•   Jeremiah 17:5: “Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.”   The word curse is ’arur. This has the idea of being removed or being without God, without His protection, presence or covering. When someone curses another person

  •   Isaiah 66:20: “And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the Lord, out of all nations upon horses and chariots and in litters and upon mules and upon swift beasts to my holy mountain Jerusalem saith the Lord as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into

  •     Isaiah 66:9: “Shall I bring forth birth and not cause to bring forth, says the Lord.  Shall I cause to bring forth and shut the womb? says your God.”   At first glance this repetition of the phrase, to bring forth, seems to say the same thing and indeed it does, once the

  •   Genesis 32:10, “I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.”   Of all the modern translations I read this verse in I found

  • Isaiah 63:9: “In all their affliction he was afflicted…”   Here is something I have never understood about the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia or the Kittle which is the standard Masoric text used by our Western Christian translators.   For you Hebrew students, check out the word lo in this passage in your Hebrew Bible.  You will

  •   Isaiah 62:3: “You will also be a crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord and a royal diadem in the hand of the your God.”   In ancient Hebrew culture there were two types of crowns.  There was an enduring crown and a temporary crown. The permanent or enduring crowns, were worn

  •   Isaiah 60:1:  “Arise, shine, for your light has come and the glory of the Lord has risen upon thee.”   What probably runs through most peoples minds when they hear this verse is “Wake up, time to rise and shine.” I guess metaphorically this verse is a slap across the head telling us to

  •   Isaiah 58:11: “And the Lord shall guide thee continually and satisfy your soul in a drought.”   “Twas right, said they, such bird to slay, that bring such fog and mist. “ “Ah, well a day, what evil looks, had I from old and young Instead of the cross an Albatross around my neck

  •   Isaiah 56:7: “For my house will be called a house of prayer for all the people.”   Luke 2:37: “And she (Anna) never left the temple, serving God night and day with fastings and prayers.”   When someone subscribes to our website they give us their e-mail address. I love to look at these

  •   Isaiah 55:12: “For you shall go out with joy and be led forth with peace.  The mountains and the hills shall break forth before you with singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.”   Summer and winter, springtime and harvest Sun moon and stars in their courses above Join