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: 4 So he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits; and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said unto me, This is the most holy place. (6944 “most holy” [qodesh] means sanctuary, holiness, hallowed, sacredness, a consecrated place where the deity dwells and where sacred object are keep and worship takes place … Read More
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: 2 In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south. (4759 “visions” [mar‘ah] means looking glass, mode of revelation, mirror, apparition, appearance, to see, or sight.)
DEVOTION: In the … Read More
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: 6 And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isle: and they shall know that I am the LORD. (983 “carelessly” [betach] means safely, securely, assurance, boldly, confidence, unsuspecting, or naïve.)
DEVOTION: In the book of Judges the tribe of Dan was looking for somewhere … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 3 And say, Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against you, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal (1463 “Gog” [Gowg] means the prophetic prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal, mountain, comes from the extreme north with great forces, or leader of a northern nation.)
DEVOTION: Hopefully … Read More
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: 3 And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, you know. (6106 “bones” [‘etsem] means selfsame, body, life, strength, essence, substance, external body, self, or vigor.)
DEVOTION: The LORD is asking Ezekiel a question that he can’t answer. It is a question regarding … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 3 Therefore prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord GOD; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people. (1681 “infamy” … Read More
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: 5 Because you have had a perpetual hatred, and have shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end. (343 “hatred” [eybah] means enmity, personal hostility, hostile mind, animosity, or rancor.)
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COMMENTARY:
: 2 “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God to the shepherds: “Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flocks?
: 3 You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool; you slaughter the fatlings, … Read More
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: 6 But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned, if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at the watchman’s hand. (6822 “watchman” [tsaphah] means a guard … Read More
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: 8 All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over you, and set darkness on you land, says the Lord GOD. (3974 “bright lights” [mo’owr] means luminary, source of light, any object that serves as a source of illumination, lamp, or sun and moon.)
DEVOTION: The people of Egypt worshiped a … Read More