01.09. Old Testament -- Ecclesiastes - Daniel
Old Testament -- Ecclesiastes - Daniel by H A Ironside
Ecclesiastes
Man’s wisdom shown to be foolishness. The world by wisdom knew not God. Under the sun—29 times. Vanity—37 times. Under the heavens—3 times. Upon the earth—7 times. God’s inspired record of what Solomon said in his heart as he considered things under the sun. Do the pleasures of life really compensate for the energy spent in obtaining them?
Ecclesiastes 1:1-11 Prologue.
Ecclesiastes 1:3 The ? of the Book.
Ecclesiastes 1:7 See 2 Corinthians 9:8-11.
Ecclesiastes 1:9 no new thing under the sun—the awful “sameness” of natural law.
Ecclesiastes 1:12-15 Introduction. Fully qualified to make the test and see if there is happiness under the sun. 1 Kings 4:29.
Ecclesiastes 1:12-18, Ecclesiastes 2:1-26, Ecclesiastes 3:1-12, Ecclesiastes 4:1-16 The search for lasting good.
Ecclesiastes 1:16-18 Wisdom does not satisfy.
Ecclesiastes 2:3 Pleasure does not satisfy.
Ecclesiastes 2:4 Architecture.
Ecclesiastes 2:5 Agriculture.
Ecclesiastes 2:6 Irrigation systems.
Ecclesiastes 2:7 The comforts that wealth can give. Power and authority.
Ecclesiastes 2:8 [first part] “Money is a universal provider for everything but happiness.” [last part] The liberal arts.
Ecclesiastes 2:12 Pleasures of learning philosophy. Materialism—living for the present.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 Fatalism. The eternal circle of life.
Nothing abides—all moves—life is like a great wheel ever revolving.
Ecclesiastes 3:14 The works of God distinguished from the puny efforts of man.
Ecclesiastes 3:16 Legalized wickedness.
Ecclesiastes 3:18 The conclusion of the natural man when he only looks “under the sun.”
Ecclesiastes 3:21 See the answer in Ecclesiastes 12:7.
Ecclesiastes 4:1 Injustice and oppression.
Ecclesiastes 4:10 The Second Man lifts up the first man!
Ecclesiastes 5:1-20; Ecclesiastes 6:1-12; Ecclesiastes 7:1-29; Ecclesiastes 8:1-17; Ecclesiastes 9:1-18; Ecclesiastes 10:1-20; Ecclesiastes 11:1-10 Considerations and conclusions based on experience.
Ecclesiastes 5:1 Reverence.
Ecclesiastes 5:4-5 Vows—See Numbers 30:1-16. Integrity.
Ecclesiastes 5:13-20 Philosophical conclusions but the heart still unsatisfied. See Job 1:21.
Ecclesiastes 5:18-20 Moderation.
Ecclesiastes 6:6 [last clause] i.e., the grave.
Ecclesiastes 7:1-29; Ecclesiastes 8:1-17; Ecclesiastes 9:1-18; Ecclesiastes 10:1-20; Ecclesiastes 11:1-10 Commendation of morality.
Ecclesiastes 7:1-8 Note the seven comparisons.
Ecclesiastes 7:26 The love of women cannot satisfy.
Ecclesiastes 7:28 And he had 1000 wives and concubines!
Ecclesiastes 8:1-17 Commendation of wisdom.
Ecclesiastes 8:8 But Christ, when His work was done, “dismissed His Spirit.”
Ecclesiastes 8:10 See the case of Joram—2 Chronicles 21:20.
Ecclesiastes 9:1-18 The philosophy of self-expression.
Ecclesiastes 9:1 [last part] The Douay translates “no man knoweth whether he is worthy of favor or hatred.”
Ecclesiastes 9:5 Not Annihilation—but a fact so far as one can see “under the sun.” know not anything—See 1 Samuel 20:39; 2 Samuel 15:11.
Text used by materialists. Link with Job 3:13, Job 3:16; Job 10:18; Job 20:6-8; Psalms 39:13; Psalms 6:5; Isaiah 38:18; Psalms 146:3-4; Psalms 49:19-20; Malachi 4:1-3. Note that these texts only have to do with man and the things of earth—the death is that of the body—and so far as man under the sun can see he disappears forever. But Christ brought life and incorruptibility to light through the gospel.
Ecclesiastes 9:14-15 The forgotten deliverer. A glimpse of Christ!
Ecclesiastes 10:1-20 Commendation of sobriety, integrity, moderation, etc.
Ecclesiastes 10:4 Yieldingness. Php 4:5.
Ecclesiastes 10:8 There is a law of retribution in life that man cannot turn aside.
Ecclesiastes 10:15 Unable to find the way.
Ecclesiastes 10:16 See Isaiah 3:4 and Isaiah 3:12.
Ecclesiastes 11:1 See Ecclesiastes 11:6. See Isaiah 32:20.
Ecclesiastes 11:2 The highest conclusions of human wisdom.
Ecclesiastes 12:1-14 God should be sought for Himself alone.
Ecclesiastes 12:3 keepers—hands strong—legs grinders—teeth look out of—eyes Ecclesiastes 12:4 doors shall be shut—ears grinding—eating Ecclesiastes 12:5 almond tree—white hair
Ecclesiastes 12:6 silver cord—spinal cord golden bowl—brain pitcher—heart [last part] circulation of the blood
All Failing
Ecclesiastes 12:7 The Spirit whether of the saved or lost has to do directly with God—the Father of Spirits—the God of the spirits of all flesh.
Ecclesiastes 12:14 The Day of Judgment. Romans 1:32.
Song Of Solomon The Book of Communion—the mutual love of the king and his bride—Solomon a type of Christ. Ephesians 5:25-26. A maiden of Israel—a shepherdess whose heart is won by a stranger-shepherd who is really the king of Israel.
Song of Solomon 1:1-17, Song of Solomon 2:1-17, Song of Solomon 3:1-5 Division 1—The rapture of first love. 1 The bride of the king—The soul’s awakening.
Song of Solomon 1:6 black—i.e., sunburnt.
Song of Solomon 1:7 Question 1—Seven questions asked in this song. See Song of Solomon 3:3.
Song of Solomon 1:13-17 With the king in the bower—conjugal love.
Song of Solomon 2:1-17 The soul’s appreciation.
Song of Solomon 2:8-10 The shepherd’s fiancee waiting for the coming of the bridegroom.
Song of Solomon 3:1-11 The soul’s yearning.
Song of Solomon 3:1-4 She dreams that she is searching for her shepherd-lover.
Song of Solomon 3:3 [last part] Question 2—See Song of Solomon 3:6.
Song of Solomon 3:4 I held him—As the babe clings to its mother—but it is the mother’s arms that hold it.
Song of Solomon 3:6-11, Song of Solomon 4:1-16, Song of Solomon 5:1 Division 2—Nuptial rejoicing.
Song of Solomon 3:6 The king comes to claim her. Question 3—See Song of Solomon 5:3.
Heaven today is filled with the fragrance of the Cross of Christ.
It is the Lord in resurrection here in view.
Song of Solomon 4:1-16 The soul’s approval.
Song of Solomon 4:1-7 The shepherd-king expresses his delight in his bride.
Song of Solomon 4:8 Communion and separation. The “honeymoon.”
Shenir—part of Mount Hermon. See Deuteronomy 3:9; 1 Chronicles 5:23; Ezekiel 27:5.
Song of Solomon 4:12-15 The enclosed well-watered garden—Genesis 2:10; Isaiah 58:11; Jeremiah 31:12.
Song of Solomon 4:16—Song of Solomon 5:16 The soul’s fruitfulness and exercises.
Song of Solomon 5:2-16, Song of Solomon 6:1-13, Song of Solomon 7:1-13, Song of Solomon 8:1-14 Division 3—Separation and reunion.
Song of Solomon 5:2-8 She dreams again of communion interrupted.
Song of Solomon 5:3 Question 4—See ch. Song of Solomon 5:9.
Song of Solomon 5:9 Question 5—See Song of Solomon 6:1 for part two.
Song of Solomon 6:1-13 The soul’s delight. Communion restored.
Song of Solomon 6:1 Question 5, part two. See Song of Solomon 5:10.
Song of Solomon 6:10 Question 6. See Song of Solomon 8:5.
Song of Solomon 6:10-13 Reflecting him as she walks in his company.
Song of Solomon 6:13 Second part of question 6.
Song of Solomon 7:1-13 The soul’s fellowship. Communion enjoyed.
Song of Solomon 7:5 Tresses—the glory of a woman is her hair.
Song of Solomon 7:11 Fellowship in loving service.
Song of Solomon 8:1-14 The soul’s union. The bride’s sense of her inferiority—His gracious response.
Song of Solomon 8:5 Question 7.
Song of Solomon 8:6 Everlasting love—Jeremiah 31:3. See Exodus 28:29; John 15:13.
Song of Solomon 8:7 most vehement flame—flame of Jah.
Song of Solomon 8:11 Remembering the past.
Isaiah Isaiah 1:1 2 Chronicles 29:8.
