Therefore, I retract, and I repent in dust and ashes. Job 42:6 NASB 1995 Retract – Submit—to give in, to back down, to capitulate, to agree, to consent, to accede. Comply—to obey, to adhere to, to conform, to acquiesce, to consent, to accept. Which is it? Or is it both? The Hebrew term, māʾas, is…
The debased in his eyes is repugnant but to LORD-fearers he accords honor. When he vows to his fellow man, he does not revoke it. Psalm 15:4 Robert Alter Repugnant – The NASB translation offers some synonyms that help us understand the sense of this verse: “A despicable person is despised in his eyes, but…
Then the Lord awoke as if from sleep, like a warrior overcome by wine. He drove His adversaries backward; He put on them an everlasting disgrace. He also rejected the tent of Joseph, and did not choose the tribe of Ephraim, but chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved. Psalm 78:65-68 NASB Rejected – Now the politics comes…
When God heard them, He [ac]was filled with wrath and He utterly rejected Israel; Psalm 78:59 NASB Utterly rejected – If God “utterly rejected” Israel because of their disobedience in the wilderness, then why couldn’t He do it again when they rejected the Messiah? Seems logical, doesn’t it? Even if the Jews claim an “eternal covenant” with God, doesn’t…
