For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up - My zeal—my ardor—in the cause of religion (that is, of your pure worship) has been s…

Of your house — i.e., for your house. Hosea 8:1, shows that house might stand for congregation, but v…

And an alien unto my mother's children. For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up, and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are falle…

For the zeal of your house has eaten me up—David’s enemies, no doubt, professed that nothing was further from their mind than to touch the…

For the zeal of thine house has eaten me up
Of the house of the sanctuary, as the Targum; that is, the temple, which…

We should frequently consider the person of the Sufferer spoken of here, and ask why, as well as what He suffered. By meditating on this, we may be…