“Do not fear, for I am with you; do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.” Isaiah 41:10 NASB Help– The verb is an old friend, in fact, so old that it takes us back to the first “helper.”…
“Do not fear, for I am with you; do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.” Isaiah 41:10 NASB Strengthen– This verb, ʾāmēṣ, is a Pi’el perfect. That means in this case it is an intensive, active,…
“Do not fear, for I am with you; do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.” Isaiah 41:10 NASB Anxiously look about– The Dictionary of Biblical Languages with Semantic Domains offers the following: שָׁתַע(šā·ṯǎʿ): v.— LN 25.251–25.269 (qal) be…
“Do not fear, for I am with you; do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.” Isaiah 41:10 NASB With you– It’s important to know that God has not given up on us. “I am with you,”…
“Do not fear, for I am with you; do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.” Isaiah 41:10 NASB Fear– Actually, I’m not afraid in the usual sense of the word. I’m not even afraid to die. …
“Yield now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.” Job 22:21 NASB Yield– “God is pure gold” speaks. Oh, that’s the meaning of the name Eliphaz. So you would expect his words to reflect his name, right? Everything he says must be pure gold dripping from the mouth of heaven. And stripped…
All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; 2 Timothy 3:16 NASB Profitable– It goes without saying that Paul’s use of “Scripture” means the Tanakh. No “letter to the Romans,” no Galatians’ missive or James’ castigations. Just the Torah, the Prophets and the Writings. That was…
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, that I may test them, whether or not they will walk in My instruction. Exodus 16:4 NASB Bread from heaven– Manna. Literally, “What is it?” This unknown, mysterious food that descends from…
Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaining? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes? Proverbs 23:29 NASB Woe– This verse describes the alcoholic, but it might as well be attributed to any addict. Consider the characteristics. This person feels woe. What does that mean? He despairs of…
He said to His disciples, “It is inevitable that stumbling blocks come, but woe to him through whom they come! Luke 17:1 NASB Woe– Forget blue. The Bible doesn’t come in blue. Blue is not an obedient color. The Bible comes in red, yellow and green. Green is for obedient living. Green is good. Good things…
