EkaYakobi 5:8

Izhibhalo Ezingcwele

8 Nyamezelani nani, zizimaseni iintliziyo zenu, ngokuba ukufika kweNkosi kusondele.

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ye also: Genesis 49:18, Psalms 37:7, Psalms 40:1-3, Psalms 130:5, Lamentations 3:25, Lamentations 3:26, Micah 7:7, Habakkuk 2:3, Romans 8:25, Galatians 5:22, 1 Thessalonians 1:10, 2 Thessalonians 3:5, Hebrews 10:35-37

stablish: Psalms 27:14

for: James 5:9, Philippians 4:5, Hebrews 10:25-37, 1 Peter 4:7, Revelation 22:20

Reciprocal: Genesis 8:12 - And he Job 14:14 - all the days Ecclesiastes 7:8 - the patient Isaiah 28:16 - he that Ezekiel 7:12 - time Ezekiel 12:23 - The days Ezekiel 36:8 - at hand Joel 2:1 - for the Joel 2:23 - he will Zephaniah 3:8 - wait Zechariah 14:5 - the Lord Malachi 3:5 - I will come Matthew 24:27 - the coming Luke 8:15 - bring Luke 12:36 - men Luke 17:24 - in Romans 2:7 - patient 1 Corinthians 1:7 - waiting Colossians 1:11 - unto 1 Thessalonians 1:3 - and patience 2 Thessalonians 1:4 - your patience James 5:7 - unto Revelation 1:3 - for Revelation 1:9 - in the Revelation 13:10 - Here

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Be ye also patient,.... As well as the husbandman, and like him; and wait for the rains and dews of divine grace to fall, and make fruitful, and for the ripe fruit of eternal life; and in the mean while cheerfully and patiently bear all injuries, and oppressions:

stablish your hearts; though the state of the saints is stable, they being fixed in the everlasting love of God, in the covenant of grace, in the hands of Christ, and on the rock of ages; yet their hearts are very unstable, and so are their frames, and the exercise of grace in them, and need establishing, which God's work; which is often done by the means of the word and ordinances; and these the saints should make use of, for the establishing of their hearts: the sense may be, take heart, be of good cheer, do not be dismayed, or faint, or sink under your pressures, but be of good courage, pluck up your spirits, lift up your heads: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh; when he will render tribulation to them that trouble them, free them from all their sorrows and afflictions, and enter them into the joy of their Lord; which will be either at death, which was not very far off, or at the last day, which was drawing nearer and nearer, and which with God was near; with whom a thousand years are as one day.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Be ye also patient - As the farmer is. In due time, as he expects the return of the rain, so you may anticipate deliverance from your trials.

Stablish your hearts - Let your purposes and your faith be firm and unwavering. Do not become weary and fretful; but bear with constancy all that is laid upon you, until the time of your deliverance shall come.

For the coming of the Lord draweth nigh - Compare Revelation 22:10, Revelation 22:12, Revelation 22:20; the notes at 1 Corinthians 15:51. It is clear, I think, from this place, that the apostle expected that that which he understood by “the coming of the Lord” was soon to occur; for it was to be that by which they would obtain deliverance from the trials which they then endured. See James 5:7. Whether it means that he was soon to come to judgment, or to bring to an end the Jewish policy and to set up his kingdom on the earth, or that they would soon be removed by death, cannot be determined from the mere use of the language. The most natural interpretation of the passage, and one which will accord well with the time when the Epistle was written, is, that the predicted time of the destruction of Jerusalem Matthew 24:0 was at hand; that there were already indications that that would soon occur; and that there was a prevalent expectation among Christians that that event would be a release from many trials of persecution, and would be followed by the setting up of the Redeemer’s kingdom.

Perhaps many expected that the judgment would occur at that time, and that the Saviour would set up a personal reign on the earth. But the expectation of others might have been merely - what is indeed all that is necessarily implied in the predictions on the subject - that there would be after that a rapid and extensive spread of the principles of the Christian religion in the world. The destruction of Jerusalem and of the temple would contribute to that by bringing to an end the whole system of Jewish types and sacrifices; by convincing Christians that there was not to be one central rallying-point, thus destroying their lingering prejudices in favor of the Jewish mode of worship; and by scattering them abroad through the world to propagate the new religion. The Epistle was written, it is supposed, some ten or twelve years before the destruction of Jerusalem, (Introduction, Section 3,) and it is not improbable that there were already some indications of that approaching event.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 8. Be ye also patient — Wait for God's deliverance, as ye wait for his bounty in providence.

Stablish your hearts — Take courage; do not sink under your trials.

The coming of the Lord draweth nigh. — ηγγικε. Is at hand. He is already on his way to destroy this wicked people, to raze their city and temple, and to destroy their polity for ever; and this judgment will soon take place.