For before the harvest - This verse is evidently figurative, and the image is drawn from what began in the previous verse. There, God is rep…

I will take my rest ... —The words that follow paint with marvelous vividness the calmness and deliberation of the workings of Div…

For when the harvest shall be at hand. Literally, this means “in the presence of the harvest.” However, we must soften the harshness of th…

For before the harvest Or vintage: the above metaphor is carried on; before the designs and schemes of the people above d…

God's care for his people, and the increase of the church.

This chapter is one of the most obscure in Scripture, though more of it was proba…

1. Woe to the land, the winged cymbal. Here he threatens the Egyptians.

   First, he threatens their punishment by comparing it…