Woe, offending nation, people weighed down with crime, seed of evildoers, sons acting ruinously. They have forsaken the LORD, scorned Israel’s Holy One, they have fallen behind. Isaiah 1:4 Robert Alter Have forsaken – Now we turn to the first of three verbs describing the cause of Israel’s crime wave: ʿāzab. “The basic meaning of…
. . . remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, Excluded From – Paul likes to use opposites to capture important ideas. We do the same thing, contrasting opposites in order to make our ideas clear. But Paul’s use of opposites isn’t quite the same as…
recordad que en ese tiempo estabais separados de Cristo, excluidos de la ciudadanía de Israel Efesios 2:12 Excluidos De – A Pablo le encanta utilizar opuestos para capturar ideas importantes. Nosotros hacemos lo mismo, contrastamos opuestos para presentar ideas más claras. Pero el uso de opuestos por Pablo no es igual al nuestro. Sha´ul piensa…
