Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
shoes of iron and brass—These shoes suited his rocky coast from Carmel to Sidon. Country people as well as ancient warriors had their lower extremities protected by metallic greaves (I Samuel 17:6; Ephesians 6:15) and iron-soled shoes.
of Asher he said—The condition of this tribe is described as combining all the elements of earthly felicity.
dip his foot in oil—These words allude either to the process of extracting the oil by foot presses, or to his district as particularly fertile and adapted to the culture of the olive.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Deuteronomy 33:25:
2 Corinthians 12:9
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