6. drink . . . in bowls--in the large vessels or basins in which
wine was mixed; not satisfied with the smaller cups from which it
was ordinarily drunk, after having been poured from the large mixer.
chief ointments--that is, the most costly: not for health or
cleanliness, but wanton luxury.
not grieved for the affliction of Joseph--literally, "the breach,"
that is, the national wound or calamity
(Ps 60:2;
Eze 34:4)
of the house of Joseph
(Am 5:6);
resembling in this the heartlessness of their forefathers, the sons of
Jacob, towards Joseph, "eating bread" while their brother lay in the
pit, and then selling him to Ishmaelites.
JFB.
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