Isaiah 1:13 Empty worship. Empty religion. Hosea 10:1; James 1:26; Matthew 15:9.
Isaiah 1:15 When it is no use to pray. Proverbs 28:9.
Isaiah 2:3 Out of Zion. See Romans 11:26 and Isaiah 27:9.
Isaiah 2:4 Contrast Joel 3:10.
Isaiah 2:19 See the sixth seal, Revelation 6:1-17.
Isaiah 5:8, Isaiah 5:11, Isaiah 5:18, Isaiah 5:20-22;
Isaiah 6:5 Seven woes.
Isaiah 7:14 The Virgin’s Son to be the sign of Judah’s deliverance. But not in Ahaz’ day. See Isaiah 9:6-7. virgin—Almah found six other places in O.T. Genesis 24:43; Exodus 2:8; Psalms 68:25; Song of Solomon 1:3; Song of Solomon 6:8; Proverbs 30:19. Always a pure maiden.
Isaiah 8:7 An army likened to a river. See Isaiah 18:2.
Isaiah 8:9 The last great confederation to be of no avail.
Isaiah 8:13-14 The stone identified with Jehovah.
Isaiah 8:19-20 Spiritism forbidden of God.
Isaiah 9:2 When the Light of World was there!
Isaiah 9:6 God manifest. Faith’s appropriation of the promise of Isaiah 7:14.
Isaiah 10:5 The last Assyrian coming against Jerusalem in the days of the final apostasy under antichrist.
Isaiah 10:12 The Assyrian to be dealt with by God in the time of the end.
Isaiah 10:20 The restoration of the remnant of Israel in the last days.
Isaiah 10:24 The message to the remnant.
Isaiah 11:1 Messiah, the Branch. See Jeremiah 23:5.
Isaiah 11:2 The seven spirits of God. Revelation 1:1-20.
Isaiah 12:3 “Wells of Salvation.” John 4:1-54 and John 7:1-53.
Isaiah 13:13 “Yet once more.” See Hebrews 12:26-27.
Isaiah 13:19 Babylon’s doom through the Medes—final—never to be restored.
Isaiah 14:2 [last part] Leading captivity captive—Psalms 68:18; Ephesians 4:8, Judges 5:12.
Isaiah 14:9-11 Consciousness in Sheol.
Isaiah 14:12 Lucifer’s fall. See Ezekiel 28:12.
Isaiah 14:25 The last Assyrian, the king of the north. Daniel 11:1-45.
Isaiah 15:5 [first part] Moab began at Zoar.
Isaiah 17:6 The vine and the olive tree never to be totally destroyed. See Romans 11:1-36.
Isaiah 17:10 Palestine to be denuded of its forests and orchards.
Isaiah 18:2 vessels of bulrushes—vessels that suck up water.
Isaiah 19:3 [last part] Is this the Turk?
Isaiah 19:7 paper reeds—papyrus.
Isaiah 19:19 An altar in Egypt to Jehovah.
Isaiah 21:2 The advance of the Persians and Medes upon Babylon foreseen.
Isaiah 22:13 [last part] Also written by a Greek poet in later years.
Isaiah 22:14 [last part] Sin unto death.
Isaiah 22:22 See the letter to Philadelphia. Revelation 3:1-22.
Isaiah 23:15 one king—i.e., Nebuchadnezzar.
Isaiah 24:13 The remnant in the great tribulation.
Isaiah 25:1-12 A psalm of praise.
Isaiah 25:8 See Revelation 7:1-17.
Isaiah 26:12 “God that worketh in you.” Php 2:1-30.
Isaiah 27:1The binding of Satan. Revelation 20:1-2.
Isaiah 27:3 Israel: Jehovah’s vineyard again under His care.
Isaiah 27:13 The great trumpet. The true feast of trumpets at last!
Isaiah 28:10 Line upon line. See this illustrated in the frequent repetitions of the sacrificial ritual.
Isaiah 28:13 All God’s instruction misused.
Isaiah 28:15 The 7-year covenant of Daniel 9:1-27. Isaiah 24:5. See Isaiah 28:18 of this chapter.
Isaiah 28:20 The restless sleeper.
Isaiah 29:8 The disappointed dreamer—empty lives and empty religion—Hosea 10:1; Isaiah 1:13; James 1:26.
Isaiah 29:10-12 The attitude of many towards the Book of Revelation—But see Revelation 22:10.
Isaiah 29:20-21 The reprover hated. Amos 5:10.
Isaiah 30:18 God waits till the right time. We must wait too.
Isaiah 30:21 Hosea 11:3 Guidance. Proverbs 3:6. By the Word of God.
Isaiah 32:6 [last part], 8 Error cannot feed the soul, however much the intellect may delight in it.
Isaiah 32:17 Righteousness the ground of peace. Hebrews 7:2.
Isaiah 32:20 Ecclesiastes 11:1, Ecclesiastes 11:6.
Isaiah 34:4 Compare the sixth seal in Revelation 6:1-17.
Isaiah 34:5 See Zechariah 13:7.
Isaiah 36:1-22; Isaiah 37:1-38; Isaiah 38:1-22; Isaiah 39:1-8 Historical parenthesis.
Isaiah 37:14 The letter of blasphemy. Contrast Isaiah 39:1.
Isaiah 38:20 The Jews call Psalms 120:1-7; Psalms 121:1-8; Psalms 122:1-9; Psalms 123:1-4; Psalms 124:1-8; Psalms 125:1-5; Psalms 126:1-6; Psalms 127:1-5; Psalms 128:1-6; Psalms 129:1-8; Psalms 130:1-8; Psalms 131:1-3; Psalms 132:1-18; Psalms 133:1-3; Psalms 134:1-3; Psalms 135:1-21; Psalms 136:1-26; Psalms 137:1-9 “Hezekiah’s Song Book.”
Isaiah 39:1-8 Letters and a present. Contrast Isaiah 37:4.
Isaiah 40:1-131; Isaiah 41:1-29; Isaiah 42:1-25; Isaiah 43:1-28; Isaiah 44:1-28; Isaiah 45:1-25; Isaiah 46:1-13; Isaiah 47:1-15; Isaiah 48:1-22 Jehovah’s controversy with idols.
Isaiah 40:9-10, Isaiah 40:13 The Trinity—Isaiah 40:9 your God.—Isaiah 40:10 the Lord God Jehovah, who is the Shepherd-King.—Isaiah 40:13 the Spirit of the Lord. See Isaiah 48:16.
Isaiah 40:31 Eagles do not go in flocks. If you would mount up as an eagle, you must be willing to go alone.
Isaiah 41:21-22 Jehovah’s challenge to the idol priests and the false prophet.
Isaiah 41:23 “Things to come” only to be made known by the Spirit of God.
Isaiah 43:9-12 Israel’s history, the witness to the truth of the prophetic word. See also Isaiah 44:8.
Isaiah 43:13 2 Thessalonians 2:6.
Isaiah 44:3 Water and the Spirit.
Isaiah 45:2 Christ can make all our crooked places straight.
Isaiah 45:3 He opens the doors by His omnipotent power. See the message to Philadelphia, Revelation 3:1-22.
Isaiah 45:13 Referring to Cyrus the Great.
Isaiah 45:15 See this illustrated in the Book of Esther.
Isaiah 45:18 The earth not created a waste—bohu—void—in vain—See Genesis 1:1-2.
Isaiah 45:22 Look—Heb. panah—to turn. To look to Him is to trust—to turn from all else.
Isaiah 46:1-2 Fleeing from their foes with their idols. The gods of the heathen have to be carried. The true God carries His people.
Isaiah 46:9-10 See Psalms 119:160.
Isaiah 46:13 Righteousness to be brought by the gospel.
Isaiah 47:1-15 Literal Babylon—compare spiritual Babylon in Revelation 17:1-18, Revelation 18:1-24.
Isaiah 48:1 Pride of position, but in a wretchedly unspiritual condition.
Isaiah 4:5 Through Moses in Leviticus 27:1-34.
Isaiah 48:12 See the Alpha and Omega in Revelation 1:1-20.
Isaiah 48:16 The divine Trinity.
Isaiah 48:17 See Isaiah 40:9-13.
Isaiah 48:22 The end of Jehovah’s controversy with idols.
Isaiah 49:1-26; Isaiah 50:1-11; Isaiah 51:1-23; Isaiah 52:1-15; Isaiah 53:1-12; Isaiah 54:1-17; Isaiah 55:1-13; Isaiah 56:1-12; Isaiah 57:1-21 The rejection of the true servant of Jehovah.
Isaiah 49:3-4 Christ taking His place as the true Israel.
Isaiah 49:5 Rejected by the nation.
Isaiah 49:6 A Saviour of the Gentiles.
Isaiah 49:12 Sinim is generally identified with China or the Far East.
Isaiah 49:14-17 Zion is ever before God and dear to His heart, even during all the years of Israel’s blindness and the desolation of the land.
Isaiah 49:18-19 Future restoration and blessing.
Isaiah 49:22 The return to God and to the land in the last days.
Isaiah 50:4 Psalms 40:6. The ear opened.—Discipleship. See Exodus 21:1-36.
