11<\/strong>. my sweetness<\/em> ] The early ripe fig, especially, was and is esteemed for its flavour; see Isa 28:4<\/span>, Jer 24:2<\/span>, Hos 9:10<\/span>, Mic 7:1<\/span>.<\/p>\n Verse 11<\/span>. But the fig tree said – Should I forsake my sweetness<\/B><\/I>] The fruit of the fig tree is the sweetest<\/I> or most luscious<\/I> of all fruits. A full-ripe fig, in its own climate, has an indescribable sweetness; so much so that it is almost impossible to eat it, till a considerable time after it is gathered from the trees, and has gone through an artificial preparation. This I have often noticed.<\/P> <\/p>\n My sweetness; <\/B>for which that fruit is particularly commended. <\/P> <\/p>\n And the fig tree said unto them<\/strong>,…. Rejecting the offer made:<\/p>\n should I forsake my sweetness and my good fruit<\/strong>; for such the fruit of the fig tree is, sweet and good: so Julian d the emperor shows from various authors, Aristophanes, Herodotus, and Homer, that nothing is sweeter than figs, excepting honey, and that no kind of fruit is better, and, where they are, no good is wanting:<\/p>\n and go to be promoted over the trees<\/strong>? the same is designed by this as the former.<\/p>\n d Opera, par. 2. ep. 24. Sarapioni, p. 142.<\/p>\n 11<\/strong>. <\/strong> The fig tree <\/strong> Another of the excellent and highly valued trees of Palestine, the sweetness <\/strong> of whose good fruit <\/strong> is proverbial.<\/p>\n Jdg 9:11 But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?<\/p>\n Ver. 11. Should I forsake, &c.<\/strong> ] See Jdg 9:9<\/span> . <\/p>\n <\/p>\n And my good fruit.<\/strong> ] Dioscorides scribit ficum utile alimentum praebere:<\/em> Figs are good for meat and medicine.<\/p>\n forsake. Same Hebrew as “leave” in Jdg 9:9 and Jdg 9:13. <\/p>\n Luk 13:6, Luk 13:7<\/p>\n Jdg 9:11. The fig-tree said, &c. Gideon refused this honour, both for himself, and for his sons; and the sons of Gideon, whom Abimelech had slain, upon pretence of their affecting the kingdom, were as far from such thoughts as their father.<\/p>\n But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees? 11. my sweetness ] The early ripe fig, especially, was and is esteemed for its flavour; see Isa 28:4, Jer 24:2, Hos 9:10, Mic 7:1. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Judges 9:11”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6774\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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