Colonial Rule in Africa Essay

have a fit the place of your tent, graspiness out your tent curtains wide, do not hold back procrastinate your stack, prove your stakes.New Living Translation (2007) join on your house build an addition. Spread out your home, and manifest no expense side of meat Standard Version (2001) Enlarge the place of your tent, and let the curtains of your habitations be stretched out do not hold back lengthen your cords and assure your stakes.New American Standard Bible (1995) Enlarge the place of your tent stretching out the curtains of your dwellings, spare not Lengthen your cords And strengthen your pegs.King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.) Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakesGODS WORD Translation (1995) Expand the space of your tent. Stretch out the curtains of your tent, and dont hold back.Lengthen your tent ropes, and drive in the tent pegs.King James 2000 Bible (2003) Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of your habitations spare not, lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakesAmerican King James Version Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of your habitations spare not, lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakesAmerican Standard Version Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thy habitations spare not lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes.Douay-Rheims Bible Enlarge the place of thy tent, and stretch out the skins of thy tabernacles, spare not lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes.Darby Bible Translation Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thy habitations spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes.English Revised Version Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations spare not lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes.We bsters Bible Translation Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them extend the curtains of thy habitations spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakesWorld English Bible Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of your habitations dont spare lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes.Youngs Literal Translation Enlarge the place of thy tent, And the curtains of thy tabernacles they stretch out, Restrain not lengthen thy cords, And thy pins make strong. Barnes Notes on the BibleEnlarge the place of thy tent The same idea occurs in Isaiah 4919-20 (see the notes at that chapter). The curtains of thy habitations. The word curtain does not quite express the sense here. It is comm yet with us used to denote the fabric hanging round. a bed or at a window, which may be spread or drawn aside at pleasure, or the hanging in theaters to conceal the stage from the spectators. The word here, however, denotes the canopy or cloth used in a tent a nd the idea is, that the boundaries of the perform were to be greatly enlarged, in order to accommodate the vast accession from the pagan world. sheer not Do not be parsimonious in the provision of the materials for greatly enlarging the tent to dwell in.Lengthen thy cords (See the note at Isaiah 3320). Gills Exposition of the Entire BibleEnlarge the place of thy tent,.To which the church is compared, because of its uncertain and movable condition, being sometimes in one place, and sometimes in another and because of its outward tightness and weakness, as well as its small extent but now it is signified that it should be enlarged, and room be made for an accession of in habitants to it or, in other words, that the Gospel church state should not be confined to Jerusalem, but should take place in other split of Judea, and in Galilee, and in Samaria hence we read of churches in those places, Acts 931, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitation alluding to the curt ains of which tents or tabernacles were made, which used to be stretched out on poles or stakes, in order to make more room, and hold more people. This may respect the spreading of the Gospel by the apostles, who may be here meant, and the success of it, especially among the Gentiles who may be said to stretch out the curtains of the tent, the church, when, according to their commission, they went and preached the Gospel to every creature.First they travelled as far-off as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching to the Jews only but when they wholly rejected the Gospel, they turned to the Gentiles, and went everywhere preaching the word, Acts 1119, and their ministry was blessed to the conversion of multitudes, and Gospel churches were set up in all parts of the world. The Apostle Paul was an eminent instrument of stretching these curtains, who went from Jerusalem, round about to Illyricum, fully preaching the Gospel of delivery boy, Romans 1519, spare not any cost or pains, to spread the Gospel, enlarge the interest of Christ, and increase his church and people as did not the apostles of Christ, who may be supposed to be the persons here addressed lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes the curtains being stretched out, it was necessary the cords, to which they were fastened, should be lengthened, that they might reach further, and take in a greater compass and the wider the tent is made by such means, the stronger should be the staves, and the more surely should they be drove and fixed in the earth, to hold the cords with the curtains bound unto them all which express the enlargement of the church in the Gentile world, by means of the Gospel ministry and discipline.The Targum is, multiply the people of thy camp, and strengthen the g everywherenors. Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old TestamentWith this prospect before her, point her dwelling-place would need enlarging. Enlarge the space of thy tent, and let them stretch out the curt ains of thy habitations forbid not lengthen thy cords, and fasten thy plugs. She is to widen out the space inside her tent, and they ( has no definite subject, which is often the case where some subordinate servant is to be thought of) are to spread out far and wide the coverings of the framework of her dwelling, which is called mishkenoth (in the plural) on account of its roominess and magnificence she is not to forbid it, thinking in her weakness of faith, It is good enough as it is it would be too large. The cords which hold up the walls, she is to lengthen and the plugs, to which the cords are fastened, she is to ram fast into the earth the former because the tent (i.e., the holy city, Jeremiah 3138-40, and the dwelling-place of the church generally, Isaiah 2615) has to recover a large number of inhabitants the latter because it pass on not be broken up so soon again (Isaiah 3320).Geneva submit Biblec Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them extend the curtains of thy habi tations spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes(c) Signifying that for the great number of children that idol would give her, she would wait to lack room to lodge them.Wesleys Notes542 Enlarge That it may be capable of the Gentiles, who shall flock to thee in great numbers. Strengthen That they may be able to support that great weight which the tents thus enlarged, shall be upon them.Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary2. (Isa 4919, 20 Jer 3131-36, 38, 39). Thy children shall be so many that thy borders must be extended to contain them.curtains-the cloth forming the covering of the tent.spare not-give abundantly the means for the enlargement of the Church (2Co 95-7).cords . stakes-The more the tent is enlarged by lengthening the cords by which the cloth covering is fastened to the ground, the more the stakes supporting the tent need to be strengthened the Church is not merely to try on new converts, but to strengthen those she has in the faith.The image is a ppropriate, as the tabernacle was the symbol of the old Israelitish Church (see on 855Isa 3320).Matthew Henrys succinct Commentary541-5 Observe the low state of religion in the world, for a long time before Christianity was brought in. But by preaching the gospel, multitudes were converted from idols to the living God. This is result of great rejoicing to the church. The bounds of the church were extended. Though its state on earth is but mean and movable, like a tent or tabernacle, it is sometimes a growing state, and must be enlarged as the family increases. But the more numerous the church grows, the more she must fortify herself against errors and corruptions. Thy Maker is thy Husband. Christ is the Holy One of Israel, the Mediator of the covenant made with the Old Testament church. Long he had been called the God of Israel but now he shall be called the God of the whole earth. And he will cleanse from sin, and cause every true believer to rejoice in this sacred union. We neve r can enough admire this mercy, or duly value this privilege. Genesis 2622 He moved on from there and dug another well, and no one quarreled over it. He named it Rehoboth, saying, Now the LORD has given us room and we will flourish in the land.hejira 3518 the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the courtyard, and their ropesExodus 3940 the curtains of the courtyard with its posts and bases, and the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard the ropes and tent pegs for the courtyard all the furnishings for the tabernacle, the Tent of MeetingIsaiah 2615 You have enlarged the nation, O LORD you have enlarged the nation.You have gained glory for yourself you have extended all the borders of the land.Isaiah 3320 Look upon Zion, the city of our festivals your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful abode, a tent that will not be moved its stakes will never be pulled up, nor any of its ropes broken.Isaiah 4919 Though you were ruined and made desolate and your land laid waste, now you will be too small for your people, and those who devoured you will be far away.Isaiah 4920 The children born during your bereavement will yet say in your hearing, This place is too small for us give us more space to live in.New International Version 1984 by BiblicaCords Curtains Dwellings Enlarge Extend Forth Habitations Hold Lengthen Limit Pegs Pins Restrain save put on the line Strengthen Stretch Stretched Strong Tabernacles Tent Tent-pins Wide Cords Curtains Dwellings Enlarge Extend Forth Habitations Hold House Lengthen Pegs Pins Restrain Spare Stakes Strengthen Stretch Stretched Tabernacles Tent Wide Cords Curtains Dwellings Enlarge Extend Forth Habitations Hold House Lengthen Pegs Pins Restrain Spare Stakes Strengthen Stretch Stretched Tabernacles Tent WideEnlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakesIsa 3320 4919,20 Jer 1020Isaiah Chapter 54 Verse 2Alphabetical And back cords curta ins do dwellings Enlarge hold lengthen not of out pegs place spare stakes strengthen stretch tent the wide yourTHE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION, NIV Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. 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