Bible Commentary

So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not. 6. the shipmaster ] Lit., the chief of the sailors, i. e. the captain. The word here for sailors (which is singular … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jonah 1:6”

Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that [were] in the ship into the sea, to lighten [it] of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep. 5. the mariners ] The Hebrew word … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jonah 1:5”

But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken. 4. sent out ] Lit., as in margin, cast forth, indicating the suddenness and violence of the storm. The same word occurs and is rendered “cast … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jonah 1:4”

But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. 3. Tarshish ] Probably Tartessus, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jonah 1:3”

Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. 2. Nineveh ] On the E. bank of the Tigris, the capital of the ancient kingdom and empire of Assyria, and “the most magnificent of all the capitals of the ancient world.” The building of it … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jonah 1:2”

Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, Ch. Jon 1:1-3. Jonah’s Disobedience 1. Now the word, &c.] Lit., “And the word,” &c. There is no reason to conclude from this that the Book of Jonah is only a fragment of a larger work. Many books of the Old … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jonah 1:1”

And saviors shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD’s. 21. saviours ] i.e. deliverers. The word, enshrined already in the name of Joshua, the great deliverer, is frequently applied to the Judges: “The Lord raised up judges, which delivered (saved) them out of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Obadiah 1:21”

And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel [shall possess] that of the Canaanites, [even] unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which [is] in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south. 20. Two ways of rendering this verse are given in our English Bibles, one in the text, the other … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Obadiah 1:20”

And [they of] the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and [they of] the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin [shall possess] Gilead. 19. they of the south ] lit. the south. This is the first of the three divisions of the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Obadiah 1:19”

And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be [any] remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken [it]. 18. The house of Jacob … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Obadiah 1:18”