COMMENTARY:
: 7 Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities. (5445 “borne” [cabal] means bear, labor, drag oneself along, to endure something unpleasant or difficult whether on one’s own behalf or on behalf of someone else, carry, support, or carrying a load of pain.)
DEVOTION: The present circumstances … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 5 They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills. (4574 “delicately” [ma‘adan] means dainties, delight, food, refreshment, fine quality food, finery or delicious.)
DEVOTION: There is a difference between those who are rich and those who are poor. They wear the … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 1 I am the man that has seen affliction by the rod of HIS wrath. (6040 “affliction” [‘oniy] means trouble, misery, a cause of great suffering and distress, persecution, or oppression.)
DEVOTION: There is a teaching that some religious leaders teach that states that if we are in tune with the LORD … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 9 Her gates are sunk into the ground; HE has destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the LORD. (2377 “vision” [chazown] means communication from God, prophecy, oracle, or revelation.)
DEVOTION: This … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 9 Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembered not her last end; therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter. O LORD, behold my affliction: for the enemy hath magnified himself. (6040 “affliction” [oniy] means trouble, misery, poverty, frustration, suffering, or great pains.)
DEVOTION: Jeremiah is describing what he … Read More