Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon him mightily, and he went down to Ashkelon and killed thirty of them and took their spoil and gave the changes of clothes to those who told the riddle. And his anger burned, and he went up to his father’s house. Judges 14:19 NASB Spoil – Dictionaries make mistakes. That might…
I did not sit in the gathering of revelers to make merry. Because of Your hand, alone I sat, for with wrath You filled me.Jeremiah 15:17 Robert Alter Alone – Brené Brown convincingly argues that being human means being connected. The greatest punishment a man can feel is isolation: “ . . . the most terrifying…
God heard the lad crying; and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What is the matter with you, Hagar? Do not fear, for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is. Genesis 21:17 NASB The lad – You know the story. Sarah can’t stand the…
indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies. Genesis 22:17 NASB Seed – The monumental work of Robert Alter’s translation of the Hebrew Bible reveals just how inadequate…
“The arrogance of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rock, in the loftiness of your dwelling place, who say in your heart, ‘Who will bring me down to earth?’” Obadiah 3 Arrogance of your heart – What is arrogance? Most of us have some cognitive picture about this word. We…
I will give them a heart to know Me, for I am the Lord; and they will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with their whole heart. Jeremiah 24:7 NASB Return – Hauser makes me cry for the passion of music. The Eagles make me cry for the pathos of living. …
The vision of Obadiah. Obadiah 1 NASB Vision – Have you read Obadiah? I wouldn’t be surprised if you said, “No.” It’s such a short book that it is often skipped. After all, what can a prophet say in just 21 verses? Before we discover how universal Obadiah really is, it’s worth examining the opening…
Then Moses and the sons of Israel sang this song to the Lord, and said, “I will sing to the Lord, for He is highly exalted; the horse and its rider He has hurled into the sea.” Exodus 15:1 NASB Sang – In 2014 we looked at the odd grammar of this verse. The rabbis noticed that…
And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin, yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these. Matthew 6:28-29 NASB Observe – We’re very familiar with these verses. Yeshua’s reiteration of God’s…
How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart all the day? How long will my enemy be exalted over me? Psalm 13:1-2 NASB How long? – ʿad ʾānāʾ (ad anah). How long? The preposition ʿad is…
