Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary Verse 5. Speak not with a stiff neck. ] Mr. Bruce has observed that the Abyssinian kings have a horn on their diadem; and that the keeping it erect, or in a projecting form, makes them appear as if they had a stiff neck; and refers to this passage for the antiquity of the usage, and the appearance also.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 6-10 - No second causes will raise men to preferment without the First Cause It comes neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south He mentions not the north; the same word that signifies the north signifies the secret place; and from the secret of God's counsel it does come. From God alone all must receive their doom. There ar mixtures of mercy and grace in the cup of affliction, when it is pu into the hands of God's people; mixtures of the curse, when it is pu into the hands of the wicked. God's people have their share in commo calamities, but the dregs of the cup are for the wicked. The exaltatio of the Son of David will be the subject of the saints' everlastin praises. Then let sinners submit to the King of righteousness, and le believers rejoice in and obey him _________________________________________________
Original Hebrew אל408 תרימו7311 למרום4791 קרנכם7161 תדברו1696 בצואר6677 עתק׃6277
