Jeremiah 31:28, “And it will be that as I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down, and to overthrow, destroy, and afflict [with evil], so will I watch over them to build and to PLANT [with good], says the Lord.” (AMPC) (Heb. nata’) Strong’s #5193 Aside from references to the planting…
Today’s Chef Special: “CUP”
Jeremiah 25:15, “For thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, to me: Take this CUP of the wine of wrath from My hand and cause all the nations to whom I send you to drink it.” (AMPC) (Heb. kos) Strong’s #3563 The Hebrew word translated ‘cup’ refers to a drinking goblet. In the Old…
Today’s Chef Special: “SON OF MAN”
Ezekiel 2:1, “And He said to me [Ezekiel], SON OF MAN, stand upon your feet and I will speak to you.” (AMPC) (Heb. ben ‘adam) Strong’s #1121; #120 The expression ‘SON OF MAN’ is used nearly one hundred times as a title for Ezekiel (Ezekiel 2:1, “It said, “SON OF MAN, stand up. I have…
Today’s Chef Special: “COMMIT HARLOTRY”
Hosea 1:2, “When the Lord began to speak by Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea: “Go, take yourself a wife of HARLOTRY And children of HARLOTRY, For the land has COMMITTED GREAT HARLOTRY By departing from the Lord.” (NKJV) Amplified Bible: “When the Lord first spoke with and through Hosea, the Lord said to him,…
Today’s Chef Special: “STUMBLE”
Hosea 4:5, “And you shall STUMBLE in the daytime, and the [false] prophet also shall STUMBLE with you in the night; and I will destroy your mother [the priestly nation].” (AMPC) (Heb. kashal) Strong’s #3782 Literally this verb means ‘to totter,’ ‘to trip and fall,’ or ‘to stumble.’ The prophets frequently used this word to…
Today’s Chef Special: “HEART”
Psalm 51:10, “Create in me a clean HEART, O God, and renew a right, persevering, and steadfast spirit within me.” (AMPC) (Heb. leb) Strong’s #3820 The Hebrew nouns ‘leb’ and ‘lebab’ are synonymous words, which speak of a person’s inner being and therefore are often translated ‘heart.’ To the Hebrews, the heart was the seat…
Today’s Chef Special: “SLOW TO ANGER”
(Heb. ‘erek; ‘appayim) Jonah 4:2, “And he prayed to the Lord and said, I pray You, O Lord, is not this just what I said when I was still in my country? That is why I fled to Tarshish, for I knew that You are a gracious God and merciful, SLOW TO ANGER and of…
Today’s Chef Special: “COMPLAINT”
(Heb. rib) Micah 6:2, “Hear, O you mountains, the Lord’s COMPLAINT, And you strong foundations of the earth; For the Lord has a COMPLAINT against His people, And He will contend with Israel.” (AMP) Strong’s #7379 This word can mean ‘dispute’ or ‘quarrel’ in the sense of a feud (Judges 12:2, “Jephthah replied, “I summoned…
Today’s Chef Special: “ANGEL”
(Heb. mal’ak) Zechariah 4:1, “And the ANGEL who talked with me came again and awakened me, like a man who is wakened out of his sleep.” (AMP) Strong’s #4397 This noun may refer to ANGELIC BEINGS (Zechariah 4:1, 5-7, “The MESSENGER-ANGEL again called me to attention. It was like being wakened out of deep sleep…The…
Today’s Chef Special: “TEMPTED”
(Gk. peirazō) Matthew 4:1, “Then Jesus was led (guided) by the [Holy] Spirit into the wilderness (desert) to be TEMPTED (tested and tried) by the devil.” (AMP) Strong’s #3985 The word means ‘to try’ or ‘to make proof of,’ and when ascribed to God in His dealings with people, it means no more than this…
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