And lest I should be exalted above measure through
the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
Orientals are largely agricultural people, therefore there are many figures of
speech relating to life on the land, which may be found in the Scriptures. Numbers 33:55 But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then it shall come to pass, that those which you let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides
Joshua 23:13 Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you, but they shall be snares and traps unto you and scourges in your sides, und thorns in your eyes, until you perish off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.
Wherefore I also said, I will
not drive them out from before you, but they shall be as thorns in your sides,
and their gods shall be a snare unto you. Bishop K.C. Pillai, D.D. |