COMMENTARY:
: 5 For I, says the LORD, will be to her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her. (2346 “wall” [chowmah] means protective wall, city wall, protection, protective features of a wall for being safe, or barrier of water.)
DEVOTION: The army of the United … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 3 Therefore say you to them, Thus says the LORD of hosts; Turn you to ME, says the LORD of hosts, and I will turn to you, says the LORD of hosts. (7725 “turn” [shuwb] mean return, to turn back, to do again, to cease from, restore, be recovered, or … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 9 The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, says the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, says the LORD of hosts. (7965 “peace” [shalom] means completeness, soundness, welfare, safety, health, quiet, tranquility, contentment or prosperity.)
DEVOTION: One month after the people … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 2 Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD’S house should be built. (6256 “time” [‘eth] means season, when, occasion, a suitable moment, an opportunity, point in time, or occurrence.)
DEVOTION: Time is a measurement that we need to understand. We … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 5 The just LORD is in the midst thereof; HE will not do iniquity: every morning does HE bring HIS judgment to light, HE fails not; but the unjust knows no shame. (1322 “shame” [bosheth] means confusion, ashamed, humiliation, ignominy, or embarrassment.)
DEVOTION: The LORD sends Zephaniah to describe what is happening … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 2 Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come on you, before the day of the LORD’S anger come on you. (4671 “chaff” [mots] means always as driven by wind, or the worthless husk material that surrounds the ripe seed of … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 5 >And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham or Molech (which was a Canaanite god). (7812 “worship” [shachah] means bow down, obeisance, reverence, fall down, prostate oneself, or to submit oneself.)
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COMMENTARY:
: 2 O LORD, Hi have heard your speech, and was afraid; O LORD, revive your work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy. (2416 “revive” [chay] means to be alive, recover, return to life, to give new life or energy to, or to … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 1 I will stand on my watch, and set me on the tower, and will watch to see what he will say to me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. (8433 “reproved” [towkechah] means rebuke, correction, chastisement, impeachment, or chiding.)
DEVOTION: In chapter one Habakkuk the prophet complained that … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 2 O LORD, how long shall I cry, and you will not hear! Even cry out unto you of violence, and you will not save! (7768 “cry” [shava] means shout, to ask for aid, to implore help, or plead for relief.)
DEVOTION: Have you ever come to a point in your life … Read More