Behold Briers Bury Destruction Egypt Escape Gather Memphis Nettles Overrun Pleasant Possess Silver Tents Thorns Treasures
9:6 For, lo, they are gone because of {g} destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant [places] for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns [shall be] in their tabernacles.
(g) Even though they think to escape by fleeing the destruction that is at hand, yet they will be destroyed in the place where they flee for help.
9:6 They are gone - Some are already withdrawn from the desolation that cometh. Egypt - In Egypt they hope to be quiet and survive these desolations, but they shall die in Egypt. The pleasant places - Their beautiful houses built for keeping their wealth in. Nettles - Shall be ruined, and lie in rubbish, 'till nettles grow in them.
9:1-6 Israel gave rewards to their idols, in the offerings presented to them. It is common for those who are niggardly in religion, to be prodigal upon their lusts. Those are reckoned as idolaters, who love a reward in the corn-floor better than a reward in the favour of God and in eternal life. They are full of the joy of harvest, and have no disposition to mourn for sin. When we make the world, and the things of it, our idol and our portion, it is just with God to show us our folly, and correct us. None may expect to dwell in the Lord's land, who will not be subject to the Lord's laws, or be influenced by his love. When we enjoy the means of grace, we ought to consider what we shall do, if they should be taken from us. While the pleasures of communion with God are out of the reach of change, the pleasant places purchased with silver, or in which men deposit silver, are liable to be laid in ruins. No famine is so dreadful as that of the soul.
Assyria Bury Covered Desirable Destruction Egypt Fair Field Gather Gathereth Last Memphis Nettles Places Pleasant Possess Precious Resting-Place Silver Tabernacles Tents Thorns Together Treasures Vessels Weeds
Assyria Bury Covered Desirable Destruction Egypt Fair Field Gather Gathereth Last Memphis Nettles Places Pleasant Possess Precious Resting-Place Silver Tabernacles Tents Thorns Together Treasures Vessels Weeds
