37<\/strong>. If there be in the land famine<\/em> ] In this verse the king gathers together various judgements which God had threatened on His people if they sinned. For famine cf. Lev 26:20<\/span>; Deu 11:17<\/span>: for blasting and mildew, Deu 28:22<\/span>; for locust, Deu 28:38<\/span>. The particular insect rendered ‘caterpillar’ in this verse is not mentioned in the Pentateuch, but we know from Joe 2:25<\/span>, that some other kind, or stage of development, of locust is meant by it. In Deu 28:42<\/span> we have mention of an insect, also rendered ‘locust,’ which has a different name in the original from that spoken of in 1Ki 8:38<\/span> of the same chapter. The siege by an enemy is threatened in Deu 28:52<\/span>.<\/p>\n in the land of their cities<\/em> ] The Hebrew word translated ‘cities’ usually signifies ‘gates,’ and it is so rendered Deu 28:52<\/span> ‘He shall besiege thee in all thy gates.’ But in ‘gates’ the ‘cities,’ which alone possessed them, are implied. The LXX. and other versions have ‘in one of their cities.’ The Vulg. has ‘gates.’<\/p>\n In the land of their cities – <\/B>literally, in the land of their gates. Hence, the marginal translation jurisdiction, because judgments were pronounced in the town gates Deu 16:18<\/span>. Another reading gives in one of their cities.<\/P><\/p>\n Verse 37<\/span>. If there be in the land famine – pestilence<\/B><\/I>] The FOURTH case includes several kinds of evils:<\/P> 1. Famine<\/I>; a scarcity or total want of bread, necessarily springing from the preceding cause, drought<\/I>.<\/P> 2. Pestilence<\/I>; any general and contagious disease.<\/P> 3. Blasting<\/I>; any thing by which the crops are injured, so that the ear is never matured; but instead of wholesome grain, there is a black offensive dust<\/I>.<\/P> 4. Mildew<\/I>; any thing that vitiates or corrodes the texture of the stalk, destroys the flowers and blossoms, or causes the young shaped fruits to fall off their stems.<\/P> 5. Locust<\/I>, a well known curse in the East, a species of grasshopper<\/I> that multiplies by millions<\/I>, and covers the face of the earth for many miles square, destroying every green thing; leaving neither herb nor grass upon the earth, nor leaf nor bark upon the trees.<\/P> 6. Caterpillar<\/I>; the locust in its young or nympha<\/I> state. The former<\/I> refers to locusts<\/I> brought by winds from other<\/I> countries<\/I> and settling on<\/I> the land; the latter, to the young locusts<\/I> bred in the land.<\/P> 7. An enemy<\/I>, having attacked<\/I> their defenced cities<\/I>, the keys and barriers of the land.<\/P> 8. Any other kind of plague<\/I>; that which affects the surface<\/I> of the body; blotch, blain, leprosy, ophthalmia, c.<\/P> 9. Sickness<\/I> whatever impaired the strength, or affected the intestines, disturbing or destroying their natural functions.<\/P> All such cases were to be brought before the Lord, the persons having a deep sense<\/I> of the wickedness which induced God thus to afflict, or permit them to be afflicted: for only those who knew the plague of their own hearts<\/I>, (1Kg 8:38<\/span>), the deep-rooted moral corruption of their nature, and the destructive nature and sinfulness of sin, were likely to pray in such a manner as to induce God to hear and forgive.<\/P> <\/p>\n Caterpillar, <\/B>i.e. the plague of locusts, or caterpillars, infesting a land by their great numbers, and venomous or noxious qualities; of which see Exo 10:4<\/span>,5<\/span>; Deu 28:42<\/span>; Psa 105:34<\/span>,35<\/span>. <\/P> Whatsoever plague; <\/B>that chiefly signifies an extraordinary judgment sent from God. <\/P> <\/p>\n Ver. 37 If there be in the land famine<\/strong>,…. Through want of rain, or any other cause, as there had been a three years’ famine in the time of David, and it is supposed it might be again, though Canaan was a land flowing with milk and honey:<\/p>\n if there be pestilence<\/strong>; as there had been, for David’s numbering the people:<\/p>\n blasting<\/strong>; or blights, occasioned by the east wind:<\/p>\n mildew<\/strong>; a kind of clammy dew, which falling on plants, corn, c. corrupts and destroys them, see Am 4:9<\/span>,<\/p>\n locust<\/strong>, or<\/p>\n if there be caterpillar<\/strong> creatures very pernicious to the fruits of the earth, and cause a scarcity of them, see Joe 1:4<\/span>,<\/p>\n if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities<\/strong>; so that they cannot go out to gather the increase of the earth, or till their land:<\/p>\n whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be<\/strong>; whatever stroke from the hand of God, or what judgment or calamity soever befalls.<\/p>\n (37-40) If there be pestilence<\/strong>.He then passes on to the various plagues threatened in the Lawfamine, pestilence, blasting of the corn, mildew on the fruit, locust and caterpillar (see Lev. 26:25-26<\/span>; Deu. 28:22-24<\/span>; Deu. 28:38-42<\/span>), the distress of siege, so terribly depicted (Deu. 28:52-57<\/span>), and so often terribly fulfilled (not least in the last great siege of Jerusalem), and adds, to sum up all, whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be. Through any, or all of these, he pictures each man as brought to know the plague of his own heartthat is, as startled into a consciousness of sin, and recognition of it as the true plague, the cause of all outward plagues, and so drawn to prayer of penitence and of godly fear.