For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
For at the window of my house I looked through my casement - "the lattice" (Judges 5:28), whence one could see what was going on in the street, without being seen by the passer by. Glass was not as yet used for windows. Job 27:17 is translated by some glass, for "crystal." If this be correct, it is the only mention of glass in the Old Testament. Though known, it seems to have not been much used in Israel in early times. The earliest extant specimen of transparent glass is a bottle from the North-west Palace of Nimroud, having on it the name of Sargon - i:e., older than 702 BC (Layard, 'Nineveh,' 2:, 197, 503.) The parabolic story here vividly represents the silly youth's inexperience, and the whore's cunning and flattery, whereby she entraps him to his ruin. The parent and the magistrate may hence learn to have a vigilant eye on all that affects the well-being of those under their charge.