COMMENTARY:
: 1 “At that time,” says the LORD, “they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of its princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves. The New King James Version (Nashville: … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 3 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place. (3190 “amend” [yatab] means do well, do good, make successful, or please.)
DEVOTION: The children of Israel were worshipping the Temple rather than GOD. They … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 10 To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? Behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold the word of the LORD is to them a reproach; they have no delight in it. (2654 “delight” [chaphets] means to take pleasure or delight in, desire, inclined, to take a … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 1 Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it. (5545 “pardon” [calach] means forgive, release, or spare.… Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 2 And thou shalt swear, The LORD lives, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory. (571 “truth” [emeth] means right, faithful, firmness, stability, security, fidelity, permanence, or reliability.)
DEVOTION: One of the facts of the Word … Read More
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.)
DEVOTION:… Read More
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