COMMENTARY:
: 9 The prophet which prophesies of peace, when the word of the prophet shall some to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the LORD has truly sent him. (7965 “peace” [shalom] means well, prosperity, health, completeness, tranquilly, contentment, or harmonious relations and freedom from disputes.)
DEVOTION: There is a … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 5 I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are on the ground, by My great power and by My outstretched arm, and have given it to whom it seemed proper to Me (The New King James Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982)
DEVOTION: Speaking to authority and powers can be … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 2 Thus says the LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD’s house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD’s house, all the words that I command you to speak unto them; diminish not a word. (1639 “diminish” [gara] means omit, reduce, subtract, decrease, to scrape … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 3 From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even to this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you, rising early and speaking: but you have not hearkened. (8085 “hearkened” [shama] means … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 1-2 The Lord showed me, and there were two baskets of figs set before the temple of the Lord, after Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the princes of Judah with the craftsmen and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon. One … Read More
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