PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The Pulpit Commentary — Isaiah — Volume 1
George Rawlinson [1812-1902] · 527,316 words · 579 reading sections
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blind she.II be brought out of gloom and darkness into new epiritual perception, the lowly hearted shall receive e. fresh e.ccess of joy in Jehovah, e.ud the poor shall exult in the Holy One of Israel. Notice everywhere the loving spirit of tho gospel. Ever it is good news to those who need that news the most-the ig…
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"&t hom'e" with him. The true Church of Chriet, the ideal Christia.n family or society, is tha.t company which feels that God is with it of a truth, which realizes 11.nd rejoices in hie presence. II. 'fHAT THE CITY OF Goo IS THE PLACE OF SACRIFICE. The "altar" of Old Testa- ment times has for ever disappeared now that…
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relstions-in its relation to God, to those to whom it la under obligation, to its own chsracter. II. lTs TWO PRINCIPAL MANIFESTATIONS. 1. Blindness. "Tho spirit of deep sleep"~ the closing or covering of the eyes (ver. 10). Tho last, or nearly the 111st, effeot of sin is to take away t.he faoulty of spiritual insig…
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question as this, as to entertain such & thought &s this. With a faulty and incapable ministry you may have a Church ignorant of those elements of the gospel with which it seems impossible that men should not be familiar. II. 'l'ml DIVINE WARNING WBIOH 18 ALSO A DIVINE PROMISE. (Vers.16,17.) He says-You have perverted…
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Ver. 2.-Divine corrections t1wough temporal distr6Ssea. This subject may be treated in the larger spheres of nations, classes of society, or Churches, and applications may be made to indi,idual experience. God's ways in the world of men are designed to rew~l the mystery of his ways with each man. That impression whi…
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good, Thie was founded in truth, but it involved men's having right ideas or what are "good things," and whet is "being good." Men made it mean that they would be 1ure to get temporal blessings if they made large outward show of goodness. And therefore temporal distresses and anxieties were precisely the things that wo…
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much bowing a.nd kneeling and efferlng-as if God could not see very deep, and would be taken by appearances (see \lrSa.m. xvi. 7). • I. LIP-sERVIOE rs THE REQtJIR·EMENT OF Goo. " Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me," saith the Lord. Hosea expresses a right feeling when he lea.ds the people to say, "So will we render …
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It ie quito usual to confuse the " meek " with the "humble ; " but, though the con- fusion me.y sometimes be excused, it is better to e.sRociate distinct meanings with each term, '.l'he "humble" man is the man whd thinks in II lowly way about himself. 'J.'he "meek" man is the man who is concerned for the interests of…
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• Ver. 23.-The sanctifying power of sanctified people. "They "-God's redeemed and sanctified ones-" shall sanctify my Name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob." This thought, in its New Testament form, may be found in the words of the great High Priestly prayer, "And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also mi…
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EXPOSITION we.s probably, at the time, In the hands OHAPTER XXX. of Tirkakah (2 Kings xix. 9); but Lower Vera. 1-7.-TaE ALLIANCE WITH EGYPT Egypt seems to have been ruled by various OPENLY REBUKED, In the preceding chapter princes, the chief of whom was Shabatolr, (ver. 15) the design of the Jewish rulers to and any…
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them. Mr. Cheyne compRree, very perti- Most tranal11te, " Wherefore I n&me it" nently, Rn inscription of Sargon's, where he ( i.e. Egypt) " Raho.b, that sits still; " or eays or the people of Philistill,J u<lah, Edom, "Arrogauce, thnt sits still." Ro.ho.b, and Moab. that " they an<l their evil chiefs, '' pride " or "a…
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Kings xxli. IS). Beers . , , prophets, Not effect till the conquest of Jer11831em by two olaaaea of persona, but two names for Nebuchadnezzar. the same olasa. The " parallelism" of He• Ver. 15.-J'or thus saith the Lord God, brew poetry leo.d.li to the conatan t employ- the Holy One of Israel. As the irreligious ment of…
