In the day ... - You shall cultivate it assiduously and constantly. You shall take special care that it may be watered and pruned, in order …

In the day shalt thou make. —Better, you make, or, you fence, your plant.

The alliance between Sy…

In the day. This denotes the incessant labor that is bestowed on plants and seeds. Yet we might understand it to mean the fruit that is yi…

In the day shall you make your plant to grow
Not that it is in the power of man to make it grow; but the sense is, t…

Sin desolates cities. It is strange that great conquerors should take pride in being enemies to mankind; but it is better that flocks should lie do…

1. The burden of Damascus. Here he begins to threaten those who created an occasion of sin for the people of God, because by trusti…