Isaiah 51:5 God’s righteousness (Romans). See Isaiah 46:12-13; Isaiah 56:1.
Isaiah 52:1-15 The restoration of Israel to God and to the land in the new age.
Isaiah 52:3 See their complaint in Psalms 44:12.
Isaiah 52:13-15 The suffering Servant—His humiliation and exaltation.
Isaiah 53:1-3 The Servant before God and man.
Isaiah 53:4-6 The atoning Saviour.
Isaiah 53:7-9 His mock trial, death, and burial.
Isaiah 53:9 His grave was appointed with the wicked but He lay with the rich in His death.
Isaiah 53:10-12 The sinner’s Substitute—His Resurrection and its results.
Isaiah 54:1-17 Israel’s future blessing based on the atonement of Christ.
Isaiah 54:1 He suffered that His redeemed might be able to sing for joy.
Isaiah 55:1 The gospel invitation.
Isaiah 56:1 The righteousness of God. See Isaiah 46:13; Isaiah 51:5; Isaiah 59:16.
Isaiah 56:8 other sheep have I.—John 10:1-42.
Isaiah 56:10 dumb dogs—Beware of dogs—Php 3:2.
Isaiah 57:15 Eternity—Only place in the English Bible.
Isaiah 57:19 the fruit of the lips—Hebrews 13:15; Psalms 119:108.
Isaiah 58:1-14; Isaiah 59:1-21; Isaiah 60:1-22; Isaiah 61:1-11; Isaiah 62:1-12; Isaiah 63:1-19; Isaiah 64:1-12; Isaiah 65:1-25; Isaiah 66:1-24 The end of the Lord’s controversies with Israel— Their restoration, conversion, and millennial blessing.
Isaiah 58:9 Conditions upon which God answers prayer. Contrast Proverbs 24:11-12.
Isaiah 58:11 a watered garden—Genesis 2:10; Isaiah 27:2-3; Song of Solomon 4:15; Jeremiah 31:12.
Isaiah 59:5-6 adder’s eggs and spider’s webs—Psalms 58:4; Psalms 140:3. See Job 8:14.
Isaiah 59:19 The restrainer. 2 Thessalonians 2:1-17.
Isaiah 60:1-22 Millennial glory following upon the repentance of Israel.
Isaiah 61:1-3 The anointed Saviour:1—the anointing, 2—the purpose of the anointing, 3—the results of the preaching.
Isaiah 61:3 ashes—All the joys of life have burnt out.
Isaiah 62:1 The burning lamp. See Genesis 15:17.
Isaiah 62:5 [last part] Canticles.
Isaiah 63:1-19 Judgment on the nations that have rejected the gospel —the precursor to Israel’s blessing.
Isaiah 63:10-14 The Holy Spirit in the O.T. A divine person who might be “vexed” and who led the people and was “put within” some of them. See note at Ephesians 4:32. The Spirit of God in the wilderness (Nehemiah 9:20); in Moses —and with the people in the land.
Isaiah 64:1-12 Confession and prayer of the remnant.
Isaiah 63:1 Removing mountains—Matthew 21:21, Matthew 21:23; Mark 11:23; Zechariah 4:7.
Isaiah 65:3 altars of brick—human limitations.
Isaiah 66:4 [first clause] judicial darkness. 2 Thessalonians 2:1-17.
Isaiah 66:5 High exclusive claims.
Isaiah 66:7 Israel the mother of the man-child. Revelation 12:1-17; Jeremiah 4:31.
Isaiah 66:17 Sanctified to do iniquity.
Jeremiah
Jeremiah prophesied prior to the finding the book of the Law (2 Chronicles 34:1-33) in the days of Josiah—and continued to the end of Judah’s occupation of the land—100 years later than Isaiah. Later than Hosea, Joel, Amos, Micah, Nahum, Jonah. Contemporary with Zephaniah, Habakkuk, Obadiah, and Ezekiel. Daniel studied Jeremiah (Daniel 9:1-27).
Jeremiah 1:1-19, Jeremiah 2:1-37, Jeremiah 3:1-25, Jeremiah 4:1-31, Jeremiah 5:1-31, Jeremiah 6:1-30, Jeremiah 7:1-34, Jeremiah 8:1-22, Jeremiah 9:1-26, Jeremiah 10:1-25, Jeremiah 11:1-23, Jeremiah 12:1-17, Jeremiah 13:1-27, Jeremiah 14:1-22, Jeremiah 15:1-21, Jeremiah 16:1-21, Jeremiah 17:1-27, Jeremiah 18:1-23, Jeremiah 19:1-15, Jeremiah 20:1-18, Jeremiah 21:1-14, Jeremiah 22:1-30, Jeremiah 23:1-40, Jeremiah 24:1-10 Division 1—Jehovah’s pleading with His erring people—”A vessel chosen and fitted.”
Jeremiah 1:5 Jeremiah’s call.
Jeremiah 1:6 Compare with Moses.
Jeremiah 1:9 Isaiah’s was the touch of cleansing. Jeremiah’s is the touch of power.
Jeremiah 1:10 Note the authority connected with the prophetic office. Consider Paul—Peter—Savonarola—Gregory of Armenia—John Knox—Calvin—Luther—etc.
Jeremiah 1:11 almond tree—“hastening tree.”
Jeremiah 1:12 The pledge of reassurance.
Jeremiah 1:13-16 The judgment Judah must endure from the north—Chaldea, etc. Jeremiah 2:1-37, Jeremiah 3:1-5 Entreaty and warning.
Jeremiah 2:2 Their first love. Connect with “Ephesus” in Revelation 2:1-29.
Jeremiah 2:7 Contrast with our inheritance—1 Peter 1:4.
Jeremiah 2:13 See John 4:14; John 7:37, John 7:39—God Himself will break every cistern we make if we forsake Him.
Jeremiah 2:17 Reaping as they sowed.
Jeremiah 2:24 The wild ass—the unregenerate man.
Jeremiah 2:26 Not ashamed of the sin, but of its discovery.
Jeremiah 2:27-28 No right to count on God in the day of trouble if not walking with Him before the trouble comes.
Jeremiah 3:3 Deuteronomy 11:14—The latter rain withheld because of idolatry. See Jeremiah 5:24.
Jeremiah 3:6-25, Jeremiah 4:1-31, Jeremiah 5:1-31, Jeremiah 6:1-30 Future glory conditioned upon repentance.
Jeremiah 3:7 Only one king of Israel is said to have sought the Lord—Jehoahaz. 2 Kings 13:4-5.
Jeremiah 3:8-11 There was much that was unreal in the great revival under Josiah.
Jeremiah 3:12-13 Confession demanded as a prelude to blessing.
Jeremiah 3:16 Last mention of the Ark in the O.T.
Jeremiah 3:19 [first part] Repentance predicted—The Need of New Birth.
Jeremiah 4:1-2 The need of reality. Jehovah’s response to the cry of anguish in the previous chapter.
Jeremiah 4:3 A good word for the evangelist!
Jeremiah 4:5-13 Vision of the invading army. Nebuchadnezzar and his Chaldean army.
Jeremiah 4:14 The only door of escape unheeded, so the judgment must fall.
Jeremiah 4:23-31 The coming desolation of the land at the Babylonian conquest and at the time of the end.
Jeremiah 5:1 Looking for one to stand in the breach.
Jeremiah 5:14 See the two witnesses of Revelation 11:5. Jeremiah 20:9.
Jeremiah 5:18-21 Judah to be carried back to the very land from which God had called Abraham, because of unfaithfulness to the truth.
Jeremiah 5:24 Jeremiah 3:3—Israel exhorted to recognize the Giver of the latter rain—See Hosea 6:3.
Jeremiah 5:30-31 The apostate condition fully exposed.
Jeremiah 6:1 Call to separation addressed to the Benjamites.
Jeremiah 6:4 The declining day!
Jeremiah 6:14 No peace.
Jeremiah 6:15 No shame.
Jeremiah 6:16 The old way and the old paths—See Proverbs 14:12.
Jeremiah 6:18 The nation called to witness the righteousness of the Lord’s dealings.
Jeremiah 7:1-14; Jeremiah 8:1-22; Jeremiah 9:1-26; Jeremiah 10:1-25 “What agreement hath the Temple of God with idols?” Judgment must begin at the house of God.
Jeremiah 7:1-7 The defilement of the sanctuary.
Jeremiah 7:4 No time for high exclusive claims.
Jeremiah 7:5-7 Great pretensions while neglecting righteousness—2 Timothy 2:22—“Follow righteousness.”
Jeremiah 7:8-16 The divorce of position from condition.
Jeremiah 7:11 Referred to by our Lord in Matthew 21:13, linked with Isaiah 56:7.
Jeremiah 7:12 Jerusalem to be left desolate as Shiloh.
Jeremiah 7:16 Sin unto death—Too late for prayer to be of any avail.
Jeremiah 7:17-20 The Babylonian cult set up in Jerusalem. Astarte or Ashtaroth (Semiramis) worship.
