“I am the Lord, that is My name; I will not give My glory to another, Nor My praise to graven images.” Isaiah 42:8 NASB Will not give – In the famous Servant Song of Isaiah, YHVH declares that He will not give (hand over, set, place, allow or surrender) His glory to another. On the basis…
They exchanged the glory of God for the image of an ox that eats grass. Psalm 106:20 ESV Glory – Translators have added words of explanation to this verse. In Hebrew it reads: va-yamiroo et kevodam betavnit. The et identifies the direct object of the verb mur (to exchange). But notice that the direct object…
Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth! Psalm 57:11 ESV Over – As we know very well, in languages without punctuation, emphasis is indicated by word order. What matters most usually comes first. So when we translate Hebrew expressions into English, the word order is often rearranged…
Awake, my glory! Awake, harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn. Psalm 57:8 NASB My glory – Did you find David’s expression a bit unusual? Is he foreshadowing Maslow or Shakespeare? Does he mean that his glory, the importance of his own self-esteem, needs to find expression (Maslow) or is he using the phrase…
Be exalted above the heavens, O God; Let Your glory be above the earth. Psalm 57:5 NASB Glory – We need to know all that we can about God’s glory. Of course, that implies a stern warning. Get too close and you will be burned. The purity of His glory extinguishes life. That itself is…
And He said to them, “Elijah does first come and restore all things. And yet how is it written of the Son of Man that He will suffer many things and be treated with contempt? Mark 9:12 NASB Suffer – When did Yeshua ask this question? The context is critical. He asks this question as…
“The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one.” John 17:22 ESV Glory – Certainly every Christian believer is familiar with this Greek word – doxa. In days past, it was incorporated into a ritual of Sunday worship. We sang the doxology. …
For a man ought not to have his head covered, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man. 1 Corinthians 11:7 NASB Glory – What an exegetical disaster we have made of Paul’s off-hand remark! What nonsense, what heresy we have perpetrated upon women as a…
You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will receive me to glory. Psalm 73:24 ESV Glory – This verse certainly appears to support an afterlife in heaven, doesn’t it? If this is so, it is one of the few verses in the Tanakh that indicates a heavenly reward for the righteous. Of course,…
“Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.” Matthew 5:16 Good Works – Imagine that you are sitting on the hillside with the disciples of Yeshua. You hear him say, “ma’aseykem hatovim.” Now what do you suppose He…