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Vore, 18-26.-A RENEWAL OF PROMISE, mtions, but sufflcien t ; and thy teachera The denunciations of tho preoeding paese.ge 8ha ll not, etc. Be removed into a corner ; (vcre. 9-17) had boon so terrible that, with- i.e." ha~e to hide themeell'cs from pereecu- tion." A persecution or Jehovnh's prophets out some countcr…
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(I.e. plougbin_&") only. Bhlill ea.t olea.n pro- And healeth the etroke of their wound ; vender, Dehtzaoh says th11t b'lil khannitz is rather, the wound of his lt1oke; i.e. the wonnd "11 mMh, composed of oo.ts, barley, e.nd caused by the stroke wherewith he hH vetches, mode more so.voury with salt o.nd &mitten them.…
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nations weep and lRment, and are burnt up Lord shall the AH;rrlan be beat.en down ; bv Goo's anger, Rud swept nway by hie ml.her, for at (ha ooice of the Lord, ehall ••ornrllowing flood," and guided to their Assyria be dismayed (compo.ro the llrst clo.uso de8truction by his bridle in their jaws, Israel of ver. 30). …
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. ,y~r. 8.-The written Word endures/or ever. There is always a. permanency about written, that does not belong to uttered, speech. "Litera scripta manet," said one Homan poet; "Exegi monumentum rere perennius,'' said another, when he bad com- pleted a. book of his odes. It was to secure continuance to human utterances …
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Vers. 19-22.-Turning to God. It is the intention of God's chastisements, e.nd their natural, though perhaps scarcely their ordinary, result, to stir the soul to penitence, and produce a turning of the heart to God. When the spirit of the man is truly touched; the steps on the path of repentance are commonly- I. THE UT…
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Vera. 1-7.-The embassy to Egypt. The embassy to Egypt has been sent, and the prophet's object is to show that the policy of it is false, as all policy must be false which does not rest upon religion. I. THE POLIOY CHARACTERIZED. It is that of "unruly sons," and they "carry out a purpose w…
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From all this we see the need of religious litcraturo. Libraries may be burned ; a few manuscripts worth more to mankind than gold and silver will be preserved. 'l.'he truth in Isaiah bas been preserved for us by the art of writing, has come down to us in th'3 form of Scripture. Lot us thank God for art as the handmaid…
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the .1eart.. Burns the poet said, "After sll that has l1een said on the other side of the question, man is by no means a happy creature. I do not Rpeak of the eeleoted frw, favoured by partial Heaven, who~e ~ouls nre tuned to gladness, and riohes, and honours, and prudence, and wisdom; I speak of the neglected mauy,…
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and reward. "Bles~ed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city." I. Tim DIOTUM IS DIVINE, "'fhus saith the Lord God." There is direct and special emphasis given to this promise. And he calls himself" the Holy One of Israel." So tha…
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H. THEIR rmrn,HMENT. 1. Fruitlm expenditt,,re, (Vers.4-6.) They would take 1he trouble to secure princely ambassadors, nnd these would travel through inhospi- table and perilous regions, laden wilh costly gifts, paying servile attention to the foreigner-and all for nothing; an immensity of trouble and no profit whatev…
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for us, and we for him. A few steps more and his largest promises and our highest hopes will be all fulfilled. -C. Veni. 19-26.-The poopk of God, in their prosperity. These verses are primarily applicable, and they are more or less true as they are applied, to the return of the Jewa from captivity, and their residence…
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Vera. 21-33.-Judgmene and joy. This forcible, energetic language, in which darkest ehe.dow and brightest sunshine very strikingly intermingle, may remind us- I. '11JJAT GOD DOES 0OME IN TERRIBLE JUD'1MENTS TO THE CHILDREN OP HEN. 1. Sometimes to men collectively-to societies, to cities, to nations. 2. At other times t…
