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PHall | May 24, 2016
NASB A – JUDAH SPEAKS 7a) “Although our iniquities [avon] testify against us, B – NAME OF THE LORD (7b) O LORD [Yhvh], act for Your name’s [shem] sake! Truly our apostasies have been many, We have sinned against You. C – QUESTION 8) “O Hope of Israel, Its Savior [yasha] in time of distress, […]
PHall | May 10, 2016
NASB – Thus says the LORD to this people, “Even so they have loved to wander; they have not kept their feet in check. Therefore the LORD does not accept them; now He will remember their iniquity and call their sins to account.” HCSB – This is what the LORD says concerning these people: Truly […]
PHall | May 10, 2016
NASB “Why are You like a man dismayed, Like a mighty man who cannot save? Yet You are in our midst, O LORD, And we are called by Your name; Do not forsake us!” HCSB Why are You like a helpless man, like a warrior unable to save? Yet You are among us, Yahweh, and […]
PHall | May 10, 2016
NASB “O Hope of Israel, Its Savior in time of distress, Why are You like a stranger in the land Or like a traveler who has pitched his tent for the night? HCSB Hope of Israel, its Savior in time of distress, why are You like a foreigner in the land, like a traveler stopping […]
PHall | May 10, 2016
NASB “Because the ground is cracked, For there has been no rain on the land; The farmers have been put to shame, They have covered their heads. HCSB The ground is cracked since no rain has fallen on the land. The farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads. ESV Because of the ground that is […]
PHall | May 10, 2016
NASB “Judah mourns And her gates languish; They sit on the ground in mourning, And the cry of Jerusalem has ascended. HCSB Judah mourns; her gates languish. Her people are on the ground in mourning; Jerusalem’s cry rises up. ESV “Judah mourns, and her gates languish; her people lament on the ground, and the cry […]
PHall | May 4, 2016
Advice for weak Christians who think they are strong: You have a lot of company because self-delusion is the easiest lie to believe. Your company even includes the illustrious Jeremiah the prophet. Not normally would we think of Jeremiah being weak; but notice how God describes Jeremiah after one of his complaints: “If you have […]
PHall | April 27, 2016
If Judaism has one verse which encapsulates their belief system, it would be “The Shema” which begins “Hear Oh, Israel” (Deut.6:4). “The Shema” is based upon the Hebrew word for “hear/shama. While translated different ways, the most common way the NASB translates shama throughout the OT is “hear” or “heard”. Jeremiah, a prophet of God, […]
PHall | April 20, 2016
I cannot decide – is this a good, bad example; or a bad, good example…. Either way, sometimes we can learn good lessons from bad people. For example, take the Israelites – they apostatized from the true God to worship that which God created – “the sun, the moon and to all the host of […]
PHall | April 6, 2016
One of the powerful aspects of Jeremiah’s book is when he records God asking questions. Check out the questions in chapter 5 (some are repeated showing divine frustration): Why should I forgive you? Should I not punish them for these things? Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this? Do you not […]