COMMENTARY:
: 2 The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net. (3477 “upright” [yashar] means straight, righteous, just, correct, pleasing, fitting, proper, level, or smooth.)
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COMMENTARY:
: 3 O my people, what have I done unto you? and wherein have I wearied you? Testify against me. (6030 “testify” [anah] means answer, respond, speak, declare, respond to a question, or pay attention.
DEVOTION: One way to teach people is through asking questions. We find in the New Testament that Christ usually answered … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 2 But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. (4910 “ruler” [mashel] means have dominion, reign, power, govern, or control.)
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COMMENTARY:
: 1 But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow to it. (5102 “flow” [nahar] means stream, to move or progress freely as … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 1 And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and you princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment? (4941 “judgment” [mishpat] means know right from wrong, decision, dispute, the quality of being free from favoritism, free of self-interest, not bias, not deceptive, or … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 1 Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil on their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand. (2803 “devise” [chashab] means to weave, imagine, cunning, to plan secretly, to invent, consider, think, reckon, or calculate.)
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COMMENTARY:
: 2 Hear, all you people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the Lord from HIS holy temple. (5707 “witness” [ed] means testimony, evidence, or recorder.)
DEVOTION: Is it hard to get your attention? When your parents call you to do something, how … Read More