Eli’s Sentence Irrevocable

As has already been remarked, if it be considered that the age of the judges numbered some 375 or possibly 400 years, and that this whole period knew but four prophets, three of whom were obscure men whose words were exceedingly few, we feel the force of the statement that the "word of the Lord was precious in those days, there being no vision breaking through and spread abroad." As has already been fully explained, this notice can only mean that in those days -- the age of the judges -- no new...