šāqaṭ

  • Moving to Parma

    For this is what the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, has said: “In repentance and rest you will be saved, in quietness and trust is your strength.”  But you were not willing, and you said, “No, for we will flee on horses!”  Therefore you shall flee!  “And we will ride on swift horses!”  Therefore those who pursue you…

  • The Rationale for Suffering (2)

    Happy the man whom Yah chastises, and whom from His teaching He instructs, to make him quiet in evil days until a pit is dug for the wicked.  Psalm 94:12-13  Robert Alter Quiet – I’d like the NASB version to be true.  “So that You may grant him relief from the days of adversity, until a pit is…