And he touched my mouth and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for.” Isaiah 6:7 ESV Touched – What does it mean to you to be touched by someone? Does it give you a sense of reassurance, confidence, or the awareness of one with whom…
Surely our griefs He Himself bore, and our sorrows He carried. Isaiah 53:4 NASB Griefs – Once more into the battle, my friends. Unfortunately, this one will have to be complicated. We are dealing with translation differences, midrash and motivation. It will be a bit technical. But I promise, in the end, it will be…
“And you, lie down on your left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel on it. The number of the days that you shall lie down on it, you shall bear their iniquity.” Ezekiel 4:4 (translation: A. Heschel) Bear – Who will respond to the call of the Lord? “Here I am,”…
Surely our griefs He Himself bore, and our sorrows He carried; yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken, smitten of God and afflicted. Isaiah 53:4 Bore – We love to read Isaiah as if it were written for us, that is, for Christians who believe “Jesus” is the Son of God who came to forgive people…
