II Samuel 18:10: “And it came to pass on the morrow that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul and he prophesied in the midst of the house.” “There is no witness so terrible, no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us.” – Sophocles The spelling for the word ra’ah
II Samuel 12:10 “Now therefore the sword shall never depart from your house; because you have despised me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.” Every modern translation renders the Hebrew word bazah as despised. When you check this word out in the lexicon or the back of
II Chronicles 19:3: “Nevertheless there are good things found in thee in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.” This passage is referring to the king of Judah, Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat was a Godly king who teamed up with the Godless king of
I Kings 11:9: “And the Lord was angry with Solomon because his heart was turned from the Lord God of Israel which had appeared unto him twice.” Every modern translation I read uses the word angry in this passage. Well, I mean you can’t blame God for being angry with Solomon after pulling the
Hosea 5:15; “I will go and return to my place until they acknowledge their offence and seek my face, in their affliction they will seek me early.” By my count, the Old Testament mentions that God will not forsake us twenty two times. Yet, from the way this passage is rendered, it sounds like
Hosea 4:6: “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou has rejected knowledge, I will reject you, thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.” I consider these little studies a personal journey and not really teachings. I
Psalms 28:1 “Unto thee will I cry, O Lord my rock; be not silent to me: lest if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.” The word for pit is bore in Hebrew which could mean a well, a prison, or a crypt. A prison is
“Genesis 6:9: “These are the generations of Noah; Noah was a righteous man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.” “These are the generations of Noah.” Eleh (these) is a form of il which is a separable pronoun. In the form of eleh it becomes a demonstrative pronoun in a plural
The letter “teth” ט is shaped like a womb and is the number 9 which parallels the 9 month gestation period where new life develops while being nourished and protected. The letter “teth” also represents inner reflection. Psalm 119:71 It is good for me that I was afflicted, That I may learn Your statutes. The word
Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar; Psalm 143:7: “Hear me speedily, O’Lord: my spirit failed: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.” I picked up a “Look” magazine from 1957 the other day. I read about a group of teenage hacks. Believe it or not
