That the heathen should rule over them - This translation of the Hebrew verb שׁמל, favours their interpretation, who understand by the army, at the beginning of the chapter, an invading human enemy. Such was this here mentioned, wherein they beseech God to deliver his people, not for any merit of theirs, but for his own glory, lest the heathen round about them should take occasion to blaspheme his name, as if he were not able to protect his worshippers. And let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord - It was usual to prescribe certain forms of prayer or praise to the priests, in their public ministrations: see Hosea 14:2 1 Chronicles 16:36. Hereupon this is mentioned as the most proper place for the priests to stand in, while they addressed their prayers and intercessions to God in behalf of the people because here they could best be seen and heard by all the assembly, and here they had before offered the sacrifices proper for such an occasion. This was called the priests’ court, and was the place where the greatest part of those, whose course it was, gave their attendance. Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar - The priests, being in a peculiar sense the Lord’s servants, are here required to take the lead in this sacred work of penitence, and to stand weeping and praying between the porch and the altar that is, in the open court, just before the porch of the temple built by Solomon, (see 1 Kings 6:3,) and the altar of burnt-offerings. We are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.Īrouse Yourself, why do You sleep, O Lord?Īnd forget our affliction and our oppression?įor our soul has sunk down into the dust Īnd redeem us for the sake of Your lovingkindness.Benson Commentary Joel 2:17. Yet You have crushed us in a place of jackalsīut for Your sake we are killed all day long You cause us to turn back from the adversary Īnd those who hate us have taken spoil for themselves.Ī scoffing and a derision to those around us.īecause of the voice of him who reproaches and reviles,īecause of the presence of the enemy and the avenger.Īll this has come upon us, but we have not forgotten You,Īnd we have not dealt falsely with Your covenant.Īnd our steps have not deviated from Your way, Yet You have rejected us and brought us to dishonor, Thus she became a byword among women, and they executed judgments on her. They uncovered her nakedness they took her sons and her daughters, but they slew her with the sword. Therefore, I gave her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, after whom she lusted. She did not forsake her harlotries from the time in Egypt for in her youth men had lain with her, and they handled her virgin bosom and poured out their lust on her. She bestowed her harlotries on them, all of whom were the choicest men of Assyria and with all whom she lusted after, with all their idols she defiled herself. “Oholah played the harlot while she was Mine and she lusted after her lovers, after the Assyrians, her neighbors, who were clothed in purple, governors and officials, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding on horses. And as for their names, Samaria is Oholah and Jerusalem is Oholibah. And they became Mine, and they bore sons and daughters. Their names were Oholah the elder and Oholibah her sister. They played the harlot in their youth there their breasts were pressed and there their virgin bosom was handled. The word of the Lord came to me again, saying, “Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother and they played the harlot in Egypt.
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