Isa 1:3, 5:12, Hos 4:6, Luk 19:44 | JFB | e4.org | 3. ( ). crib —the stall where it is fed ( ). Spiritually the word and ordinances. Israel —The whole nation, Judah as well as Israel, in the restricted sense. God regards His covenant-people in their designed unity. not know —namely, his Owner, as the parallelism requires; that is, not recognize Him as such ( , equivalent to "my people," ). consider — attend to his Master ( ), notwithstanding the spiritual food which He provides (answering to "crib" in the parallel clause).

‏ Isaiah 1:3

crib—the stall where it is fed (Pr 14:4). Spiritually the word and ordinances.

Israel—The whole nation, Judah as well as Israel, in the restricted sense. God regards His covenant-people in their designed unity.

not know—namely, his Owner, as the parallelism requires; that is, not recognize Him as such (Ex 19:5, equivalent to "my people," Joh 1:10, 11).

consider—attend to his Master (Isa 41:8), notwithstanding the spiritual food which He provides (answering to "crib" in the parallel clause).

‏ Isaiah 5:12

12. Music was common at ancient feasts (Isa 24:8, 9; Am 6:5, 6).

viol—an instrument with twelve strings [JOSEPHUS, Antiquities, 8.10].

tabret—Hebrew, toph, from the use of which in drowning the cries of children sacrificed to Moloch, Tophet received its name. Arabic, duf. A kettle drum, or tambourine.

pipe—flute or flageolet: from a Hebrew root "to bore through"; or else, "to dance" (compare Job 21:11-15).

regard not . . . Lord—a frequent effect of feasting (Job 1:5; Ps 28:5).

work . . . operation—in punishing the guilty (Isa 5:19; Isa 10:12).

‏ Hosea 4:6

6. lack of knowledge—"of God" (Ho 4:1), that is, lack of piety. Their ignorance was wilful, as the epithet, "My people," implies; they ought to have known, having the opportunity, as the people of God.

thou—O priest, so-called. Not regularly constituted, but still bearing the name, while confounding the worship of Jehovah and of the calves in Beth-el (1Ki 12:29, 31).

I will . . . forget thy children—Not only those who then were alive should be deprived of the priesthood, but their children who, in the ordinary course would have succeeded them, should be set aside.

‏ Luke 19:44

41-44. when beheld . . . wept—Compare La 3:51, "Mine eye affecteth mine heart"; the heart again affecting the eye. Under this sympathetic law of the relation of mind and body, Jesus, in His beautiful, tender humanity, was constituted even as we. What a contrast to the immediately preceding profound joy! He yielded Himself alike freely to both. (See on Mt 23:37.)