WORD STUDY – PROSTITUTION – זנה

   Ezekiel 16:30: “How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord God, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an imperious, whorish woman.”   Am I missing something or did Ezekiel just call Judah a whore.   There are three words in Hebrew for a whore or...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – MERAPHIM – GIVING UP

Ezra 4:4: “Then the people of the land weakened the hands of Judah and troubled them in building.”   As I read the news coming out of Israel today and I see the tensions growing between the government of the United States and Israel, I cannot help but wonder if...

WORD STUDY – JEWS

John 7:1  “After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.”   In the Aramaic Bible the word Jews is Yihudaya (Judean) which references the people who lived in the land of Yuhuda (Judah).  The Greek...

Devotional Isaiah 7:11-12

Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar and Nevim Arith Hayomim: Isaiah 7:11-12: “Ask thee a sign of the Lord, thy God, ask it either in the depth or in the height above. But Ahaz said, I will not ask neither will I tempt the Lord.” Luke 12:24: “To whom much is given, much is...

{Word Study} Besought “Chalah”

WORD STUDY – BESOUGHT II Chronicles 33:12: “And when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord His God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his Fathers.” Besought – Hebrew: chalah – to seek favor by being pleasant If you go II Chronicles 33...

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