<\/p>\n Thou only, knowest the hearts . . .<\/strong> of men. The emphasis laid on this knowledge of the heart (as in Psa. 11:4<\/span>; Psa. 139:2-4<\/span>; Jer. 17:9-10<\/span>) as the special attribute of Deity, though, of course, belonging to all vital religion, yet marks especially the leading thought of the Psalms and the Proverbs, which always realise the presence of God, not so much in the outer spheres of Nature and history, as in the soul of man itself. It carries with it, as here, the conviction that, under the general dealings of Gods righteousness with man, there lies an individuality of judgment, making them to each exactly what his spiritual condition needs. The plague, for example, which cuts off one man unrepentant in his sins, may be to another a merciful deliverance out of the miseries of this sinful world.<\/p>\n 37<\/strong>. <\/strong> Blasting <\/strong> Destruction of grain by a pernicious east wind. Com.<\/p>\n Gen 41:6<\/span>. Deu 28:22<\/span>; Amo 4:9<\/span>. <\/p>\n Mildew <\/strong> , yellowness. <\/em> A disease of grain, produced in the East by a hot, poisonous wind which turns the ears yellow. <\/p>\n Locust <\/strong> A destructive insect, swarms of which frequently devastate Palestine and neighbouring lands. See on Exo 10:4<\/span>. Says an Eastern traveller: “With the burning south winds there come from the interior of Arabia and from the most southern parts of Persia clouds of locusts, whose ravages to these countries are as grievous, and nearly as sudden, as those of the heaviest hail in Europe. We witnessed them twice. It is difficult to express the effect produced on us by the sight of the whole atmosphere filled on all sides and to a great height by an innumerable quantity of these insects, whose flight was slow and uniform, and whose noise resembled that of rain; the sky was darkened, and the light of the sun was considerably weakened. In a moment the terraces of the houses, the streets, and all the fields were covered by these insects, and in two days they had nearly devoured all the leaves of the plants.” Olivier. <\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n Caterpillar <\/strong> The word , chasil, <\/em> from , to strip off, <\/em> or devour, <\/em> can hardly designate the caterpillar, though, besides here and the parallel passage in 2Ch 6:28<\/span>, it is so rendered in Psa 78:46<\/span>; Isa 34:4<\/span>; Joe 1:4<\/span>; Joe 2:25<\/span>. In Deu 28:38<\/span> the ravages of the locusts are represented by the verb , and it is therefore better to understand by the word chasil <\/em> a kind of locust, specially noted for stripping off and devouring the very last vestige of vegetation, even after other destructive insects had gone before it. Compare Joe 1:4<\/span>.<\/p>\n 1Ki 8:37 If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, [or] if there be caterpiller; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness [there be];<\/p>\n Ver. 37. If blasting mildew, &c.<\/strong> ] These, the very heathens acknowledged to be God’s judgments upon a land, and therefore had their feasts called Rubigalia<\/em> and Floralia,<\/em> to prevent them. a<\/em> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Whatsoever sickness there be.<\/strong> ] Physicians reckon up two thousand, and more. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n a<\/em> Plin., lib. xviii,<\/p>\n pestilence = death. Compare Lev 26:26. <\/p>\n blasting = blight. <\/p>\n cities. Hebrew gates. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct) for cities. <\/p>\n in the land famine: Lev 26:16, Lev 26:25, Lev 26:26-46, Deu 28:21, Deu 28:22, Deu 28:25, Deu 28:38-42, Deu 28:52-61, 2Ki 6:25-29, 1Ch 21:12, 2Ch 6:28-31, 2Ch 20:9, Psa 105:34, Psa 105:35, Jer 32:2, Jer 39:1-3, Eze 14:21, Joe 1:4-7, Joe 2:25, Joe 2:26 <\/p>\n cities: or, jurisdiction <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Exo 10:14 – the locusts 2Ch 12:6 – humbled Eze 14:19 – if I Amo 4:9 – with Hag 2:17 – with blasting Mar 5:29 – plague Luk 7:21 – plagues<\/p>\n 1Ki 8:37. If there be in the land famine Which arose sometimes from other causes besides want of rain. If their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities In their gates, whereby they should be so straitened, that none could go in or out. Whatsoever plague The word , negang, here rendered plague, properly signifies some extraordinary stroke by the hand of God. Whatsoever sickness there be For Solomon believed whatever calamity befel other people, might light on Israel.<\/p>\n If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, [or] if there be caterpillar; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness [there be]; 37. 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