COMMENTARY:
: 3 The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him. (1697 “word” [dabar] means speech, speaking, utterance, or saying.)
DEVOTION: This Hebrew word is used many … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 7 Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities. (5445 “borne” [cabal] means bear, labor, drag oneself along, to endure something unpleasant or difficult whether on one’s own behalf or on behalf of someone else, carry, support, or carrying a load of pain.)
DEVOTION: The present circumstances … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 5 They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills. (4574 “delicately” [ma‘adan] means dainties, delight, food, refreshment, fine quality food, finery or delicious.)
DEVOTION: There is a difference between those who are rich and those who are poor. They wear the … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 1 I am the man that has seen affliction by the rod of HIS wrath. (6040 “affliction” [‘oniy] means trouble, misery, a cause of great suffering and distress, persecution, or oppression.)
DEVOTION: There is a teaching that some religious leaders teach that states that if we are in tune with the LORD … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 9 Her gates are sunk into the ground; HE has destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the LORD. (2377 “vision” [chazown] means communication from God, prophecy, oracle, or revelation.)
DEVOTION: This … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 9 Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembered not her last end; therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter. O LORD, behold my affliction: for the enemy hath magnified himself. (6040 “affliction” [oniy] means trouble, misery, poverty, frustration, suffering, or great pains.)
DEVOTION: Jeremiah is describing what he … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 2 And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. (5869 “eyes” [ayin] means sight, understanding, presence, concern, look, or part of the body.)
DEVOTION: Our God is present everywhere. Our God knows all that is going on in our life. … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 5 For Israel has not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of the LORD of hosts; though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel. (488 “forsaken” [’alman] means widowed, pertaining to being forsaken by a marital partner because of death, discarded or bereaved.)
DEVOTION: This … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 6 MY people has been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their resting place. (8582 “astray” [ta’ah] means to cause someone to wander from a proper belief or course of action, … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 4 Wherefore glory you in the valleys, your flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me? (982 “trusted” [batach] means confidence, secure, hope, feel safe, reliance, or be unsuspecting.)
DEVOTION: There is a big difference between having confidence in God and having confidence in … Read More