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Ver. 2.-Tru.sting others than Jehovah. "Relying upon human aid, involving a distl'Ust of the Divine promises, was a crying sin of the ancient Church, not at one time only, but throughout her history." It is qnite as truly the crying sin of the modern Church\ and of the Christian individual. In every time of pressure an…
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Ver. 16.-The peril of the wilful. " We will ride upon the swift ; therefore shalt they that pursue you be swift." We will-there is man's sin. That is not a fit position for dependent man ever to take. "They that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare." "Go to now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into…
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Ver. 21.-Sins of will and sins offraiity. '' When ye tnm to the right hand, and when ye tnm to the left.'' This is an evident recognition of the infirmities and wander- ings of those who do, of set purpose of heart, mean to serve God. The verse is a gracious assurance that, in such times of frailty, God's people shall …
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I. DIVINE PONIBHIIIENTB OF THE INDIVIDUAL ARE REll{.EDIAL. We are not able to fit together the fatherly relation and the hopeless destruction of nny of bis sons. Muoh of our difficulty in dealing with the conditions of the future life ol"ises from ou1· failing to distinguish between the individual nnd the corporate lif…
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nature, not spirit-horses, wHh o life and inatitution or tho Passover, when the angol, vigour of their own, by which they could sometimes iclentified with Jehovah himself, ho a. real tower of strength to those on "po.seed over" and spared the Israelites. whose aide they ranged themeolves. They Ver. 6.--Turn ya unto him…
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I. BEoAUBE OF BUMAN CBANGEFULNEBS. Men do not continue ahvaye of one mind. They make promises, and regret that they have made them, and find some way of e,caping their force, or else boldly break them with a cynical disregard to what others may think or say. 'l'heir interests change, or the views that they take of them…
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HOMILIES BY· VARIOUS AUTHORS. Ver. 8.-The help of Egypt. A party in Judah is negotiating with Egypt; and the prophet points out the falseness of this policy. L IT IS A RELIANOE UPON BRUTE FOROE. "Horses" a.re symbolic of martial strength. And Judah, being peculiarly deficient in cavalry, was "tempted to trust in Eg…
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. Vera. 4-6.-Similes of the nature and power of Jehovah. I. THE LION, He is pictured ":'a~hing over the holy city, the "peculiar treasure," the invisible Sanctuary of the religion and the people, as a lion over its prey, in the presence of threatening shepherds. "As from a ea.roe.so herdsmen strive in vain To scar…
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I. WoE, DEOAUBE GOD HAS SAID IT, He is wiee, and knows the end from the b'1ginning. We are dazzled with the show of power. The neighing of the war-horse and the glitter of the golden chariot and the flashing steel of the warriors, all look Ii ke strength. But God ee.ys to Israel, "This is not your strength. This may su…
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Ver. 2.-Divine reservation and consistency. "Yet be ... will bring evil, and will not call back his words." Doubtless God seems to call back his words. "The Lord repented of the evil which he thonght to do" (Exod. xx.xii. 14:; 2 Sam. xxiv.16; Judg. ii. 18, etc.). "He beard their cry ... and repented, according to the m…
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held from the Divine Father of our spirits the willing and practical allegiance for which he has looked. 11. HUMAN DISLOYALTY IN ITB DEPl'll, There are tnaay degrees of rebelliousness. Only he who searches the hearts and knows the real nature of righteouimess and iniquity can accumtely measure them, but we can form aa…
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Ver. 1.-Na'TllllS for God. Here the Lord, or Jehovah, is called the" Holy One of Israel." When the mysterious name" Jehovah" was given,-anotber name, suited for more familiar use, was commended, even this," the God.of Abraham, Isaac, and Ja.cob." Instrucfrre suggestions come from placing these three names together, a…
