Between the righteous and the wicked; And him who serveth him not. СНАР. IV. FOR behold, the day cometh which shall burn as a furnace; And all the proud, And all that do wickedness, shall be stubble. For it shall not leave them root or branch. But unto you that fear my name, Shall the sun of righteousness arise, † with healing in his wings. And ye shall go forth, and thrive, as bullocks of the stall. And ye shall tread down the wicked: for they shall be as dust Under the soles of your feet, In the day which I shall appoint; Saith Jehovah God of hosts. Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, + Hebr. and. --and the wicked] For the Hebrew form, see on Joel ii. 17. CHAP. IV. 1. root or branch] It shall totally consume them. verbial expression. A pro 2. that fear] Or, O ye that fear. Arab. Bahrdt. -wings] Metaphorically, for rays. The disciples of the Messiah shall be preserved from the destruction by the Romans. -go forth] To the pasture. -and thrive] Some render the original word exiliit. See 6. 3. ye shall tread down] Ye shall know that they are wholly subdued. -as dust] Some say that here is an allusion to the treading of mortar, made one part of sand and two of ashes. Harmer i. 179. 4. Remember] This precept well suits the last of the prophets. o. Ar. place this v. after v. 5. 6. and it forms as apt a 5 6 Which I commanded him in Horeb Concerning all Israel: even the statutes and the Behold, I will send unto you Before the great and terrible day of Jehovah come: And the heart of the children together with their fathers: Lest I come and smite the land with a ‡ curse. Or. utter destruction. conclusion as repeating the prophecy of Christ's harbinger. See c. iii. 1. "MS. Copt. also places this verse last.” Mr. Woide. 5. Elijah] John the Baptist, who should come in the spirit and power of Elijah. Luke i. 17. -day of Jehovah] When he shall take vengeance on the Jews by the Roman armies. 6. —together with] See by in the sense of una cum Gen. xxxii. 11: Amos iii. 15: where ó. have 7 TO OXOV, which answers to ε Texva Luke i. 17: Hos. x. 14: where ó. have ET TEXVOLS: Ex. xxx. 22: Mic. v. 3: where o. have 5. See Nold. by §. 9. That he may convert many. See Matth. iii. 5. -the land] Three MSS. and one in the margin add 5: all the land: which is the reading of Chald. Celsius 11. 48, 82, 218 Columella 122, 307 Constantine L'Empereur 263 Aquila 9, 48, 93, 104, 106, 110, Ctesias 190 113, 120, 133, 140, 141, 145, 177 Curtius 13, 17 Arrian 189 Cyril 119, 191, 205 Dathius 15, 85, 121, 225. 255 Bahrdt 89, 103, 108, 112, 114, 115, De Dieu 355 201, 204, 207, 208, 226, 228, De Lisle 144, 381 Beza xxv. 27 Dimock 91, 109, 117, 133. Diodorus Siculus 8, 38, 177. 188 Blair, John xli. 115, 190, 249, 255, Dion Cassius 345 258, 271 Blanchini 325 Dionysius 10 Blayney xix, xx, xxii, xxxi, xxxiii, Dow 69 xxxvi. 233, and notes on Zecha- Drusius 1, 14, 39, 81, 93, 174, 191, riah Butler, Bishop 164 203 Durell xv. 34, 165, 168, 239, 241. 351 Erasmus XXV Buxtorf xii. 2, 28, 45, 60, 79, 185, Euripides 72, 141, 290 226 Calasio xii Calmet 54, 116, 282, 304 Cappellus 3, 54, 80, 157, 181, 188, 182, 213, 218, 225, 240, 245, Castell xii Catullus 260 Eusebius xi. 57, 144. Forsayeth 7, 27, 39, 41, 49, 90, 106, 107, 112, 113. 120, 122, Gussetius 50, 242 Habakkuk 226 Hammond 40 Greaves 344 Green 6, 7, 229, 234, 243, 245, Kuster 205 246, Griesback 325 Grotius 39, 84, 109, 119, 207, 298, Lewis xxxvi 325, 326 Kimchi 14, 122, 290 La Roque 136 Le Clere 251, 253, 254 Lowth, Mr. 214, 254, 301, 343 Lucas Brugensis 303 Lucretius 136, 139 Ludolphus 197 Harmer 11, 26, 27, 30, 38, 42, 45, Lowth, Bishop, frequently 54, 57, 58, 75, 100, 181, 207, 228, 243 Heberden xvi. 264 192, Lucan 228 Herodotus 8, 175, 185, 189, 268 Hiller 11 Hirtius 54 Lucian 177 Lucilius 36 Homer 22, 27, 34, 36, 142, 180, Macrobius 116 Origin x. 303 Orpheus 3. 192 Stephens, Henr. xxvi Strabo x. 8, 185, 189 Ovid 51, 141, 142, 169, 184, 210, Symmachus 4, 7, 9, 12, 74, 84, 92, Pocock 16, 48, 68, 74, 78, 80, 82, Theocritus 270 Theodotion 9, 18, 93, 74, 104, 120, Spencer 21, 29, 37, 38, 39, 75, 109, Zechariah, whether the author of c, Statius 131 Stephanus de urbibus 1 ix-xiv. 303-8 Zephaniah beautiful, 215 Stephens, Rob. 96 |