Post by Lee on Jun 2, 2014 1:19:24 GMT
Isa 16:14 But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.
The Assyrian was His” hired razor; “the Babylonian (Nebuchadnezzar) did “great service against Tyre,” for which his “wages” was the land of Egypt (Ezek. 29), a thing at once historical and prophetic. And so Moab before God was a mere “hireling,” though very proud and prosperous, and boasting against Him in Chemosh his god.
RR Ministry of the Prophets
Here it says a hireling's contract was for 3 years.
A bondservant was for 6 years.
Deu 15:12 And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.
The Assyrian was His” hired razor; “the Babylonian (Nebuchadnezzar) did “great service against Tyre,” for which his “wages” was the land of Egypt (Ezek. 29), a thing at once historical and prophetic. And so Moab before God was a mere “hireling,” though very proud and prosperous, and boasting against Him in Chemosh his god.
RR Ministry of the Prophets
Here it says a hireling's contract was for 3 years.
A bondservant was for 6 years.
Deu 15:12 And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.