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from hill •Ohaldean home, 11nd wandered forth, 11 sojourner tn a strange land; but God was fo.lthful to his word, and proved towBrds him an unchanging Friend. Guilty Jacob fled from home, and God met him, revealing himself as the faithful Watcher, willing to be in close and gracious personal relations with him. For yea…
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words and a great show of force, but we may well remember that God does .not. He reckons it all at its true worth, and goes on with his Divine working quite unmoved by all th_e rage. The figure in this verse needs careful explanation, The allusio11, is to the boastmgs e.nd threatenings of Sennacherib. God has undert…
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SECTION VIII. A PROPBEOY 01!' MESSIAR'B Kn!GDOll (CH. XXXII. 1-8). EXPOSITION. e.nd Mr. Cheyne transle.te, " the king .. , CHAPTER XXXII. the princes ; " but the Hebrew gives no Vere. 1--a.-A PB0PHEOY OF llissrAB's article. The announcement is vngne, and corresponds to those of other prophets, as KINGDOM. It is ge…
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Vers. 9-12.-A BEBUXE OF THE WOMEN. Ver. 9.-RiBe up. The "clll'eless d11ngh- It might seem at first sight o.s if we had ters" are sitting, or reclining upon couches, here o. detached utterance of the prophet, at their ease, The prophet bids· them stand· up, to hear a measu.ge from God (comp.' accidentally conjoined wit…
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to the entire ohange of the heart of a people. spoken of ns a state of "rest and quletneea" And the wilderne&1 be a fruitful 8eld ; i.e. (see Pe. xcv. ll; Joi> iii. 17: Jer. vl. 16: '' the rorumunity long cursed with -be.rren- Matt. xi. 28; Htb. iv, 9-11, eto.). The ncss of good works" (vc-r. 1-0) "becomes "confidence…
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II. IN TUE BTRIOT DIBOIPLINE AT FIRST EBTABLISBED IR BIS CHURCH, "]?urge out ••. the old leaven" (1 Cor. v. 7); "Put away from among yourselves that wickea person" (1 Cor, v, 13); "Now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a. fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a ra…
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to suppol'EI that the state of things 'to which they are aC()ustomed will, a& 11 matter or course, remain unchanged. They have, a.s a general rule, less· historlce.l know)edae than men, and less acquaintance with the condition of the world whe1·ein theY" llv~. The self-oomplacency and unsuspiciousness of Marie .Antoin…
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Vers.1-8.-An ideal of political good. When the Divine Spirit has been out- p.oured, when the idols have been cast away, and the Assyrian yoke has been cast off, happy days will dawn. !.!ROYALTY WILL BE SYNONYMOUS WITH BIGHTEOUSNESS. The King will be seen in his beauty-not the splendour of…
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And the lrnave, with his crafty plots and machinations, his insidious lies, drawing int-0 his net the defenceless, honest poor. The age sorely needed true nobles, not of title ancl rank, but of God's own mint and sta.mp-men of principle; men as long-headed in their good devices as the others in evil ; men of firm and c…
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onco populous scenes from tho sin of man and the withdrawal of the gracious Spirit of God. 'l'nlrn these descriptions as figures of the state oft.be soul ; then power and beauty rem11in. 'l'ho well-kept garden, the sweet fields in the harvest-time, the mirth of ro11pers nnd in-gatherers; these sights, these sounds, …
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grrat mountains come in sight. Some with gentle acclivities and some with sharp-cut rocks jutting out above the pilgrim-way. What blessed shadows they ea.et I Suoh shady places arc our sabbaths and sacraments and sanctuaries, our holy moments of Divine fellowship, when God comes near and casts over us the protecting sh…
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Vers. 3, 4.-Disabled and restored. The words are suggestive of the spiritual incapa- city of which Israel was too often guilty (see Ezek.. xii. 2), and of the recovery which, in !Jetter dl;!.ys, they were to experience. I. MAN DISABLED BY SIN. There are four directions in which we suffer ead deterio- r~tion and inc…
