Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time - The “time” may be either the time of the obduracy of the wicked, or that of…

Prudent ... silence.— The mute silence of the prudent is the dreadful curse which comes upon a people when they are given up to se…

National sins bring down national judgments; and when God grows angry against the people, he makes the places of their feasting, the vineyards wher…

Some interpreters think that a punishment is here announced against the people of Israel: that the Lord would deprive them of Prophets and teachers…

Therefore the prudent shall keep silence at that time Not the prophets of the Lord, whose business it was at all times to…

The same almighty power can, for repenting sinners, easily turn affliction and sorrow into prosperity and joy, and as easily turn the prosperity of…