- FOOTSTOOL connected with a throne (2 Chronicles 9:18). Jehovah
symbolically dwelt in the holy place between the cherubim above the ark
of the covenant. The ark was his footstool (1 Chronicles 28:2; Psalm 99:5;
132:7). And as heaven is God’s throne, so the earth is his footstool (Psalm
110:1; Isaiah 66:1; Matthew 5:35). - FORCES of the Gentiles (Isaiah 60:5, 11; R.V., “the wealth of the
nations”) denotes the wealth of the heathen. The whole passage means that
the wealth of the Gentile world should be consecrated to the service of the
church. - FORD Mention is frequently made of the fords of the Jordan (Joshua
2:7; Judges 3:28; 12:5, 6), which must have been very numerous; about
fifty perhaps. The most notable was that of Bethabara. Mention is also
made of the ford of the Jabbok (Genesis 32:22), and of the fords of Arnon
(Isaiah 16:2) and of the Euphrates (Jeremiah 51:32). - FOREHEAD The practice common among Oriental nations of colouring
the forehead or impressing on it some distinctive mark as a sign of
devotion to some deity is alluded to in Revelation 13:16, 17; 14:9; 17:5;
20:4.
The “jewel on thy forehead” mentioned in Ezekiel 16:12 (R.V., “a ring
upon thy nose”) was in all probability the “nose-ring” (Isaiah 3:21).
In Ezekiel 3:7 the word “impudent” is rightly rendered in the Revised
Version “an hard forehead.” (See also ver. 8, 9.)