This phrase begins with a rhetorical question posed by God through the prophet Jeremiah. The Hebrew root for "forgive" is "סָלַח" (salach), which implies a lifting or removal of guilt. In the context of ancient Israel, forgiveness was not merely a personal or emotional release...
Jeremiah is expressing a deep, personal anguish that seems to have no resolution. This reflects the prophet's emotional and spiritual turmoil as he grapples with the rejection of his message by the people and the impending judgment on Judah. Historically, Jeremiah's ministry was marked by ...
9Then what the prophet Jeremiah had said came true: “They took the thirty silver coins, the amount the people of Israel had agreed to pay for him, 10and used the money to buy the potter's field, as the Lord had commanded me.” Pilate Questions Jesus (Mk 15.2–5; Lk 23.3–5; Jn...
When some readers pointed out yesterday that “Biology is not bigotry” was no longer online, I had no idea what happened, and assumed they had relocated the post. I was unable to believe that they would actuallyremovemy post, especially because FFRF co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor had given...
Jeremiah 15:3 – I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the Lord: the sword to kill, the dogs to tear, and the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth to devour and destroy. 1Kings 14:11 –“Anyone belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the city the dogs sha...
Jeremiah 51:9 We would have healed Babylon, BUT SHE IS NOT HEALED; FORSAKE HER, AND LET US GO EVERY ONE INTO HIS OWN COUNTRY; FOR HER JUDGMENT REACHETH UNTO HEAVEN, AND IS LIFTED UP EVEN TO THE SKIES. I was watching these Christian-Zionist preachers claiming that Bush is the savior,...
If you look up Isaiah 66:24, Jeremiah 7:20 and 17:27, and Ezekiel 20:47-48, they all mention that same phrase. And reading the context of these verses, it can clearly be seen that "unquenchable" means a judgment that man cannot "quench" or "talk God out of." In other words, ...
Jeremiah 31:33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put mytorahin their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. ...
(Song of Songs) is read on the sabbath ofPassoverweek, theBook of RuthonShavuot,Lamentations of JeremiahonTisha be-Av,Ecclesiasteson the sabbath of the week ofSukkoth, and theBook of EstheronPurim. The reading ofEstheronPurimis prescribed in theMishna; other readings were introduced in post...
In March 2024,Tan responded to allegationsthat he had campaigned to replace Bobby onQueer Eyewith his friendJeremiah Brent. "Netflix and the production companies did a full-on casting. I didn't put my friend up for the job. They ended up getting ...