A Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Jonah
Overview
Lange’s Commentary on the Holy Scriptures has served as a standard reference for more than a century. The subtitle “Critical, Doctrinal, and Homiletical” aptly describes the three-pronged approach to the biblical text. This translated version of the German text is often considered by many to be superior to the original.
Top Highlights
“not to hide himself from the omnipresent God, but to withdraw from the service of Jehovah, the God-King of Israel.’” (Page 17)
“He imagined that if he went out of the land of Israel, the spirit of prophecy would not rest upon him,’” (Pages 17–18)
“It was not an evil conscience, or despair occasioned by the threatening of danger, which induced hìm to lie down to sleep; nor was it his fearless composure in the midst of the danger of the storm, but the careless self-security with which he had embarked on the ship to flee from God, without considering that the hand of God could reach him even on the sea, and punish him for his disobedience. This security is apparent in his subsequent conduct.’ (Keil and Delitzsch, Com. on Jonah, chap. 1:5).” (Page 18)
“of the kingdom of Israel; and was consequently an early contemporary of the prophet Amos.” (Page 2)
“Preach against it is God’s command to Jonah; that is, go and deliver to its face, a call to repentance [Eine Busspredigt]. He does not say, preach merely concerning it; for Jonah, as other prophets did, could have done that in his own land. Neither does he say merely to it; for that would have been expressed by אֶל or ל. But God will have him preach against Nineveh, because its wickedness had come up before Him as in former times the wickedness of Sodom and Gomorrah had done (comp. Gen. 18:21, with Gen. 6:5).” (Page 17)
- Title: A Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Jonah
- Authors: Johann Peter Lange, Philip Schaff, Paul Kleinert, Charles Elliott
- Series: Lange’s Commentary
- Publisher: Faithlife
- Print Publication Date: 2008
- Logos Release Date: 2008
- Era: era:modern
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Bible. O.T. Jonah › Commentaries
- Resource ID: LLS:LANGE32JON
- Resource Type: Bible Commentary
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-10-05T17:03:20Z