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The Hebrew word for "cords" refers to the thick, twisted harness by which oxen are bound to the plough—yoked and controlled by their master's hand.
The original word *El* — meaning 'the Mighty One' — establishes God's supreme power and authority.
Matthew Pool's insight reveals why: Israel was not merely a collection of disconnected individuals, but one unified body bound together in corporate worship of the Almighty God.
This term carries profound weight—not mere completion, but restoration to an earlier and better state.
The Lord God sends forth His Spirit not as a subordinate, but as His own extension of power—note how Professors Davidson and Driver observed in Isaiah 40-46 that the Divine Spirit appears as a separate personality, yet remains inseparable from...
Exell's Victorian commentary unpacks reproof as an obligation rooted in love for our neighbours.
First, it denotes God's essence, majesty, and perfections—the *doxa* (glory) that radiates from His divine nature.
Outnumbered, outmaneuvered, surrounded by Jeroboam's forces, they possessed no tactical advantage.
Achan's sin was not mere theft; it was *maʿal* (breach of trust), that treacherous departure from God described throughout the Pentateuch.
How long shall I be with you?"—reveals not divine anger but infinite pain.
When Elohim grants what the wicked most desire, they perish in its very embrace.
Grace (*charis*) represents God's unmerited favor toward the elect through Christ alone (Romans 3:24), while peace encompasses multiple dimensions of restored harmony.
The Hebrew rendering cuts deeper than arbitrary punishment: "He that despiseth the Word shall bring ruin on himself." This reveals a foundational law of Biblical revelation—that destruction is not merely God's external penalty imposed from above, but rather self-ruin, a...
The Almighty does not merely tolerate the godly; He loves them as His dearest friends, entrusting them with His very secrets.
If Adonai values our salvation so deeply, why does He withhold His hand and permit our enemies to rage?
The principle rests on two foundations: love to Christ involving obedience to His word, and living not unto ourselves but unto God and for others' welfare.
The Latin maxim *Dictum factum*—said, done—captures the absolute nature of divine speech.
Christ presents a paradox: the disciples are clean, yet they require continual cleansing.
When the Macedonian emperor sat for his portrait, the painter faced a difficulty. A sword-wound had left a terrible scar across the monarch's right temple—a mark of battle and suffering. Yet the master craftsman possessed wisdom. He positioned the emperor...
These two graces mutually reveal and react upon each other in the penitent heart.
The Lord of hosts has purposed to stain the pride of all glory—exposing the fundamental corruption underlying human honor derived solely from men's approval.
Why tarry the wheels of his chariots?" (Judges 5:28).
Eight ancient stone steps descend to waters that supplied Jerusalem's citizens for millennia.
This reversal of suffering's apparent meaninglessness constitutes the heart of 2 Corinthians 1:6-11.