Jeremiah 7:21-28 Sacrifices of no value while living in sin.
Jeremiah 7:28 No heed to the prophetic message.
Jeremiah 7:29-34 Terrible retribution coming.
Jeremiah 7:31 The origin of Gehenna (outside Jerusalem) used by Christ as a picture of eternal judgment. See Jeremiah 19:4-8.
Jeremiah 8:1-3 Unsparing judgment.
Jeremiah 8:3 Choosing death. Deuteronomy 30:19.
Jeremiah 8:4-12 Jerusalem given up to perpetual backsliding.
Jeremiah 8:6-19 Not saved Jeremiah 8:20 Why?
(1) Unrepentant Jeremiah 8:6.
(2) Unobservant Jeremiah 8:7—Nature would have instructed —but they heeded not.
(3) Pride of intellect—the Word rejected Jeremiah 8:8.
(4) Self-deceived Jeremiah 8:10.
(5) Utterly shameless Jeremiah 8:12.
(6) Carnal optimism Jeremiah 8:15.
(7) Religious formality Jeremiah 8:19.
Jeremiah 8:9 A word for modernists.
Jeremiah 8:13-17 Unsparing judgment.
Jeremiah 8:18-22 A lamentation over the awful state of the people.
Jeremiah 8:20 Not saved.
Jeremiah 8:22 Three Questions: Balm in Gilead.
1—Is there no remedy? Answer: God’s Word: “He sent His Word and healed them”—Psalms 107:20. His wounds—“by His stripes—healed”—Isaiah 53:5. His wings—“healing in His wings”—Malachi 4:2. His ways—“as they went—healed”—Luke 17:14.
2—Is there no physician? Answer: Christ.
3—Why not healed? The remedy refused.
Jeremiah 9:1-8 Jeremiah’s identification with the erring people.
Jeremiah 9:9-11 Jerusalem’s desolation.
Jeremiah 9:12-16 A challenge to consider these things.
Jeremiah 9:17-22 Time to mourn.
Jeremiah 9:23-24 True glory is to know the Lord.
Jeremiah 9:25-26 “No difference.”
Jeremiah 10:1-25 The Folly of Idolatry—Compare Isaiah 44:1-28.
Jeremiah 10:23 Self-judgment—Proverbs 4:26; Proverbs 5:21; Proverbs 20:24.
Jeremiah 11:1-23; Jeremiah 12:1-17 The burned branches and the swelling of Jordan. Jehovah’s expostulation—Jeremiah 11:1-23.
Jeremiah 11:4 The iron furnace—See Abraham’s vision—Genesis 15:17.
[last part] Law—demands then gives. Grace gives and beseeches.
Jeremiah 11:11 Useless to pray if determined upon disobedience—Jeremiah 14:11.
Jeremiah 11:14 Sin unto death—1 John 5:16.
Jeremiah 11:16 The olive tree—compare with Romans 11:16-26.
Jeremiah 11:18-20 Jeremiah speaks for the godly remnant. The tree to be preserved though the branches be destroyed.
Jeremiah 12:1-17 Jeremiah’s intercession—Compare with Habakkuk 1:12.
Jeremiah 13:1-27 The marred girdle—the girdle the sign of service— Israel set aside as an unprofitable servant and must be carried to Babylon.
Jeremiah 13:9-10 Judah to be carried to the valley of the Euphrates and chastised there for the sin of idolatry.
Jeremiah 13:16 Natural darkness—Ephesians. Wilful darkness—John 3:1-36. Judicial darkness—Jeremiah 15:1-21. Eternal darkness—Jude. Judicial darkness because of light rejected. Compare with 2 Thessalonians 2:11-12—Isaiah 66:4.
Jeremiah 13:18 Jehoiakim and his consort directly addressed.
Jeremiah 13:23 The trouble is in the nature of man.
Jeremiah 14:1-22 Dialogue between God and Jeremiah.
Jeremiah 14:1-22; Jeremiah 15:1-21 Famine—temporal and spiritual.
Jeremiah 14:1-6 The real famine was within.
Jeremiah 14:7-9 Confession and prayer.
Jeremiah 14:10-12 God’s answer.
Jeremiah 14:11 Too late for prayer.
Jeremiah 14:13-17 False prophets give false comfort.
Jeremiah 14:17-22 The prophet’s complaint.
Jeremiah 15:1-9 Jehovah’s answer.
Jeremiah 15:1 No hope of deliverance.
Jeremiah 15:4 Literally fulfilled.
Jeremiah 15:10 Jeremiah’s complaint.
Separation the path of the faithful.
Jeremiah 15:11-14 Jehovah’s answer.
Jeremiah 15:15-18 Jeremiah’s protestation.
Jeremiah 15:16 The Word and the Name—Eating the Word—See Ezekiel 3:1-3—Revelation 10:8-11.
Jeremiah 15:19-21 Jehovah’s promise.
Jeremiah 15:20 The separated man a witness for God.
Jeremiah 15:21 Redemption.
Jeremiah 16:1-21; Jeremiah 17:1-27 Apostasy till there is no remedy.
Jeremiah 16:7 The O.T. reference to the breaking of bread. See Psalms 45:17.
Jeremiah 16:14-15 The predicted return—See Jeremiah 31:36.
Jeremiah 17:1 Sin where the blood should be—See Leviticus 4:7, Leviticus 4:18, Leviticus 4:25 and Leviticus 4:30.
Jeremiah 17:9 The deceitful heart of man—Illustration: Benedict Arnold wrote Miss Shippen, afterwards his 2d wife: “I daily discover so much baseness and ingratitude among mankind, that I almost blush at being of the same species.”
Jeremiah 7:20-27 The sabbath a test of the true condition of the people.
Jeremiah 18:1-23; Jeremiah 19:1-15 Lessons from the potter’s house.
Jeremiah 18:1-17 The message.
Jeremiah 18:14 [last clause] i.e., Had the snows of Lebanon ceased to supply the cold flowing spring?
Jeremiah 18:18-23 The message rejected.
Jeremiah 19:1-15 The second message.
Jeremiah 19:6 Tophet: the Valley of Hinnom. Gehenna—See Jeremiah 7:31.
Jeremiah 20:1-18 Pashur the false prophet opposes.
Jeremiah 20:2 Jeremiah arrested.
Jeremiah 20:14 Compare with Job 3:1-26.
Jeremiah 21:1-14; Jeremiah 22:1-30; Jeremiah 23:1-40; Jeremiah 24:1-10 The siege and captivity foretold.
Jeremiah 21:2 When it is no use to pray—See Proverbs 1:1-33.
Jeremiah 22:1-13 The doom of the kings of Judah. Four false shepherds to be destroyed.
Jeremiah 22:11 Shallum—referring to Shallum or Jehoahaz, who had been carried to Egypt.
Jeremiah 22:30 [first part] The curse of Coniah: If Jesus were Joseph’s natural son He would be barred from the throne of David, but as Son of Mary by divine generation He inherits the throne. See the two genealogies— Matthew 1:1-25 and Luke 3:1-38.
Jeremiah 23:1-40 The true King.
Jeremiah 23:18 Quoted from in 1 Corinthians 2:16.
Jeremiah 23:21 False prophets misleading a credulous people.
Jeremiah 23:28-29 The Word of God in contrast to idle dreams. Fire and hammer.
Jeremiah 24:1-10 The good and bad figs. A judicial summing up.
Jeremiah 25:1-38, Jeremiah 26:1-24, Jeremiah 27:1-22, Jeremiah 28:1-17, Jeremiah 29:1-32, Jeremiah 30:1-24, Jeremiah 31:1-40, Jeremiah 32:1-44, Jeremiah 33:1-26, Jeremiah 34:1-22, Jeremiah 35:1-19, Jeremiah 36:1-32, Jeremiah 37:1-21, Jeremiah 38:1-28, Jeremiah 39:1-18, Jeremiah 40:1-16, Jeremiah 41:1-18, Jeremiah 42:1-22, Jeremiah 43:1-13, Jeremiah 44:1-30, Jeremiah 45:1-5, Jeremiah 46:1-28, Jeremiah 47:1-7, Jeremiah 48:1-47, Jeremiah 49:1-39, Jeremiah 50:1-46, Jeremiah 51:1-64 Division 2—Judgment executed because the people refuse to hearken.
Jeremiah 25:1-38 The seventy years’ captivity foretold.
Jeremiah 25:11 The seventy years’ servitude. See Daniel 9:2. Distinguish between the 70 years’ servitude and the 70 years’ desolations.
Jeremiah 25:29 Compare 1 Peter 4:17.
Jeremiah 26:1-24 Danger and deliverance.
Jeremiah 26:11 Indignation against the “pessimist.”
Jeremiah 27:1-22; Jeremiah 28:1-17 Bonds and yokes.
Jeremiah 27:1 Jehoiakim—See R. V. Zedekiah—copyist’s error.
Jeremiah 27:6 The beginning of the times of the Gentiles. See Daniel 2:1-49. The head of gold. For the end, see Luke 21:1-38.
Jeremiah 27:15 Linking the sacred Name with their own dreamings —See Jeremiah 29:9.
