COMMENTARY:
: 1–2 “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” says the LORD. The New King James Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982). 7462 רָעָה, רָעָה [raʿah /raw·aw/] – to tend, pasture, to shepherd, ruler, teacher (fig), of people as flock (fig), shepherd, herdsman.
DEVOTION: Yahweh announced coming judgment on the … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 2 and say, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, you who sit on the throne of David, you and your servants and your people who enter these gates! The New King James Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982). 8085 שָׁמַע, שֶׁמַע [shamaʿ /shaw·mah/] – to hear with attention or interest, … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 2 Inquire, I pray you, of the LORD for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon makes war against us; if so be that the LORD will deal with us according to all HIS wondrous works, that he may go up from us. (1875 “inquire“(darash) means to seek with care, care for, to enquire … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 9 Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay. (5975 “stay” [‘amad] means contain, hold in, or … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 4 Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents. (5234 “estranged” [nakar] means to scrutinize, pay regard, to treat as … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 8 If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them. (5162 “repent” [nacham] means relent, not bring the disaster, revoke, forgo, to sigh, breathe strongly, to pity, comfort oneself, ease oneself, or to be sorry.)
DEVOTION: … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 7 “Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, and whose hope is the LORD. The New King James Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982). 1288 בָּרַךְ, בָּרַךְ [barak /baw·rak/] translates as “bless” 302 times, “salute” five times, ) to be blessed, be adored.
DEVOTION: A person and church that knows and … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 5 For thus says the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them for I have taken away MY peace from this people, says the LORD, even lovingkindness and mercies. (3073 “peace” [shalowm] means prosperity, success, welfare, deliverance, harmonious relations and freedom from disputes, especially during the … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 1 Then said the LORD to me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet MY mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of me: cast them out of MY sight, and let them go forth. (5315 “mind” [nephesh] means soul, the part of a person (or animal) that thinks, feels, … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 10 Thus says the LORD to this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD does not accept them: HE will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins. (5128 “wander” [nuwa] means to move aimlessly or without any destination, wave, quiver, to move to … Read More