(Nehemiah 6:10). This Shemaiah and his father Delaiah were obviously of some kind of social elite, and possibly related to the Delaiah and his father Shemaiah whomJeremiahandBaruchhad had to deal with just prior to the exile (Jeremiah 36:12). The Shemaiah mentioned by Jeremiah is spelled...
And that means that feelings are prisons, and that the many prison and pit stories in the Bible are essentially about the failure of one's words. The famous prisoners Joseph, Daniel, Jeremiah and Paul were all prisoners of the darkness of the people that they were trying to inform. ...
16. An Nahl (The Honey Bee) - Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi - Tafhim al-Qur'an - The Meaning of the Qur'an
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“‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future’” (Jeremiah 29:11). Christians often quote this scripture alone, without reading the whole chapter or book. ...
Jeremiah 23:29 Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the...
Compared to the major prophets whose prophecies unfold at greater length – Isaiah’s cover 66 chapters; Jeremiah’s, 52; Ezekiel’s a mere 48, Zephaniah’s prophecy is only 3 chapters long – reminding us that in this case, less is more! Zephaniah wrote in the middle of the 5th ...
I’m a descendant of Jeremiah and I know he had an older brother Cornelius Shea, which is one of the names that were on Jeremiah’s naturalization papers from 1886 in San Francisco. I know that Cornelius went back and lived in Cork (Millstreet) long enough to have another child born th...
Jeremiah 34:8 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people who were at Jerusalem to proclaim liberty to them: Jeremiah 34:15-17 15 Then you recently turned and did what was right in My sight—every man proclaiming li...
First of all: the story of Isaac's sacrifice on Moriah is part of a tradition that very clearly abhors human sacrifice and specifically child sacrifice: 2 Kings 3:27, 16:3, 17:17-18, 23:10, Psalm 106:37-39, Jeremiah 7:31, 19:5, 32:35, Ezekiel 16:21. Then, as we often menti...