COMMENTARY:
: 8 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce: yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also. (4878 “backsliding” [mashuwbah] means turning away, apostasy, faithlessness, falling away, a person who is … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 5 Thus says the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in ME, that they are gone far from ME, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain? (1891 “vain” [habal] means to talk of nothing, to make void, carry on what is empty, delude, or to be or become empty or … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 5 Before I formed you in the belly, I knew you; and before you came forth out of the womb I sanctified you, and I ordained you a prophet unto the nations. (5030 “prophet” [nabiy] means spokesman, speaker, false prophet, heathen prophet, one who proclaims a message of a deity or messenger.)
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COMMENTARY:
: 2 For all those things has mine hand made, and all those things have been, says the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembles at my word. (2730 “trembles” [chared] means fearful, frightened, reverence, afraid, or terrified.)
DEVOTION: Isaiah … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 2 I spread out my hands all the day to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, following their own devices; The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001).
DEVOTION: The Hebrew as it stands supports Rom. 10:20–21 in referring v 1 to the Gentiles and v … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 4 For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither have the eye seen, O God, beside YOU, what HE has prepared for him that waits for HIM. (2442 “waits” [chakah] means tarry, patient, lie in wait, or long for.)
DEVOTION: There is nothing new … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 7 I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD has bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, Which He has bestowed on them according to His mercies, according to the multitude of His lovingkindneses. The New King James … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 4 Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married. (2657 “Hephzibah” [Chephtaiy bah] means my delight is in her, for Yahweh delights in … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted; to proclaim liberty to the captives; and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; (4886 “anointed” [mashach] means consecrate, … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 1 Arise, shine; for your light has come! And the glory of the LORD is risen upon you. The New King James Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982).
DEVOTION: The image before the mind of the Prophet is a sunrise scene. Far and wide night still reigns, but grandly above all other heights of the earth … Read More