Jeremiah 27:22 The return of the vessels. See Ezra 1:1-11.
Jeremiah 28:1-17 The false prophet, Hananiah.
Jeremiah 28:3, Jeremiah 28:11 Time prophecies always a trap unless the prophet be divinely inspired.
Jeremiah 29:1-32 The prophet’s letter to the first of the captivity (under Jehoiachin). The seventy years are the length of one Babylonian empire. They began B.C. 606 with the servitude of 2 Kings 24:1.
Jeremiah 29:14 The predicted return, Jeremiah 30:3.
Jeremiah 30:1-24; Jeremiah 31:1-40 Dispensational—Jacob’s trouble and the restoration to follow.
Jeremiah 30:7 The great tribulation—Matthew 24:1-51; Revelation 7:1-17.
Jeremiah 31:15 Fulfilled when Herod sought to kill the infant Jesus.
Jeremiah 31:20 See the entire prophecy of Hosea.
Jeremiah 31:31 The new covenant—Hebrews 10:1-39. Note—It is to be made with Israel and Judah—not with the Church.
Jeremiah 31:36 Israel’s Restoration. See Ezekiel 36:23. The unbreakable covenant. See Jeremiah 23:35.
Jeremiah 31:38-40 The new city—See Zechariah 14:10. The corner of Hananeel has already been uncovered.
Jeremiah 32:1-44; Jeremiah 33:1-26 Jeremiah’s imprisonment.
Jeremiah 32:10 The sealed title deed.
Jeremiah 32:11 Key to the sealed book in Revelation 5:1-14.
Jeremiah 32:17 Answer to God’s question—Genesis 18:14.
Jeremiah 32:35 They would do for their idols what they would never do for God and what He would never ask of them.
Jeremiah 34:1-22 Bondage in place of liberty. A jubilee proclaimed and then rescinded.
Jeremiah 35:1-19 The house of the Rechabites.
Jeremiah 36:1-32 The Word of God rejected.
Jeremiah 36:23 The man who knifed the Word of God! The first destructive critic on record.
Jeremiah 36:32 Compare and contrast—Revelation 22:18-19.
Jeremiah 37:1-21; Jeremiah 38:1-28; Jeremiah 39:1-18 The fall of Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 37:3, Jeremiah 37:17 No use to pray when walking in disobedience.
Jeremiah 38:4 What passes for patriotism in opposition to God’s truth.
Jeremiah 38:7 The faithfulness of Ebed-melech: a Negro.
Jeremiah 38:19 “The fear of man bringeth a snare.”
Jeremiah 39:7 The man who would not see when he could, now cannot see when he would. Ezekiel 12:13.
Jeremiah 40:1-16; Jeremiah 41:1-18; Jeremiah 42:1-22; Jeremiah 43:1-13; Jeremiah 44:1-30 The remnant left in the land.
Jeremiah 40:14 Gedaliah—a guileless man.
Jeremiah 41:1-18 Ishmael’s treachery.
Jeremiah 41:6 What a hypocrite!
Jeremiah 41:17 Chimham—Tradition connects this with the inn in which Jesus was born.
Jeremiah 42:2-3 Insincere in their request. No use to pray if there be not reality. See Jeremiah 42:20.
Jeremiah 43:4 Wilful disobedience in going down to Egypt.
Jeremiah 44:3-4 Idolatry—the sin that God hated above all others.
Jeremiah 44:15-19 The folly of depending on experience in place of obedience to the Word of God. A common mistake in all dispensations. Faith in, and obedience to the Word of God. See Jeremiah 7:18-19.
Jeremiah 45:1-5 The Word to Baruch.
Jeremiah 46:1-28; Jeremiah 47:1-7; Jeremiah 48:1-47; Jeremiah 49:1-39 God’s Word to the nations.
Jeremiah 46:2 Egypt (1).
Jeremiah 46:7-8 Armies symbolized by rivers and overflowing floods.
Jeremiah 46:27-28 Israel to be punished but preserved by God.
Jeremiah 47:1 Philistia (2).
Jeremiah 47:6 The sword of the Lord—Zechariah 13:7—Ezekiel 21:3.
Jeremiah 48:1 Moab (3).
Jeremiah 48:37 Hair—the strength of nature.
Jeremiah 48:38 vessel wherein is no pleasure—Romans 9:1-33. Vessels of wrath.
Jeremiah 48:45 See the prophecy of Balaam—Numbers 21:28.
Jeremiah 48:46-47 Moab’s doom—compare the prophecy of Balaam—Numbers 24:17.
Jeremiah 49:1 Ammon (4).
Jeremiah 49:2 [last part] Captivity to be led captive.
Jeremiah 49:7 Edom (5). Connect with Obadiah.
Jeremiah 49:11 Insurance—A wonderful promise in the midst of words of judgment.
Jeremiah 49:23 Syria (6).
Jeremiah 49:28 Arabia (7).
Jeremiah 49:34 Elam (8).
Jeremiah 50:1-46; Jeremiah 51:1-64 Doom of Babylon and Judah’s deliverance.
Jeremiah 50:15 Righteous retribution.
Jeremiah 50:38 Babylon the mother of idolatry.
Jeremiah 50:39 Literally fulfilled for many centuries.
Jeremiah 51:6 The call to flee is given in mercy. It is not legal. See Jeremiah 51:45. Connect with Revelation 17:1-18.
Jeremiah 51:20 Israel: Jehovah’s battle ax.
Jeremiah 51:25 Connect with Revelation 8:8.
Jeremiah 51:37-39 All literally fulfilled through the centuries.
Jeremiah 51:45 The call to separation. See Jeremiah 51:6.
Jeremiah 52:1-34 Historical appendix by another hand. Compare with Jeremiah 39:1-18.
Jeremiah 52:28 The servitude.
Jeremiah 52:29 The captivity.
Jeremiah 52:30 The desolations.
Lamentations The prophet’s grief over the fulfilment of what he had himself predicted. The Spirit of Christ entering into all the afflictions of His people.
Lamentations 1:1-22 The desolations of Jerusalem. An acrostic—each verse starts with a letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
Lamentations 1:3 No rest!
Lamentations 1:6 No pasture!
Lamentations 1:9 No comforter!
Lamentations 1:12-13 The Spirit of Christ speaking in the prophet.
Lamentations 2:1-22 The day of the Lord’s anger—Same acrostic form as Lamentations 1:1-22 and Lamentations 4:22.
Lamentations 2:4-5 As an adversary and an enemy—but not really one.
Lamentations 2:9 No Vision!
Lamentations 3:1-66 “Let us search and try our ways.”
Full manifestation of Judah’s fallen condition. The prophet fully identifies himself with the people. Their sins are his, their woes are his. Their judgments are shared by him. A triple acrostic. Each section of 3 verses begins with the same letter in each verse.
Lamentations 3:8 See Lamentations 3:44.
Lamentations 3:18-20 He will never forget the wormwood and the gall.
Lamentations 3:21 Hope in the midst of deep grief.
Lamentations 3:22-23 Subjection under discipline.
Lamentations 3:31-32 Confidence in God in the hour of trial.
Lamentations 3:40 Call to repentance.
Lamentations 4:1-22 The fine gold become dim. Acrostic as Lamentations 1:1-22 and Lamentations 2:1-22.
Lamentations 4:19 “The lion with eagle’s wings.”
Lamentations 4:21 Connect with the prophecy of Obadiah.
Lamentations 5:1-22 Thou, O Lord remainest forever! The acrostic form is not followed in this chapter.
Ezekiel The Sanctuary Book of the series—Ezekiel the priest leading us into the presence of God. Division 1—Prophecies prior to the destruction of Jerusalem—Ezekiel 1:1-28, Ezekiel 2:1-10, Ezekiel 3:1-27, Ezekiel 4:1-17, Ezekiel 5:1-17, Ezekiel 6:1-14, Ezekiel 7:1-27, Ezekiel 8:1-18, Ezekiel 9:1-11, Ezekiel 10:1-22, Ezekiel 11:1-25, Ezekiel 12:1-28, Ezekiel 13:1-23, Ezekiel 14:1-23, Ezekiel 15:1-8, Ezekiel 16:1-63, Ezekiel 17:1-24, Ezekiel 18:1-32, Ezekiel 19:1-14, Ezekiel 20:1-49, Ezekiel 21:1-32, Ezekiel 22:1-31, Ezekiel 23:1-49, Ezekiel 24:1-27, Ezekiel 25:1-17, Ezekiel 26:1-21, Ezekiel 27:1-36, Ezekiel 28:1-26, Ezekiel 29:1-21, Ezekiel 30:1-26, Ezekiel 31:1-18, Ezekiel 32:1-32. Division 2—Prophecies after the destruction of Jerusalem—Ezekiel 33:1-33, Ezekiel 34:1-31, Ezekiel 35:1-15, Ezekiel 36:1-38, Ezekiel 37:1-28, Ezekiel 38:1-23, Ezekiel 39:1-29, Ezekiel 40:1-49, Ezekiel 41:1-26, Ezekiel 42:1-20, Ezekiel 43:1-27, Ezekiel 44:1-31, Ezekiel 45:1-25, Ezekiel 46:1-24, Ezekiel 47:1-23, Ezekiel 48:1-35.
