Are you better than Thebesthat sat by the Nile,with water around her,her rampart a sea,and water her wall?Cush was her strength;Egypt too, and that without limit;Put and the Libyans were her helpers.Yet she became an exile;she went into captivity;her infants were dashed in piecesat the head of every street;for her honoured men lots were cast,andContinue reading “Nahum 3: 8-13….Look around you, if you doubt Me!”
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Nahum 3: 1-7…. More dramatic poetry.
Woe to the bloody city,all full of lies and plunder—no end to the prey!The crack of the whip, and rumble of the wheel,galloping horse and bounding chariot!Horsemen charging,flashing sword and glittering spear,hosts of slain,heaps of corpses,dead bodies without end—they stumble over the bodies!And all for the countless whorings of the prostitute,graceful and of deadly charms,whoContinue reading “Nahum 3: 1-7…. More dramatic poetry.”
Nahum 2: 8-13…. A graphic outcome!
Nineveh is like a poolwhose waters run away.“Halt! Halt!” they cry,but none turns back.Plunder the silver,plunder the gold!There is no end of the treasureor of the wealth of all precious things.Desolate! Desolation and ruin!Hearts melt and knees tremble;anguish is in all loins;all faces grow pale!Where is the lions’ den,the feeding place of the young lions,whereContinue reading “Nahum 2: 8-13…. A graphic outcome!”
Nahum 2: 1-7….Dramatic poetry.
The scatterer has come up against you.Man the ramparts;watch the road;dress for battle;collect all your strength. Comment: A cry to battle, the attackers are at the door!For the LORD is restoring the majesty of Jacobas the majesty of Israel,for plunderers have plundered themand ruined their branches. Comment: God is rescuing His people from their subjugation.TheContinue reading “Nahum 2: 1-7….Dramatic poetry.”
John 20: 30-31…..What’s in it for me?
Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name. Comment: And that is what it isContinue reading “John 20: 30-31…..What’s in it for me?”
John 20: 11-18….Where is He?
But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb. And she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet. They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them,Continue reading “John 20: 11-18….Where is He?”
John 19: 38-42…..A Sabbath of weeping.
After these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took away his body. Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus by night, came bringingContinue reading “John 19: 38-42…..A Sabbath of weeping.”
John 19: 1-7; 19-22; 30…..God turns has face away.
Then Pilate took Jesus and flogged him. And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head and arrayed him in a purple robe. They came up to him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and struck him with their hands. Pilate went out again and said to them, “See,Continue reading “John 19: 1-7; 19-22; 30…..God turns has face away.”
John 18: 1-5…How much is God worth?
When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples across the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered. Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, for Jesus often met there with his disciples. So Judas, having procured a band of soldiers and some officersContinue reading “John 18: 1-5…How much is God worth?”
Nahum 1: 12-15…..God’s promise to the Jews.
Thus says the LORD,“Though they are at full strength and many,they will be cut down and pass away.Though I have afflicted you,I will afflict you no more.And now I will break his yoke from off youand will burst your bonds apart.”The LORD has given commandment about you:“No more shall your name be perpetuated;from the houseContinue reading “Nahum 1: 12-15…..God’s promise to the Jews.”
As I read it! 