COMMENTARY:
: 1 O Israel, return to the Lord your God, for you have fallen by your iniquity. (7725 “return” [shuwb] means turn, restore, come back, change one’s mind, or to follow after.)
DEVOTION: As a believer we sometimes have to put our name in some of the Scriptures to help us apply it to … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 4 Yet I am the Lord your God from the land of Egypt, and you shall know no god but ME: for there is no Savior beside ME. (3467 “Savior” [yasha‘] means deliverer, helper, person who delivers others from pain, suffering, hardship or death, save from moral troubles, to set free or to give … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 4 Yes, he wrestled with the angel and won. He wept and pleaded for a blessing from him. There at Bethel he met God face to face, and God spoke to him. (2603 “pleaded” [chanan] means supplication, to favor, to earnestly request compassion, implore favor, intreat for mercy, or plead for grace.)
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COMMENTARY:
: 1 When Israel was a child, then I LOVED him, and called MY SON out of Egypt. (7121 “called” [qara’] means to shout, appoint, summon, proclaim, announce, invite, or utter a loud sound.)
DEVOTION: Matthew in his Gospel [2:15] quotes this verse in reference to Jesus. An angel told Joseph to go to … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 2 Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images. (2505 “divided” [chalaq] means smooth, slippery, plunder, false, deceitful, or flatter.)
DEVOTION: There are two sides to a coin. We call them heads or tails. We sometimes can’t make a … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 1 Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for you have gone whoring from your God, you have loved a reward upon every cornfloor. (868 “reward” [ethnan] means hire of a prostitute, price, gain of a harlot, gift or profession of a prostitute.)
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COMMENTARY:
: 1 Set the trumpet to your mouth. HE shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, BECAUSE they have transgressed MY covenant, and trespassed against MY law. (1285 “covenant” [bariyth] means eat together, league, confederacy, alliance, pledge, treaty, constitution, ordinance, or alliance.)
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COMMENTARY:
: 2 They do not consider in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness; now their own doings have beset them; they are before My face. (4141 “beset” [muwcab] means encompassing, surrounding, to go in a circle, surround, or encircle.)
DEVOTION: I tell people I have a good memory it is just short. … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 2 After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. (2416 “revive” [chay] means life, live, renewal, to recover health, preserve, keep alive, cause to flourish or nurture.
DEVOTION: When children are given a punishment of a week without out … Read More
COMMENTARY
: 3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from ME: for now, O Ephraim, you commit whoredom, and Israel is defiled. (3582 “hid” [kachad] means cut off, conceal, desolate, make disappear, or unknowable to.)
DEVOTION: We have all at one time played the game hide and seek. It is done with … Read More