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Vm. 5--8.-.A mark of good government, e~ Three lines of thought are here laid down. We have- I. A MARK OF GOOD GOVERNMENT. The displacement of the unworthy and the elevation of the good and wise. Under the reign of the righteous King (vor, 1) the "fool will no longer be called a nobleman," tbo man of moan character b…
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In lte most Important, most sacred relationships. They who are beneath the sense of responsibility, and are therefore incapable of righteousness, can never possibly attain to the _possession of peace; they are constitutionally below it. II. TBEY WHO HAVE LOST RIGHTEOUSNESS MUST REGAIN IT BEFORE THEY CAN HAVE THl!I HER…
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which God took oentmiee to prepare, which is the purchase of a Saviour's· tenrs and l1lood, which is exquisitely adapted to the soil for which it is intended. 2, He h1111 "·cll-wntered, i.e. fertile, responsive soil in which to place it. He has, ai;nonget others 1 ( 1) The 1Jirgfr1, soil of youth.. Youth may often b…
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duccd is the influence of a righteous reign in helping men to eee things as they really are, and to estimate persons according to their true worth, and not according to the mere show they may make. We deal specially with those confusions which come by false judgments of persons, and these take the following, among othe…
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trivanoe, care, and eeH-deni&l fnt.o his service, And such a man "shall etand." "Tho pro,idence of God will reward him for his liberality with a settled prosperity and an estRblished reputation. The grace of God will give him abundance of satisfaction and c,>nfirmed peace in his own bosom" (comp. Ps. oxii. 6, 6).-•R…
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always begun in neglect of God, and eelf-i.ndulgence. The first love fades out; am! then epiritue.l death waits, "crouching at the door." Dead, for there are no expressions indicating the life of trust and love. II. ONLY GoD CAN QUICKEN THE DEAD. This une thing is always and altogether out of human reach. Man can do m…
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Jhrist.." Righteousness, thus getting round it the one small circle of " life, eoon· begins to wideu its sphere. It mys out on every side. It flows forth, like a sweet Bcent, purifying the atmospheres wherever a man izoes. !?smilies would ·havo a" peaoe passing undeT!ltanding" if their members were "all righteous." Ou…
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SEcTi:oN x; A' PnOPHEdY OF ';J'uooMENT ON AssntIA (cH. xxxm.). EXPOSITION. deliverance ushers in a reign of righteous- r c:aA:PTER XX:X.IU. ness (vers. 5, 6). 0 '_''tt,er~. 1--6..,-,TBE J~GMEN~ ON ASSYRIA Ver. 1.-Woe to thee that spoilest. The AND· DELIVERANCE OF JERUSALEM, ST.I.TED " spoiler" is here, evidently,…
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an emmple to others. We have waited for Vors. 7 -12. -THB PROPHET ENTIDll8 thee (comp. oh. 'l'iii. 17; xxvi. 8), Their FURTHER INTO PA.RTIOULARS, Having Arm ; i.e. "tho Arm of thy people." Every " sketched the main outlinoe of hie revelo.• morning. Continue.Jly, day by day, sinco their need of thy support is contin…
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88 in the m11,rgiu, la withered away ( comp. of a happy, tre.nquil Judah melting into oh. xix. 6). Lebe.non, Bh11,rou, Carmel, a.nd that of Messiah's glorious kingdom. Bo.sho.n o.ro the four moet beo.utiful regions of Ver. 13.-Hear, ye the.t are far off', etc. the Holy La.ud, ta.king the word in its widest Jehovah s…
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the Xing in hi1 beauty, The Meeeianio should not take eft'ect. 1'ot one of tha King. whoever he might be, and whenever stakes thereof she.U ever be temo"fed. Br, he might me.ke his e.ppearance. It has " t.he stnkes" aro meant " the tent-pegs, • been said that hee.uty is not predioated of to which the ropes are fnste…
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HOMILETICS. Ver. 6.-The fear of the Lord, Ju<l,ah's treasure, The beet treaeure of a nation is a religious spirit. Judrea. had been re.ve.ged by the host of the Assyriane under Senna- cherib, had had e.ll her "fenced cities" taken (eh. xxxvi. 1), had been stripped of her most 12recious tree.sure& in silver and gold (2…
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