Ezekiel 16:30: “How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord God, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an imperious, whorish woman.” Am I missing something or did Ezekiel just call Judah a whore. There are three words in Hebrew for a whore or prostitute. None get rave reviews, but there
Ezra 4:4: “Then the people of the land weakened the hands of Judah and troubled them in building.” As I read the news coming out of Israel today and I see the tensions growing between the government of the United States and Israel, I cannot help but wonder if history is just not repeating
John 7:1 “After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.” In the Aramaic Bible the word Jews is Yihudaya (Judean) which references the people who lived in the land of Yuhuda (Judah). The Greek is just a transliteration of the Aramaic
Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar and Nevim Arith Hayomim: Isaiah 7:11-12: “Ask thee a sign of the Lord, thy God, ask it either in the depth or in the height above. But Ahaz said, I will not ask neither will I tempt the Lord.” Luke 12:24: “To whom much is given, much is expected.” Generally,
WORD STUDY – BESOUGHT II Chronicles 33:12: “And when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord His God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his Fathers.” Besought – Hebrew: chalah – to seek favor by being pleasant If you go II Chronicles 33 and II Kings 19-21 you find a very interesting
WORD STUDY – SATISFY Jeremiah 31:25: “I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint.” SATISFY – Hebrew: mala – satisfy, fill, to insert into or fill as the setting of precious stones into a bracelet, necklace, or crown. Jeremiah is speaking of the future restoration of Judah after going through captivity. He talks of
WORD STUDY – CURSE Jeremiah 17:5: “Thus said the Lord; ‘Curse be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm whose heart, departeth from the Lord.” Curse – Hebrew: ‘aror – Curse, to remove the influence of God. Thank goodness this verse was written in Hebrew and not English. Just because some
Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar and Nevim Arith Hayomim: Joel 3:5: “Because you have taken my silver and my gold and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things.” This is very odd indeed. The prophet is speaking of the time of King Jehoram and of course the time of the prophet himself, who
Good Morning Yamom Ki Yesepar and Nevim Arith Hayomim: Genesis 38:9 “And Onan knew that the seed should not be his and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.” Mordecia Ham (a nice kosher
Good Evening Yamon Ki Yesepar; II Chronicles 16:7: “At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast not relied on the Lord they God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand.” Asa was a Godly king. The prophet
