COMMENTARY:
: 2 Hear, all you people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the Lord from HIS holy temple. (5707 “witness” [ed] means testimony, evidence, or recorder.)
DEVOTION: Is it hard to get your attention? When your parents call you to do something, how … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 2 And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that you are a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest you of the … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 2 Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid you. (7121 “preach” [qara’] means call, proclaim, utter a loud sound, to call unto, to read aloud, invite, or recite.)
DEVOTION: God is a God of a second chance to follow HIS commands. There is not … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 2 And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction to the LORD, and HE heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and YOU heard my voice. (7121 “cried” [qara’] means call, proclaim, named, utter a loud sound, shout, summon, announced, or appealed.)
DEVOTION: Jonah was in trouble. He … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 3 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. (6440 “presence” [paniym] … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 3 The pride of your heart has deceived you, you that dwell in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that say in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? (2087 “pride” [zadown] means arrogance, presumptuousness, insolence, over-confidence, or unreasonable and inordinate self-esteem.)
DEVOTION: Each of us faces … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 2 Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down. 8064 “heaven” [shamayim] means sky, abode of the stars, or atmosphere.)
DEVOTION: All the way through the Bible there are people who are trying to hide from God. There … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 6 That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat? (4651 “refuse” [mappal] means flakes, what falls off, waste, sweepings of grain, or chaff.)
DEVOTION: Rich people who have no standard or morals do everything in their … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 1 Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came! (7600 “at ease” [sha’anan] means quiet, carefree, self-confident, undisturbed, free from fear or doubt, or easy in mind.)
DEVOTION: There is a … Read More