Ezekiel 1:1-28, Ezekiel 2:1-10, Ezekiel 3:1-27, Ezekiel 4:1-17, Ezekiel 5:1-17, Ezekiel 6:1-14, Ezekiel 7:1-27, Ezekiel 8:1-18, Ezekiel 9:1-11, Ezekiel 10:1-22, Ezekiel 11:1-25, Ezekiel 12:1-28, Ezekiel 13:1-23, Ezekiel 14:1-23, Ezekiel 15:1-8, Ezekiel 16:1-63, Ezekiel 17:1-24, Ezekiel 18:1-32, Ezekiel 19:1-14, Ezekiel 20:1-49, Ezekiel 21:1-32, Ezekiel 22:1-31, Ezekiel 23:1-49, Ezekiel 24:1-27 Section 1—Judgments concerning Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 1:1-28; Ezekiel 2:1-10; Ezekiel 3:1-14 The vision of the glory of God and the call to the prophetic office. The vision of the divine government. God is over all and in all. The human linked with and controlled by the divine.
Winged directness. There are no second causes to the eye of the man of faith.
Ezekiel 1:3 the hand of the Lord was there upon him—This phrase found seven times: Ezekiel 1:3; Ezekiel 3:14, Ezekiel 3:22; Ezekiel 8:1; Ezekiel 33:22; Ezekiel 37:1; Ezekiel 40:1.
Ezekiel 1:4 The divine chariot.
Ezekiel 1:5 The cherubim. Intelligence—the universe is not at the mercy of chance.
Ezekiel 1:7 brass—judgment. feet—winged stability, a sure foot.
Ezekiel 1:10 face of a man—Luke. face of a lion—Matthew. face of an ox—Mark—ox literally cherub. See Ezekiel 10:4. face of an eagle—John. the man—intelligence. the lion—strength and majesty. the ox—stability, dependableness, service. the eagle—Providence, swiftness in judgment, perception. “Reason, courage, patience, aspiration, all are winged: touched with the divine.”
Ezekiel 1:15-21 The wheels of the divine chariot. God’s ways with men on the earth.
Ezekiel 1:16 Wheels within wheels—His ways past finding out.
Ezekiel 1:19 No turning aside the divine government.
Ezekiel 1:26 A Man upon the throne. “We see Jesus, crowned with glory and honor.”
Ezekiel 1:28 Compare with Isaiah 6:1-10.
Ezekiel 2:1 Collapse—the result of coming into the presence of God.
Ezekiel 2:3-8 The call to the prophetic office. Ezekiel’s commission. Compare with Isaiah, Moses, Jeremiah, Daniel, Peter, etc.
Ezekiel 2:8 Eating the Book. Compare with John in Revelation 10:1-11 and with Jeremiah 15:16.
Ezekiel 3:3 The Word must enter into the inward parts.
Ezekiel 3:15-27; Ezekiel 4:1-17; Ezekiel 5:1-17; Ezekiel 6:1-14; Ezekiel 7:1-27 The judgment announced. Four signs.
Ezekiel 3:17 Commissioned to be a watchman.
Ezekiel 3:18-19 Compare with Paul to the Ephesian elders, Acts 20:1-38.
Ezekiel 4:1-3 The first acted-out sermon.
Ezekiel 4:4-8 The second acted-out sermon.
Ezekiel 4:5 390 Days of Israel’s apostasy.
Ezekiel 4:6 40 Days—Judah’s apostasy.
Ezekiel 4:9-12 The third acted-out sermon.
Ezekiel 4:12 bake it with—Note: Not mingle with but use as part of the fuel.
Ezekiel 4:15 Cattle chips as fuel.
Ezekiel 5:1-4 The fourth acted-out sermon.
Ezekiel 5:5 Jerusalem always in the center of the stage, as God views the nations.
Ezekiel 5:14-15 All the centuries since have witnessed the truth of this prophecy.
Ezekiel 8:1-18; Ezekiel 9:1-11; Ezekiel 10:1-22; Ezekiel 11:1-25 Visions relating to Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 8:2 fire—“of a man.” In Heb. esh is “fire” and ish is “man.” See Revelation 10:1-11.
Ezekiel 8:10 Creeping things and beasts of all kinds put in the place of God. Romans 1:1-32.
Ezekiel 8:11 Shaphan the scribe who received from Hilkiah the book of the law found in the Temple—2 Kings 22:8-11; Jeremiah 39:14.
Ezekiel 8:12 “Character is what a man is in the dark.”
Ezekiel 8:14 Tammuz the son of Nimrod, called by the Babylonians Dumuzi—The god of spring vegetation who dies, goes to Hades, and returns in spring—Easter.
Ezekiel 9:1-11 The man with the inkhorn—Sealing of the faithful ones—As in the coming great tribulation. The Word for mark is tav—the last letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Formerly written as a cross.
Ezekiel 10:1-22 The coals of fire.
Ezekiel 10:2 Connect with Revelation 8:5.
Ezekiel 10:4 The slow departure of the Shekinah from the Temple.
Ezekiel 10:8 The angel of the covenant.
Ezekiel 10:12 The eyes of the Lord searching out evil.
Ezekiel 10:14 cherub—Note that what was before the face of an ox is now an angel!
Ezekiel 10:18 The glory moving away in the divine chariot.
Ezekiel 11:1-25 Judgment on the leaders.
Ezekiel 11:13 Suddenly destroyed—no remedy.
Ezekiel 11:16-19 God to be the sanctuary of the scattered nation. Their restoration promised when they shall be born again. John 3:1-36.
Ezekiel 11:22-24 Ichabod—the Shekinah on the Mt. of Olives. Complete withdrawal. Whence the Lord Himself went up!
Ezekiel 12:1-28; Ezekiel 13:1-23; Ezekiel 14:1-23; Ezekiel 15:1-8; Ezekiel 16:1-63; Ezekiel 17:1-24; Ezekiel 18:1-32; Ezekiel 19:1-14 Signs, messages, and parables.
Ezekiel 12:1-6 The sign of the evacuation of Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 12:13 [last part] Zedekiah blinded by the king of Babylon. Jeremiah 39:7.
Ezekiel 12:17-20 Sign of the affliction that was to come.
Ezekiel 12:21-28 Judgment not to be delayed.
Ezekiel 13:1-23 Against false prophets and prophetesses.
Ezekiel 14:3 Useless to pray with idols in the heart. See Ezekiel 20:2-3.
Ezekiel 14:21 See the 2d, 3d, and 4th seals of Revelation 6:1-17.
Ezekiel 15:1-8 Parable of the unfruitful vine—Contrast with the True Vine in John 15:1-27.
Ezekiel 16:1-63 Parable of the abandoned child.
Ezekiel 16:3 i.e., Jerusalem originally a Canaanitish city, Jebus.
Ezekiel 16:6-14 It is all what He did!
Ezekiel 16:10 Only reference to badgers’ skin apart from the Tabernacle. Really dolphin or seal skin, impervious to the elements. Typical of separation sanctification. The feet protected from defilement.
Ezekiel 16:26 Egypt—type of the world, great of flesh. See James 4:4.
Ezekiel 16:55 No reference to eternal conditions but earthly blessing—which Judah had forfeited, as had Sodom and Samaria.
Ezekiel 17:1-24 Parable of the two eagles, the cedar, and the vine.
Ezekiel 17:3 great eagle—Nebuchadnezzar. highest branch of the cedar—Jehoiakim.
Ezekiel 17:5 Zedekiah.
Ezekiel 17:7 another great eagle—Pharaoh Hophra, king of Egypt.
Ezekiel 17:9 The Egyptian alliance of no avail to ward off the judgment.
Ezekiel 18:1-32 God’s judgments are in righteousness.
Sour grapes. Putting the blame on God as in Exodus 34:7. Principles of the divine government. The Divine Government. Not Soul Salvation. See also ch. 33. Life for obedience. This is governmental law, not the gospel.
Ezekiel 18:32 2 Peter 3:9—God’s desire for all men. See Ezekiel 9:1-11 Lamentation over the princes of Israel.
Ezekiel 20:1-49; Ezekiel 21:1-12; Ezekiel 22:1-31; Ezekiel 23:1-49; Ezekiel 24:1-27 Final predictions concerning the doom of Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 20:1-49 Arraignment of the nation for its unfaithfulness. To be chastened for their sins but restored to the Lord in the last days.
Ezekiel 20:3 No use to pray—See Jeremiah 21:1-7; Ezekiel 14:3.
Ezekiel 20:33 The future restoration.
Ezekiel 20:35 The wilderness of the people.
Ezekiel 20:47 The green and the dry trees. See Ezekiel 17:24; Hosea 10:8.
Ezekiel 21:1-12 The impending judgment—The sword song.
Ezekiel 21:5 The sword that was sheathed in the heart of Jesus.
Ezekiel 21:10 How can man make mirth with judgment like a sword hanging over him?
