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.)
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: 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.
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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
COMMENTARY:
: 7 Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing. (7843 “marred” [shachath] means to decay, ruin, corrupt, spoiler, or waste.)
DEVOTION: We have heard of people who have wasted … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 1 Righteous are YOU, O LORD, when I plead with YOU: yet let me talk with YOU of YOUR judgments: Wherefore does the way of the wicked prosper? Wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously? (898 “deal very treacherously” [bagad] means transgressor, deceitfully, unfaithful men, to do wrong against someone by … Read More
COMMENTARY:
:3 And say to them, ‘Thus says the LORD God of Israel: “Cursed is the man who does not obey the words of this covenant The New King James Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982). Curse – to curse, lay under a curse, put a curse on.
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: 10 But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation. (571 “true” [emeth] means firmness, faithfulness, truth, reliability, sureness, stability, or honesty.)
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COMMENTARY:
: 5 And they will deceive every one his neighbor; and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity. (3925 “taught” [lamad] means learn, instruct, exercise in, to create by training and teaching, be skillful, well-versed, or to accustom oneself.)
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