Nitre – Or, natron, a mineral alkali, found in the Nile valley, where it effloresces upon the rocks and surfaces of the dykes, and in ancien…

Nitre. —The mineral alkali found in the natron lakes of Egypt that took their name from it. The Hebrew word nether is the…

Your own wickedness shall correct you, and your backslidings shall reprove you: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, tha…

We have already seen, and the Prophet will often repeat the same thing—that the people had become so rebellious that they would not willingly yield…

For though you wash yourself with nitre
The word (rtn) , "nitre", is only used in this p…

Despite all their advantages, Israel had become like the wild vine that bears poisonous fruit. People are often as much under the power of their un…

1. Here, he removes their excuses.

   1. They might bring up the neglect of the farmer. Against this, he says, I have planted…