“And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say, ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD! Thus says the Lord GOD: “Because the enemy has said of you, ‘Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession,’”’ therefore prophesy, and say, ‘Thus ...
i. Thelightmentioned here isn’t the normal ancient Greek word for light. It is a word used in the Septuagint inPsalm 44:3forthelightof Your countenanceand inPsalm 78:14forIn the daytime also He led them with the cloud, and all the night with alightof fire. Hodge observes, “The wor...
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A Psalm of David. 138 I will praise You with my whole heart;Before the gods I will sing praises to You.2 I will worship toward Your holy temple,And praise Your nameFor Your lovingkindness and Your truth;For You have magnified Your word above all Your name.3 In the day when I cried...
i.Destroyedis the very same word used for “striking down a tent.” One day, God will “strike the tent,” and we will each receive a newbuilding from God, a place to live in through all eternity. ii. “Many people are in a great fright about the future, yet here is Paul viewing...
2. (2-3) The word of the LORD and the hand of the LORD upon Ezekiel. On the fifthdayof the month, whichwasin the fifth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity, the word of the LORD came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the River...
iv. “Thus as God was no loser by this event, so the Philistines were no gainers by it; and Israel, all things considered, received more good than hurt by it, as we shall see.” (Poole) Tweet Pin Share 0Shares Bible Commentary Quick Navigation Start Here!
The Psalmist expressed this attitude in Psalm 39:5: Indeed, You have made my days as handbreadths, and my age is as nothing before You; certainly every man at his best state is but vapor. iii. The ancient Greek word for short is “sustello,” meaning “contracted and rolled up, as...
David Guzik commentary on 1 Thessalonians 4, where Paul gives instructions on how to walk and to please God and to be confident in the coming of Jesus.
Paul responds by quoting, The earth is the LORD’s, and all its fullness (Psalm 24:1). The cow belonged to the Lord when it was on the hoof, and it belongs to the Lord now that it is on the barbecue! The food wasn’t the issue, the idol worshipping atmosphere was the issue. ...