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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
# Jamieson, Fausset & Brown (1871) Three-author Scottish Presbyterian/Anglican whole-Bible commentary, first published in 1871 as A Commentary, Critical and Explanatory, on the Old and New Testaments.
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This site quotes Jamieson, Fausset & Brown 6,005 times across 66 books, and lists 1 work.
- Lived 1802 to 1910.
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So the higher a man's religious character is, the more hurt is caused by a sinful folly in him. Bad savor is endurable in oil, but not in what professes to be, and is compounded by the perfumer ("apothecary") for, fragrance.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871
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"Flies" answer to "a little folly" (sin), appropriately, being small (1Co 5:6); also, "Beelzebub" means prince of flies.
Ecclesiastes 10:1 As dead flies bring a stench to the perfumer’s oil, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor. BSB
The moral malady of man is twofold--at one time vain confidence; then, when that is disappointed, despair. So the Jews first laughed at God's threats, confident that they should speedily return; then, when cast down from that confidence, they sank in inconsolable despondency.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871
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expected end--literally, "end and expectation," that is, an end, and that such an end as you wish for.
Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope. BSB
Leah tender-eyed--that is, soft blue eyes--thought a blemish. Rachel beautiful and well-favored--that is, comely and handsome in form. The latter was Jacob's choice.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871
Genesis 29:17 Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel was shapely and beautiful. BSB
And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot--Aaron cuts a poor figure, making a shuffling excuse and betraying more dread of the anger of Moses than of the Lord (compare De 9:20).
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871
Exodus 32:22 “Do not be enraged, my lord,” Aaron replied. “You yourself know that the people are intent on evil. BSB
Shemuel--that is, Samuel. This is the exact representation of the Hebrew name.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871
1 Chronicles 6:33 These are the men who served, together with their sons. From the Kohathites: BSB
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# Jamieson, Fausset & Brown (1871) Three-author Scottish Presbyterian/Anglican whole-Bible commentary, first published in 1871 as A Commentary, Critical and Explanatory, on the Old and New Testaments. Often called simply "JFB" or the "Commentary Critical and Explanatory." One of the most concise and citation-dense Public-Domain whole-Bible commentaries — which is why it lands at default_rank=400 in Doctrine A's featured-excerpt ordering: after the Calvin + Spurgeon + Henry heavyweight-voice tier, JFB reliably offers a second Evangelical voice on almost every canonical chapter.
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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
1871
1,189 chapters / 66 books — complete Protestant canon, including: - Single-chapter books: Obadiah, Philemon, 2 John, 3 John, Jude (all handled via Introduction-anchor fallback in the extractor since CCEL's single-chapter JFB files don't use ChapterN anchors). - 3 legitimate short chapters (< 200 chars) that cross-reference parallel commentary: 2 Chronicles 18, Psalm 146, Matthew 24.
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This is the vision of Obadiah: This is what the Lord GOD says about Edom—We have heard a message from the LORD; an envoy has been sent among the nations…
“We--I and my people. heard-- (Isa 21:10). and an ambassador is sent--Yea, an ambassador is already sent, namely, an angel, to stir up the Assyrians (and afterwards the Chaldeans) against Edom.”
“Behold, I will make you small among the nations; you will be deeply despised.
“I have made thee small--Thy reduction to insignificance is as sure as if it were already accomplished; therefore the past tense is used [MAURER]. Edom then extended from Dedan of Arabia to Bozrah in the north (Jer 49:8, 13).”
But how Esau will be pillaged, his hidden treasures sought out!
“How are the things of Esau searched out!--by hostile soldiers seeking booty. Compare with Ob 5, 6 here, Jer 49:9, 10. hidden things--or "places." Edom abounded in such hiding-places, as caves, clefts in the rock, &c.”
All the men allied with you will drive you to the border; the men at peace with you will deceive and overpower you.
“This view agrees with the context, which speaks of false friends deceiving Edom: that is, failing to give help in need (compare Job 6:14, 15).”
Then your mighty men, O Teman, will be terrified, so that everyone in the mountains of Esau will be cut down in the slaughter.
“The Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate connect these words with Ob 10, "for the slaughter, for the violence (of which thou art guilty) against thy brother Jacob."”
On the day you stood aloof while strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gate and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were just like one of them.
“(2Ch 21:16); the Syrians in the reign of Joash of Judah (2Ch 24:24); the Chaldeans (2Ch 36:1-23). carried . . . captive his forces--his "host" (Ob 20): the multitude of Jerusalem's inhabitants. cast lots upon Jerusalem-- (Joe 3:3).”
But you should not gloat in that day, your brother’s day of misfortune, nor rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction, nor boast proudly in…
“So the antitypes, Messiah's foes (Ps 22:17). MAURER translates, as the Margin, "thou shouldest not look" any more. English Version agrees with the context better. the day of thy brother--his day of calamity.”
Those from the Negev will possess the mountains of Esau; those from the foothills will possess the land of the Philistines.
“Benjamin shall possess Gilead--that is, the region east of Jordan, occupied formerly by Reuben, Gad, and half Manasseh. Benjamin shall possess besides its own territory the adjoining territory eastward, while the two and a half tribes shall in the redistribution occupy the adjoining territory of…”