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The three instruments of capture—fear, pit, and snare—represent distinct methods of trapping wild beasts that Isaiah applies to human judgment.
This is the exact location where King Ahaz had rejected Jehovah's help centuries before, preferring Assyrian alliance instead (Isaiah 7:3).
She is the chief of the four cardinal virtues and may rightly be termed the hinge that turns them all about: wisdom to direct, justice to correct, temperance to abstain, fortitude to sustain.
Solomon commands: "Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them." The wise are least likely to covet such company, yet this counsel applies universally.
The Prophet compares Israel's transgression to a high wall that begins with a small rent, or breach, in its lower section—a structural weakness that seems manageable at first.
We hear denunciations of unfaithfulness and immediately agree; yet we fail to recognize ourselves in those very terms.
The Greek word *kapeleuo* (to peddle or retail for profit) originally described tavern keepers who adulterated wine—blending inferior stock, falsifying measures, deceiving customers for gain.
Exell's 1887 exposition clarifies what this metaphor demands of Christian ministers.
The Apostle Paul warns against a dangerous illusion: the believer who imagines himself beyond the reach of temptation.
We must distinguish between the purpose for which property is sought and the moral purpose answered by the process itself.
The fountain of wisdom springs from Elohim alone—not from human cunning or the false oracles consulted by the Gentiles, even by Socrates himself in his weightiest affairs.
Sin is a tyrant usurping dominion where it was never meant to rule.
The wise *thirsty ground* drinks in rain; likewise, the wise in heart long for and live upon God's Word.
Imagine a beautiful garden, blooming with vibrant colors and rich fragrances. Each flower, each leaf, is a testament to the care and nourishment it receives. But amidst this beauty, there are also weeds—those stubborn intruders that threaten to choke out...
The soul is punished for informing; the body for performing.
The wealthy preserved winter ice and snow in cisterns to cool summer beverages.
This unfamiliar intruder had sought prominence in Jerusalem by hewing himself a grand sepulcher—a monument to his own ambition.
First, as a universal community: only religion—a sense of justice and moral distinction—separates humans from beasts.
Exell outlined six foundational propositions about youth education that remain doctrinally sound.
The imagery is deliberate: "Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well." Every person possesses independent spiritual resources.
The Jews could boast of their national lineage.
The path suggests constant change, continuous progress in one direction, and an ultimate destination.
The Victorians understood this principle with particular clarity: the boy who disparages his home affections in pursuit of worldly manhood betrays the very source of true manliness.
Barnes and William Ellery Channing, articulates the multifaceted obligations each demands.