unto. 12:22; 21:2; 40:2; 2Ch 34:7;
An end. Two or three MSS. read {ketz ba, ba hakketz,} "the end cometh, come is the end;" which is supported by all the ancient versions. ver. 3,5,6; 11:13; Ge 6:13; De 32:20; Jer 5:31; 51:13; La 1:9; 4:18; Am 8:2,10; Mt 24:6,13,14; 1Pe 4:7;
and I. ver. 8,9; 5:13; 6:3-7,12,13;
will judge. ver. 8,27; 11:10,11; 16:38; 18:30; 33:20; 34:20-22; 36:19; Re 20:12,13;
mine. ver. 9; 5:11; 8:18; 9:10; 24:14; Jer 13:14; Zec 11:6;
but. 11:21; 16:43; 23:31; 23:49; Jer 16:18; 25:14; Ho 9:7; 12:2; Heb 10:30;
and ye. ver. 27; 6:7,14; 12:20; 5:9; 2Ki 21:12,13; Da 9:12; Am 3:2; Na 1:9; Mt 24:21;
An end. This is similar to the second verse; but there is a paronomasia, or play upon words, here, deserving of notice: {ketz ba, ba hakketz, haikeetz ailayich,} "the end cometh, come is the end: it waketh for thee." {Ketz,} is an end; {haikeetz,} is to wake or watch. ver. 3; Jer 44:27;
watcheth for thee. Heb. awaketh against thee. Zec 13:7;
behold. ver. 10; 21:25; 39:8; 2Pe 2:5;
morning. Ge 19:15,24; Isa 17:14; Am 4:13;
the time. ver. 12; 12:23-25,28; Isa 13:22; Zep 1:14-16; 1Pe 4:17;
pour. 9:8; 14:19; 20:8,13,21,33; 22:31; 30:15; 36:18; 2Ch 34:21; Ps 79:6; Isa 42:25; Jer 7:20; La 2:4; 4:11; Da 9:11,27; Ho 5:10; Na 1:6; Re 14:10; 16:2-21;
accomplish. 6:12;
thee. Heb. upon thee. and ye. ver. 4;
the Lord. Isa 9:13; Mic 6:9; Ga 6:7; Re 20:13;
the morning. ver. 7;
the rod. 19:14; 21:10,13; Nu 17:8; Isa 10:5;
pride. Pr 14:3; 16:18; Isa 28:1; Da 4:37; Jas 4:6;
Violence. ver. 23; Isa 5:7; 9:4; 14:29; 59:6-8; Jer 6:7; Am 3:10; 6:3; Mic 2:2; 3:3; Mic 6:12; Jas 2:13;
none. ver. 2,16; 5:4,11; 6:11; Zep 1:18;
multitude. or, tumult. theirs. or, their tumultuous persons. neither. 24:16-24; Ps 78:64; Jer 16:5,6; 22:18; 25:33;
time. ver. 5-7,10; 1Co 7:29-31; Jas 5:8,9;
let. Isa 24:1,2; Jer 32:7,8,24,25;
for. ver. 13,14; 6:11,12; Isa 5:13,14;
the seller. Ec 8:8; Le 25:24-28,31;
they were yet alive. Heb. their life were yet among the living. neither. 13:22; 33:26,27; Job 15:25; Ps 52:7;
in, etc. or, whose life is in his iniquity. the iniquity of his life. Heb. his iniquity.
for. ver. 11,12; Isa 24:1-7; Jer 6:11; 7:20; 12:12; 5:12; De 32:23-25; Jer 14:18; 15:2,3; La 1:20;
they. 6:8; Ezr 9:15; Isa 1:9; 37:31; Jer 44:14,28;
mourning. 36:31; Pr 5:11-14; Jer 31:9,18,19; 50:4,5; Zec 12:10-14;
hands. 21:7; Isa 13:7,8; Jer 6:24; Heb 12:12;
be weak as water. Heb. go into water.
shall also. Isa 3:24; 15:2,3; Jer 48:37; Am 8:10;
and horror. Ge 15:12; Job 21:6; Ps 35:26; 55:4,5; Jer 3:25; Re 6:15-17;
shall cast. 2Ki 7:7,8,15; Pr 11:4; Isa 2:20; 30:22; Zep 1:18; Mt 16:26;
removed. Heb. for a separation, or uncleanness. they shall not. Job 20:12-23; Ps 78:30,31; Ec 5:10; Isa 55:2; Lu 12:19,20;
it is the stumbling-block of their iniquity. or, their iniquity is their stumbling-block. 14:3,4,7; 44:12; Ro 11:9;
the beauty. 24:21; 1Ch 29:1,2; 2Ch 2:9; 3:1-17; Ezr 3:12; Ps 48:2; 50:2; 87:2,3; Isa 64:11; Hag 2:3;
but. 5:11; 8:7-10,15,16; 2Ki 21:4,7; 23:11,12; 2Ch 33:4-7; 36:14; Jer 7:30;
set it far from them. or, made it unto them an unclean thing. ver. 22; 9:7; 24:21; Jer 7:14; La 1:10; 2:1,7; 2Ki 24:13; 25:9,13-16; 2Ch 36:18,19; Ps 74:2-8; 79:1; Jer 52:13-23;
face. Ps 10:11; 35:22; 74:10,11,18-23; Jer 18:17;
a chain. 19:3-6; Jer 27:2; 40:1; La 3:7; Na 3:10;
for. 9:9; 11:6; 22:3-6,9,13,27; 2Ki 21:16; 24:4; Isa 1:15; 59:3,7; Jer 2:34; 7:6; 22:17; Ho 4:2; Mic 2:2; 7:2; Zep 3:3,4;
I will bring. 21:31; 28:7; Ps 106:41; Jer 4:7; 12:12; Hab 1:6-10;
they shall. That is, "the Chaldeans shall possess the houses of the Jews." The antecedents of pronouns are thus frequently understood in Hebrew poetry. Jer 6:12; La 5:2;
the pomp. That is, the magnificence of their greatest and haughtiest princes.
their holy places shall be defiled. or, they shall inherit their holy places. 21:2; 2Ch 7:19; Ps 83:12;
Destruction. Heb. Cutting off. and they. Isa 57:21; 59:8-12; Jer 8:15,16; La 4:17,18; Mic 1:12;
Mischief shall. Le 26:18,21,24,28; De 32:23; Jer 4:20;
then. 14:1; 20:1-3; 33:31; Jer 21:2; 37:17; 38:14-28;
but. Ps 74:9; La 2:9; Am 8:11,12; Mic 3:6;
ancients. 8:1; 14:1; 20:1; Jer 18:18;
king. 12:10-22; 17:15-21; 21:25; Jer 52:8-11;
I will. ver. 4-8; 18:30; Isa 3:11; Ro 2:5-10;
according to their deserts. Heb. with their judgments. Mt 7:2; Jas 2:13;
and they. ver. 4; 1Ki 20:28; Ps 9:16; Joe 3:17;