Deu 28:50-68, Dan 9:26-27, Zec 13:7-8, 14:1-2, Mat 21:40-42, 22:7 | TSK | STEP | of fierce countenance. Heb. strong of face. shall not.

and toward.The Roman armies at length besieged, sacked, and utterly desolated Jerusalem: and during this seige, the famine was so extreme, that even rich and delicate persons, both men and women, ate their own children, and concealed the horrible repast, lest others should tear it from them! "Women snatched the food out of the very mouths of their husbands, and sons of their fathers, and (what is most miserable) mothers of their infants." "In every house, if there appeared any semblance of food, a battle ensued, and the dearest friends and relations fought with one another; snatching away the miserable provisions of life." "A woman distinguished by birth and wealth, after she had been plundered by the tyrants (or soldiers) of all her possessions, boiling her own sucking child, ate half of him, and concealing the other half, reserved it for another time!"

13:6; 2Sa 12:3; Mic 7:5

his children.

Ps 103:13; Isa 49:15; Mt 7:9-11; Lu 11:11-13

in the seige.

Jer 5:10; 34:2; 52:6

and delicate.

Isa 3:16; La 4:3-6

her eye shall be evil.

young one. Heb. after-birth. cometh out.

Ge 49:10; Isa 49:15

for she shall.

If thou wilt.

15; Le 26:14,15; Jer 7:9,10,26-28

fear this glorious.

6:13; Ex 3:14,15; 6:2,3; 20:2; 34:5-7; Ne 9:5; Ps 50:7; 72:19; 83:18

Isa 41:10; 42:8; Jer 5:12; Mt 10:28; Heb 10:30,31; 12:28,29

46; 29:20-28; 31:17,18; 32:22,26; 1Ki 9:7-9; 16:3,4; La 1:9,12

La 4:12; Da 9:12; Ho 3:4; Mr 13:19

7:15; Ex 15:26

bring upon thee. Heb. cause to ascend.

few in number.In the seige of Jerusalem there died 1,100,000 persons, and more than 90,000 were carried captive; and, having afterwards provoked the Romans by their crimes and rebellions, they persecuted them nearly to extirpation; to which, if the tens of thousands which were slaughtered year after year in every country be added, it appears wonderful that there were any remains left.

4:27; Le 26:22; 2Ki 13:7; 24:14; Ne 7:4; Isa 1:9; 24:6; Jer 42:2

Jer 52:28-30; Mr 13:20; Ro 9:27-29

as the stars.

10:22; Ne 9:23; Ro 9:27

rejoiced over.

30:9; Isa 62:5; Jer 32:41; Mic 7:18; Zep 3:17; Lu 15:6-10,23,24,32

rejoice over.

Pr 1:26; Isa 1:24; Eze 5:13; 33:11

plucked from.

7:22; *marg:

Jer 12:14,15; 18:7; 24:6; 31:28,40; 42:10; Da 7:8

scatter.

4:27,28; Le 26:33; Ne 1:8; Jer 16:13; 50:17; Eze 11:16,17; Lu 21:24

there thou shalt.

36; Jer 16:13

among.After the conquest of their country by the Romans, Hadrian, by a public decree, ratified by the senate, forbad any Jew to come even within sight of Judea; and hence they were dispersed over every quarter of the globe, where they found no alleviation or respite from misery. In no country are they treated as denizens; all suspect them as enemies, and behave to them as aliens; if they do not, as had been too frequently the case, harass, oppress, and persecute them, even unto death.

shalt thou.

Ge 8:9; Isa 57:21; Eze 5:12-17; 20:32-35; Am 9:4,9,10

the Lord.

Le 26:36; Isa 51:17; Eze 12:18,19; Ho 11:10,11; Hab 3:16; Lu 21:26

failing of eyes.

Le 26:16; Isa 65:14; La 3:65; Mt 24:8; Ro 11:10

67; La 1:13; Heb 10:27; Re 6:15-17

34; Job 7:3,4; Re 9:6

bring thee into Egypt.This verse seems especially to point out an event, which took place subsequently to the destruction of Jerusalem by Titus, and the desolation made by Hadrian. Numbers of the captives were sent by sea into Egypt (as well as into other countries), and sold for slaves at a vile price, and for the meanest offices; and many thousands were left to perish from want; for the multitude was so great, that purchasers could not be found for them all at any price!

17:16; Jer 43:7; 44:12; Ho 8:13; 9:3

there ye shall.

Ex 20:2; Ne 5:8; Es 7:4; Joe 3:3-7; Lu 21:24

‏ Daniel 9:26-27

Messiah.

Ps 22:15; Isa 53:8; Mr 9:12; Lu 24:26,46; Joh 11:51,52; 12:32-34

2Co 5:21; Ga 3:13; 1Pe 2:21,24; 3:18

but not. or, and shall have nothing.

Joh 14:30

and the people, etc. or, and (the Jews) shall be no more hispeople.

11:17; Ho 1:9

or, and the Prince's (Messiah's, ver. 25,) future people.The Romans, who under Titus, after the expiration of the 70 weeks, destroyed the temple and the city, and dispersed the Jews.

the prince.

Mt 22:2,7; 23:38; 24:2; Mr 13:2; Lu 19:43,44; 21:6,24; Ac 6:13,14

and the end.

