proverbs 10:26

vinegar.

as smoke.As the acidity of vinegar causes the unpleasantness and pain to the teeth, and by softening and dissolving the alkali of the bone, impairs their texture, and renders them incapable of mastication; and as smoke, by irritating the tender vessels, causes the eyes to smart, and prevents distinct vision; so a sluggish messenger is a continual vexation and loss to those by whom he is employed.

Isa 65:5

so.

Mt 25:26; Ro 12:11; Heb 6:12

Proverbs 26:6

sendeth.

10:26; 13:17; 25:13; Nu 13:31

damage. or, violence.

Jeremiah 23:13-16

folly. or, an absurd thing. Heb. unsavoury. prophets.

Ho 9:7,8

prophesied.

2:8; 1Ki 18:18-21,25-28,40

and.

2Ch 33:9; Isa 9:16

in the.

5:30,31; 14:14; 23:32; Eze 13:2-4,16; 22:25; Isa 41:6,7; Mic 3:11

Zep 3:4; 2Pe 2:1,2

an horrible thing. or, filthiness.

18:13

they commit.

29:23; 2Pe 2:14-19

walk.

17,25,26,32; 14:14; Eze 22:25; 2Th 2:9-11; 1Ti 4:2; Re 19:20

Re 21:8; 22:15

strengthen.

Eze 13:22,23

Sodom.

Ge 13:13; 18:20; De 32:32; Isa 1:9,10; Eze 16:46-52; Mal 1:1

Mt 11:24; 2Pe 2:6; Jude 1:7; Re 11:8

will.

8:14; 9:15; Ps 69:21; La 3:5,15,19; Mt 27:34; Re 8:11

profaneness. or, hypocrisy.

Hearken.

27:9,10,14-17; 29:8; Pr 19:27; Mt 7:15; 2Co 11:13-15; Ga 1:8,9

1Jo 4:1

they make.

2:5; 2Ki 17:15; Ro 1:21

a vision.

21,26; 14:14; Eze 13:3,6,16,23; 22:28; Mic 2:11

Jeremiah 23:28

that hath. Heb. with whom is. speak.

Pr 14:5; Mt 24:45; Lu 12:42; 1Co 4:2; 2Co 2:17; 1Ti 1:12

What.That is, when the dreamers declare their dreams, and the true prophets faithfully declare their message, the difference between them will be as evident as that between "the chaff and the wheat."

1Co 3:12,13