Song of Solomon, 3:6, “Who or what is this [she asked] that comes gliding out of the wilderness like stately pillars of smoke perfumed with MYRRH, frankincense, and all the fragrant powders of the merchant?” (AMPC) (Heb. mor) Strong’s #4753 This noun describes a taste that is bitter. The word is derived from the verb…
Tag: Scripture
Today’s Chef Special: “SERAPHIM”
Isaiah 6:1-13, “In the year that King Uzziah died, [in a vision] I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and the skirts of His train filled the [most holy part of the] temple.Above Him stood the SERAPHIM; each had six wings: with two [each] covered his [own] face, and with…
Today’s Chef Special: “GUIDE”
Jeremiah 3:4, “Have you not just now cried to Me: My Father, You were the GUIDE and companion of my youth?” (AMPC) (Heb. ‘alluph) Strong’s #441 The Hebrew word translated as ‘guide’ here means ‘friend.’ Israel’s appeal based on God’s friendship with them will avail them nothing due to their hardness of heart (Jeremiah 3:3,…
Today’s Chef Special: “PLANT”
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…
Chef Shermaine's Bible Cafe 