ḥāzaq

  • Divine Rape (Reconstituted)

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    O Lord, You have deceived me and I was deceived; You have overcome me and prevailed.  I have become a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me. Jeremiah 20:7  NASB Deceived – I am sure you remember our investigation of Jeremiah’s use of the words pātâ and ḥāzaq.  We recounted Heschel’s analysis: “This standard rendition…

  • Divine Rape (Revisited)

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    O Lord, You have deceived me and I was deceived; You have overcome me and prevailed.  I have become a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me. Jeremiah 20:7  NASB 1995 Deceived/overcome – Sometimes the translator’s morality gets in the way of communicating the crass and deliberately offensive speech of the Bible’s prophets.  Of course,…