Mt 24:6-14; Mr 13:7

with.

11:10; Isa 8:7; Jer 46:7; Am 8:8; 9:5; Na 1:8

desolations are determined. or, it shall be cut off bydesolations

confirm.

Isa 42:6; 53:11; 55:3; Jer 31:31-34; 32:40-42; Eze 16:60-63

Mt 26:28; Ro 5:15,19; 15:8,9; Ga 3:13-17; Heb 6:13-18; 8:8-13

Heb 9:15-20,28; 10:16-18; 13:20,21

the covenant. or, a covenant. cause.

Mt 27:51; Heb 10:4-22

for the overspreading of abominations he shall make itdesolate. or, upon the battlements shall be the idols of the desolator.

8:13; 11:36; 12:11; Isa 10:22,23; 28:22; Mt 24:15; Mr 13:14

Lu 21:20,24; Ro 11:26

that determined.

Le 26:14-46; De 4:26-28; 28:15-68; 29:18-29; 30:17,18; 31:28,29

De 32:19-44; Ps 69:22-28; 1Th 2:15,16

upon the desolate. or, upon the desolator.

‏ Zechariah 13:7-8

O sword.

De 32:41,42; Isa 27:1; Jer 47:6; Eze 21:4,5,9,10,28

my shepherd.

11:4,7; Isa 40:11; Eze 34:23,24; 37:24; Mic 5:2,4; Joh 10:10-18

Heb 13:20; 1Pe 5:4

the man.

Isa 9:6; Jer 23:5,6; Ho 12:3-5; Mt 1:23; 11:27; Joh 1:1,2; 5:17,18

Joh 5:23; 8:58; 10:30,38; 14:1,9-11,23; 16:15; 17:21-23; Php 2:6

Col 1:15-19; Heb 1:6-12; Re 1:8,11,17; 2:23; 21:6; 22:13-16

smite.

Isa 53:4-10; Da 9:24-26; Joh 1:29; 3:14-17; Ac 2:23; 4:26-28

Ro 3:24-26; 4:25; 5:6-10; 8:32; 2Co 5:21; Ga 3:13; Col 1:19,20

Heb 10:5-10; 1Pe 1:18-20; 2:24,25; 3:18; 1Jo 2:2; 4:9,10; Re 13:8

the sheep.

Mt 26:31,56; Mr 14:27,50; Joh 16:32

I will turn.

11:7,11; Mt 10:42; 18:10,11,14; Lu 12:32; 17:2; Joh 18:8,9

two.

11:6-9; De 28:49-68; Isa 65:12-15; 66:4-6,24; Eze 5:2-4,12; Da 9:27

Mal 3:1,2,5; 4:1-3; Mt 3:10-12; 21:43,44; 22:7; 23:35-37; 24:21

Lu 19:41-44; 20:16-18; 21:20-24; 23:28-30; 1Th 2:15,16; Re 8:7-12

Re 16:19

but.

14:1,2; Isa 6:13; Jer 30:11; Joe 2:31,32; Am 9:8,9; Mt 24:22

Mr 13:20; Ro 9:27-29; 11:1-5

‏ Zechariah 14:1-2

1 The destroyers of Jerusalem destroyed.

3 The coming of Christ, and the graces of his kingdom.

12 The plague of Jerusalem's enemies.

16 The remnant shall turn to the Lord;

20 and their spoils shall be holy.

Isa 2:12; 13:6,9; Joe 2:31; 3:14; Mal 4:5; Ac 2:20; Re 16:14

gather.

De 28:9-14; Isa 5:26; Jer 34:1; Da 2:40-43; Joe 3:2; Mt 22:7; Lu 2:1

the city.

Mt 23:37,38; 24:15,16; Mr 13:14,19; Lu 19:43,44; 21:20-24

the houses.

Isa 13:16; La 1:10; 5:11,12; Am 7:17; Mt 24:19-21

the residue.

Lu 21:24

shall not.

13:8,9; Isa 65:6-9,18; Mt 24:22; Ro 9:27-29; Ga 4:26,27

‏ Matthew 21:40-42

what.

Mr 12:9; Lu 20:15,16; Heb 10:29

they say.Our Lord here causes them to pass that sentence of destruction upon themselves which was literally executed about forty years afterwards by the Roman armies.

He will.

3:12; 22:6,7; 23:35-38; 24:21,22; Le 26:14-46; De 28:59-68

Ps 2:4,5,9; Isa 5:5-7; Da 9:26; Zec 11:8-10; 12:12; 13:8; 14:2,3

Mal 4:1-6; Lu 17:32-37; 19:41-44; 21:22-24; 1Th 2:16; Heb 2:3; 12:25

and will let out.

43; 8:11; Isa 49:5-7; 65:15; 66:19-21; Lu 13:28,29; 14:23,24; 21:24

Ac 13:46-48; 15:7; 18:6; 28:8; Ro 9:1-11:36; 15:9-18

Did.

The stone.

Ps 118:22,23; Isa 28:16; Zec 3:8,9; Mr 12:10,11; Lu 20:17,18

Ac 4:11; Ro 9:33; Eph 2:20; 1Pe 2:4-8

and it is.