Notes, Critical and Explanatory, on the Holy Scriptures

Solicitude about riches wastes the flesh, as rust spreads. Gold does not rust, but it contracts a greenish appearance. Wealth testifies against its owners, who neglect to fulfil the duties which justice and charity demand.

G. P. have not this word, which may be borrowed from Romans ii. 5. Some punctuate the sentence, so that it reads : Ye have treasured up as fire, &c.

G. P. "Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton : ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter." This is understood of days of sacrifice, which were times of great festivity. The rich freely indulged in ban- queting.

The term "rain," although understood, is not expressed in the Vatican manuscript, or in the Vulgate. The early rain was that which fell soon after the seed had been sown: the late rain brought it to maturity.