15. fine brass--Greek, "chalcolibanus," derived by
some from two Greek words, "brass" and "frankincense"; derived
by BOCHART from Greek, "chalcos,"
"brass," and Hebrew, "libbeen," "to whiten"; hence,
"brass," which in the furnace has reached a white heat. Thus it
answers to "burnished (flashing, or glowing) brass,"
Eze 1:7;
Re 10:1,
"His feet as pillars of fire." Translate, "Glowing brass,
as if they had been made fiery (red-hot) in a furnace." The feet of the
priests were bare in ministering in the sanctuary. So our great High
Priest here.
voice as . . . many waters--
(Eze 43:2);
in
Da 10:6,
it is "like the voice of a multitude." As the Bridegroom's
voice, so the bride's,
Re 14:2; 19:6;
Eze 1:24,
the cherubim, or redeemed creation. His voice, however, is here
regarded in its terribleness to His foes. Contrast
So 2:8; 5:2,
with which compare
Re 3:20.
JFB.
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