Ezekiel 21:16 Decide!
Ezekiel 21:21 Literally, “he shook his arrows” in the divination ceremony.
Ezekiel 21:25 thou profane wicked prince of Israel—Zedekiah type of antichrist. Literally, “O deadly wounded one, the prince of Israel.”
Ezekiel 21:26 The crown reserved for the Man of God’s counsels —Connect with Hosea 3:1-5.
Ezekiel 22:1-31 Jerusalem’s abominations.
Ezekiel 22:7-13 Note how he rings the changes on in thee.
Ezekiel 22:14 Two solemn questions. See Job 9:4.
Ezekiel 22:30 No mediator.
Ezekiel 23:25 [first part] Nose and ears taken away. Impossible now to discern or hear the mind of God.
Ezekiel 24:1-27 The final message.
Ezekiel 24:2 The very date of the beginning of the siege made known by the Spirit.
Ezekiel 24:25-27 The prophet to be dumb till tidings came of Jerusalem’s fall—See Ezekiel 33:22.
Ezekiel 25:1-17; Ezekiel 26:1-21; Ezekiel 27:1-36; Ezekiel 28:1-25; Ezekiel 29:1-21; Ezekiel 30:1-13; Ezekiel 31:1-18; Ezekiel 32:1-12 Judgments upon the nations.
Ezekiel 25:2 Ammon (1).
Ezekiel 25:8 Moab (2). Jeremiah 48:29.
Ezekiel 25:12 Edom (3). God had commanded Israel to be kind to Edom—Deuteronomy 23:7.
Ezekiel 25:15 Philistia (4).
Ezekiel 26:2 Tyre (5) rock. First mentioned in Joshua 19:29 as “the strong city.”
Ezekiel 26:4 Literally fulfilled.
Ezekiel 27:5 Senir—i.e., Hermon. See Deuteronomy 3:9; 1 Chronicles 5:23; Song of Solomon 4:8.
Ezekiel 27:14 Togarmah—Armenia.
Ezekiel 28:2 Type of the antichrist—2 Thessalonians 2:1-17.
Ezekiel 28:12-16 No human king. Satan’s former estate and his fall—See John 8:44 and Isaiah 14:12.
Ezekiel 28:15 Satan an apostate.
Ezekiel 28:16 Here the personal description ends.
Ezekiel 28:17 Tyre again before the mind of the prophet. The city has followed the lead of the “king.” “The condemnation of the devil.”
Ezekiel 28:20 Zidon (6).
Ezekiel 29:1 Egypt (7).
Ezekiel 29:3 Pharaoh—type of Satan. The river the source of Egypt’s life, yet God is not acknowledged.
Ezekiel 30:3 The time of the heathen. Connect with “the times of the Gentiles.” Luke 21:24.
Ezekiel 30:13 No prince of Egyptian blood to sit on Egypt’s throne—yet there is a king of the south in the time of the end.
Ezekiel 31:6 Compare with Daniel 4:1-37 and the parable of the mustard tree.
Ezekiel 32:1-32 The funeral dirge over Pharaoh—Hophra.
Ezekiel 32:17 An elegy over Egypt.
Ezekiel 32:21 Hell is Sheol, the unseen world.
Ezekiel 33:1-33; Ezekiel 34:1-31; Ezekiel 35:1-15; Ezekiel 36:1-38; Ezekiel 37:1-28; Ezekiel 38:1-23; Ezekiel 39:1-29; Ezekiel 40:1-49; Ezekiel 41:1-26; Ezekiel 42:1-20; Ezekiel 43:1-27; Ezekiel 44:1-31, Ezekiel 45:1-25, Ezekiel 46:1-24, Ezekiel 47:1-23, Ezekiel 48:1-35 Part 2—Predictions after the destruction of Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 33:1-33; Ezekiel 34:1-31; Ezekiel 35:1-15; Ezekiel 36:1-38; Ezekiel 37:1-28; Ezekiel 38:1-23; Ezekiel 39:1-29; Ezekiel 40:1-49; Ezekiel 41:1-26; Ezekiel 42:1-20; Ezekiel 43:1-27; Ezekiel 44:1-31 Section 1—The watchman and the shepherds.
Ezekiel 33:11 2 Peter 3:9. God’s desire that all men should be saved. See 1 Timothy 2:4; Matthew 23:37; Luke 13:34; Ezekiel 18:32.
Ezekiel 33:18-20 Summary of the principles of the divine government. God’s governmental ways with men in the flesh. The principle laid down in Exodus 34:1-35 still holds good. The divine government. God is ever true to His Word—but none can establish his own righteousness so God makes another change and gives the individual who repents a promise of mercy and declares He will judge those who sin against Him. It is law still. Life (on this earth) for obedience is not the gospel, which is “believe and live.”
Ezekiel 33:21 Tidings of Jerusalem’s fall confirming the prophetic word.
Ezekiel 33:24 Their idle boast when they lacked the faith of Abraham.
Ezekiel 33:30 Hearing but not acting on what they hear.
Ezekiel 33:32 Entertained but not exercised.
Ezekiel 34:2 The false shepherds to be judged. The Lord Himself, the Good Shepherd. Connect with John 10:1-42.
Ezekiel 34:8 The false shepherds.
Ezekiel 34:10 “As they that must give an account.” 1 Peter 5:2-3.
Ezekiel 34:11 The Good Shepherd.
Ezekiel 34:20 Jehovah the Saviour.
Ezekiel 34:23 The Coming Redeemer—The true Shepherd—Jeremiah 30:9; Hosea 3:5.
Ezekiel 34:26 “Showers of blessing.” The times of refreshing—Acts 3:19-20.
Ezekiel 35:1-15; Ezekiel 36:1-38 Section 2—Judgments upon Mt. Seir—and Israel’s restoration predicted.
Ezekiel 36:1-38 Promises of grace for Israel following judgment on their enemies.
Ezekiel 36:17 Contrast 1 Peter 1:4—“undeniable.”
Ezekiel 36:21 See Romans 2:24.
Ezekiel 36:23-38 Note the “I will’s” (18).
Ezekiel 37:1-28; Ezekiel 38:1-23; Ezekiel 39:1-29; Ezekiel 40:1-49; Ezekiel 41:1-26; Ezekiel 42:1-20; Ezekiel 43:1-27; Ezekiel 44:1-31; Ezekiel 45:1-25; Ezekiel 46:1-24; Ezekiel 47:1-23; Ezekiel 48:1-35 Future blessing of Israel. Millennial conditions following the great tribulation.
Ezekiel 37:1-3 A scene of death: man’s state as God beholds it. Life in the message: “I am come that they might have life.” Compare with Daniel 12:2.
Ezekiel 37:5 Bones are no obstacle to the bonemaker.
Ezekiel 37:9-10 The breath in the winds and the voice of God in all circumstances. Life is in the Word.
Ezekiel 37:24 One Shepherd. Note that in John 10:1-42 the saved from the Gentiles “other sheep” are to be part of the flock of the same Good Shepherd.
Ezekiel 38:1-23 The great northern confederation of the last days. Compare with the predictions of the Assyrian of the end times—Isaiah 10:1-34; Micah 5:5. Note that these are largely nations outside of the Roman empire.
Ezekiel 38:2 chief prince—Prince of Rosh, i.e., Russia.
Ezekiel 38:15 Typical Cossack troops.
Ezekiel 38:22 Either natural hailstones, etc., or perhaps bombing from airplanes.
Ezekiel 39:9 Seven years burning the weapons of war.
Ezekiel 39:12 Seven months burying the dead of the great invading army.
Ezekiel 39:17 The doom of the northern invader. See “the great supper of God” in Revelation 19:1-21.
Ezekiel 39:23-29 Millennial blessing for Israel. The last foe defeated.
Ezekiel 40:1-49; Ezekiel 41:1-26; Ezekiel 42:1-20; Ezekiel 43:1-27; Ezekiel 44:1-31; Ezekiel 45:1-25; Ezekiel 46:1-24; Ezekiel 47:1-23; Ezekiel 48:1-35 The vision of the millennial temple and its worship.
Ezekiel 40:1-49; Ezekiel 41:1-26; Ezekiel 42:1-20 Section 1—The sanctuary.
Ezekiel 40:1 beginning of the year—Rosh Hoshanah. fourteenth year—B.C. 572. 40:2 Compare with the vision of the heavenly Jerusalem from a “very high mountain” in Revelation 21:1-27.
Ezekiel 41:1-26 The inner sanctuary.
Ezekiel 41:18 Two faces—intelligence and majesty.
Ezekiel 41:22 [last part] The altar called the table. See 1 Corinthians 10:1-33.
Ezekiel 41:2 narrow—closed. thick planks—the portals.
Ezekiel 42:6 straitened—narrowed, i.e., the stories were terraced.
Ezekiel 43:1-27; Ezekiel 44:1-31; Ezekiel 45:1-24; Ezekiel 46:1-24 Section 2—The temple worship in the coming age.
Ezekiel 43:10 The vision intended to provoke to repentance that the soul may be ashamed.
Ezekiel 43:12 Holiness the law of the house of God.
