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Prophecy and Prediction

On that day the Branch of the Lord will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth will be the pride and the beauty of the survivors of Israel.  Isaiah 4:2  NASB The survivors – Who are the survivors?  Who are the pĕlêṭât?  TWOT provides some linguistic analysis: the primary use of this noun is to refer to the remnant…
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Damage Control

For seven women will take hold of one man on that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes, only let us be called by your name; take away our disgrace!”  Isaiah 4:1  NASB Disgrace – What will happen once God begins His judgment of Israel.  Well, a whole lot of men…
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Missing The End

Now it will come about that instead of balsam oil there will be a stench; Instead of a belt, a rope; instead of well-set hair, a plucked-out scalp; instead of fine clothes, a robe of sackcloth; and branding instead of beauty.  Isaiah 3:24 NASB Branding instead of – Something is missing from the Masoretic text, and because something is missing,…
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Fashion-ista

Moreover, the Lord said, “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty and walk with heads held high and seductive eyes, and go along with mincing steps and jingle the anklets on their feet, the Lord will afflict the scalp of the daughters of Zion with scabs, and the Lord will make their foreheads bare.”  Isaiah 3:16-17 NASB Make their foreheads…
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Social Responsibility

But the sons of Israel acted unfaithfully regarding the things designated for destruction, for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, took some of the designated things; therefore the anger of the Lord burned against the sons of Israel.  Joshua 7:1 NASB Burned against – What…
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