COMMENTARY:
: 1 Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departs not (2964 “prey” [tereph] means food, an animal hunted or caught for food, nourishment, leaf, or what is consumable.)
DEVOTION: Here we have a nation that took advantage of other nations. The people who lived in … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 2 For the LORD has turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches. (1238 “emptiers” [baqaq] means make void, destroyer, a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to, or to pilage the inhabitants.)
DEVOTION: One of … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 3 The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. (5352 “acquit” [naqah] means to leave unpunished, to hold innocent, to pardon, declare exempt … Read More