Ezekiel 44:31 The priestly food: the One who voluntarily went into death. “No man taketh My life from Me.” I lay it down of myself.
Ezekiel 45:20 The “simple” one covered by the blood of atonement.
Ezekiel 45:21-23 The passover in the millennium. The memorial of the work of the Cross.
Ezekiel 46:13-15 Continual memorial of the death of Christ and the recognition of the perfection of His Person.
Ezekiel 47:1-23; Ezekiel 48:1-35 Section 3—The regeneration of the land of Israel.
Ezekiel 47:1-23 The vision of the living waters—Joel 3:18; Zechariah 14:8. This river runs all through the Scriptures. Genesis 2:10; Psalms 36:8; Psalms 46:4; Psalms 65:9; Isaiah 58:11; Song of Song of Solomon 4:15; Isaiah 27:2-3.
“Before the prophet could tell others of the river he had to be brought into it himself.” Dolman.
“As long as you remain in the stream you have clean feet.” Dolman. 1 Samuel 2:9.
“Cleansing of the daily walk.” Always in the stream.
Compare with the pure river of water of life, clear as crystal in Revelation 22:1-21. Wherever God rests a river flows forth to bless mankind.
Ezekiel 47:3 The walk in the Spirit—“up to the ankles.”
Ezekiel 47:4 knees—praying in the Spirit. to the loins—working in the Spirit.
Ezekiel 47:5 to swim in—all for God. Life in the fullness of the Spirit.
Ezekiel 47:10 En-gedi, En-eglaim—at the two ends of the Dead Sea.
Ezekiel 47:11-12 Chemicals to be obtained from the Dead Sea district. Compare the river of Revelation 22:1-21.
Ezekiel 48:30-35 Answering to the gates in the heavenly city above. See Revelation 21:1-27.
Daniel Daniel 1:8 Purpose of heart. See Acts 11:23.
Daniel 2:18-19 Prayer—ministry—worship.
Daniel 2:21 God changes the “times and seasons.” See Acts 1:7; 1 Thessalonians 5:1.
Daniel 2:31 The image of “the times of the Gentiles.”
Daniel 2:35 [last part] Matthew 21:44.
Daniel 2:36-45 The interpretation.
Daniel 2:38 Babylon.
Daniel 2:39 Medo-Persia—Greco-Macedonia.
Daniel 2:40 Roman.
Daniel 2:41 The nations in the last days.
Daniel 2:42 toes of the feet—the ten kingdoms. Revelation 13:1-18 and Revelation 17:1-18.
Daniel 2:45 “The stone that will fall from heaven.”
Daniel 3:12 certain Jews—the faithful remnant.
Daniel 3:19 [last part] the great tribulation in figure.
Daniel 3:27 Yielded bodies—Romans 12:1.
Daniel 5:1-31 Babylon’s destruction typical of the overthrow of the false religious system in the time of the end. Revelation 17:1-18.
Daniel 6:17 The sealed stone—as at the tomb of Christ.
Daniel 7:1-15 The vision.
Daniel 7:4 lion—Babylon.
Daniel 7:5 bear—Medo-Persia.
Daniel 7:6 leopard—Greece.
Daniel 7:7 fourth beast—Rome.
Daniel 7:8 The last monarch.
Daniel 7:13 The kingdom of the Son of Man.
Daniel 7:16-28 The interpretation.
Daniel 7:19 The Roman empire.
Daniel 7:20 The last ten kings.
Daniel 7:21 The great tribulation.
Daniel 7:24 The same as the ten toes on the image of Daniel 2:1-49.
Daniel 7:25 [last part] 3 ½ years.
Daniel 8:5 Alexander the Great.
Daniel 8:6 Darius Codomanus.
Daniel 8:8 Alexander’s empire broken into four parts.
Daniel 8:9 Antiochus Epiphanes.
Daniel 8:22 Cassander, king of Greece; Lysimachus, king of Thrace; Seleucus, king of Syria; Ptolemy, king of Egypt.
Daniel 9:1-27 Prophetic years are 360 days each. 3 ½ years in the Apocalypse, 1260 days or 42 months of 30 days. So 483 years would be 173880—the exact number of days from Artaxerxes’ decree to Palm Sunday.
Daniel 9:2 Daniel a student of Jeremiah and Chronicles.
Daniel 9:13 [last part] Understanding the truth is the result of turning from iniquity.
Daniel 9:24 The backbone of prophecy.
Daniel 9:27 The covenant between the beast and the antichrist.
See Isaiah 28:15-18.
Daniel 10:2 three full weeks—distinguished from the weeks of Daniel 9:24—which were sevens of years.
Daniel 10:5 [first part] The up-look changes all.
Daniel 10:5-6 The majesty of God seen in His angel.
Daniel 10:8 The breakdown of the prophet.
Daniel 10:7-18 The collapse of man when he has a vision of God. Compare Abraham—Jacob—Moses—Joshua—Gideon—Manoah—Isaiah—Jeremiah—Job—Peter—John—Paul.
Note the 3 touches:1—set on his knees, Daniel 10:10; 2— lips, Daniel 10:16; 3—touch of power, Daniel 10:18.
Daniel 10:12 Conflict in the heavenlies—restraining the answer to prayer.
Daniel 11:1-45 Porphyry declared this chapter must have been written after the events mentioned, so accurately are the wars and intrigues of the Ptolemies and the Seleucidse described. Prophecy is history prewritten. History is prophecy fulfilled. “All history is His story.”
Daniel 11:2 three kings in Persia—Cyrus, Cambyses, Darius Hystaspes. fourth—Xerxes.
Daniel 11:3 a mighty king—Alexander the Great.
Daniel 11:4 four winds of heaven—Cassander, Lysimachus, Seleucus, Ptolemy, after battle of Ipsus. not to his posterity—Alexander left no heir. A posthumous son was murdered and the empire eventually divided among his four leading generals.
Daniel 11:5 king of the south—Ptolemy Lagus succeeded by P. Soter. have dominion—Seleucus Nicator annexed Babylon and Media, etc.
Daniel 11:6 Antiochus Theos married Berenice, daughter of P. Philadelphus, divorcing Laodice to do so.
Daniel 11:7-8 out of a branch of her roots—Berenice murdered, her son Callinicus reigned. P. Euergetes came against him. He won a great victory. Outlived Callinicus by four years.
Daniel 11:10 his [Callinicus’] sons—Ceraunus and Antiochus the Great attacked Egypt. Ceraunus died. Antiochus defeated by P. Philopater at battle of Raphia.
Daniel 11:13 Antiochus the Great allied with Philip III of Macedon.
Daniel 11:14 the robbers of thy people—Jewish apostates in army of Antiochus.
Daniel 11:15-16 Antiochus defeated the Egyptian general Sco-pias at Paneas. Antiochus went to Egypt—won great victory, returned to Palestine.
Daniel 11:16 consumed—perfected Daniel 11:17 [last part] Cleopatra daughter of Antiochus wedded to P. Epiphanes.
Daniel 11:18-19 Isles of Aegean Sea subdued by Antiochus. Greeks sought aid of Romans. Lucius Scipio defeated A.—Antiochus slain while attempting to rob a temple of Jupiter at Elymais.
Daniel 11:20 a raiser of taxes—Seleucus Philopater sent Helio-dorus to plunder the temple at Jerusalem. Failing he assassinated his master.
Daniel 11:21 a vile person—Antiochus Epiphanes.
Daniel 11:22 also the prince of the covenant—i.e., the high priest in Israel.
Daniel 11:23-24 Antiochus Epiphanes in league with Jews and P. Philometer. League broken. War between Epiphanes and Philometer.
Daniel 11:27 Professed truce Antiochus Epiphanes and P. Philometer.
Daniel 11:28 his heart shall be against the holy covenant— Antiochus Epiphanes defiled the temple when Jerusalem was sacked. See Daniel 11:31.
Daniel 11:30 Popilius Loenus and Roman army forced Antiochus to keep peace. AE the circle! After they left, Antiochus broke his promise and furiously attacked the Jews.
[last part] Antiochus in league with Jewish apostates.
Daniel 11:31 [last part] 2300 days.
Daniel 11:32 [last part] The Maccabees.
Daniel 11:36-38 Isaiah 30:33. The last days, antichrist. In the 70th week of Daniel 9:1-27. The Syrian little horn comes against him. See Daniel 11:40. In league with the Roman little horn “The Prince that shall come.” The 7 years’ covenant.
Daniel 11:40 A king of the south at the time of the end: but not of Egyptian blood—See Ezekiel 30:13; Zechariah 10:11.
Daniel 11:41-42 The Mahometan powers seeking to oust the Jew from Palestine. The king of the north will be unfaithful to his own ally—the king of the south.
Daniel 11:45 Utter destruction of the last Mahometan ruler—the king of the north.
Daniel 12:4 Contrast with Revelation—“seal not!”
Daniel 12:7 a time, times, and an half—See this period in the Apocalypse.
Daniel 12:9 Contrast with the unsealed book of Revelation 22:10. See Isaiah 29:10.