The bolded scriptural citation will take you to additional translations. The entire chapter is included to provide context.
Information about the meaning the original Hebrew of what seem to be key words is provided in blue.
Collections of or meditations on scriptures dealing with principles similar to those addressed in this scripture are hyperlinked after the information about the original Hebrew.
Excerpts collected in yellow at the end of this post tell us something about God’s nature or our relationship to Him.
Excerpts collected in green at the end of this post tell us about something God wants us to do.
Excerpts collected in red at the end of this post tell us about something God does not want us to do.
Then those who feared Yahweh talked to one another about this, and Yahweh took note and listened; and a book of remembrance was written in his presence recording those who feared him and kept his name in mind. 'On the day when I act, says Yahweh Sabaoth, they will be my most prized possession, and I shall spare them in the way a man spares the son who serves him. Then once again you will see the difference between the upright person and the wicked one, between the one who serves God and the one who does not serve him.
Lo, the day is coming, blazing like an oven, when all the proud and all evildoers will be stubble, and the day that is coming will set them on fire, leaving them neither root nor branch, says the LORD of hosts. But for you who fear my name, there will arise the sun of justice with its healing rays.
fear = יָרֵא = yārē' Blue Letter Bible to fear, revere, be afraid; to stand in awe of, be awed; reverence, honour, respect; tremble for joy
speak = דָּבַר = dabar. Blue Letter Bible to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing; to speak with one another, talk; answer; pronounce; teach; use (entreaties), utter; to lead, to guide; to direct a people; admonish; to speak kindly, console; to speak friendly, peaceably with anyone; to announce welfare
another = רֵעַ = rēaʿ Blue Letter Bible friend, companion, fellow, another person; intimate; fellow, fellow-citizen; associate; brother; any other person
took note = קָשַׁב = qashab. Blue Letter Bible to hear, be attentive, heed, incline (of ears), attend (of ears), hearken, pay attention, listen; give attention; to prick up the ears; regard
listened = שָׁמַע = šāmaʿ Blue Letter Bible listen to, obey; perceive by ear; to hear with attention or interest, listen to; give heed; to consent, agree; yield to; to obey, be obedient; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.); to hear and answer
presence = פָּנִים = paniym Blue Letter Bible person; countenance; before and behind, toward, in front of; in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of; turned toward; turn one’s face toward; on account of; acts done with a solemn sense of presence; to stand before, i.e. wait upon, be in attendance on; to bow down before; in front of
kept…in mind = חָשַׁב = ḥāšaḇ Blue Letter Bible to think, plan, esteem, calculate, invent, make a judgment, imagine, count; to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; regard, value, compute, make account of, conceive, consider, forecast, hold, imagine, impute; meditate; to take to be so; think upon, consider, be mindful of
name = שֵׁם = šēm Blue Letter Bible name; reputation, fame, glory; honor, authority, character; renown, report
serves = עָבַד = ʿāḇaḏ Blue Letter Bible to work, serve; to labour, work, do work; to work for another, serve another by labour; to be worked, be tilled; to make oneself a servant; be bondmen, bond-service; bestow labor on; hard labor, fatigue; serve as subject
upright = צַדִּיק = ṣadîq Blue Letter Bible lawful, righteous; righteous (in government); righteous (in conduct and character); righteous (as justified and vindicated by God); honest, virtuous, pious
wicked = רָשָׁע = rāšāʿ Blue Letter Bible guilty one, one guilty of crime; hostile to God; against God or man; morally wrong; ungodly; unrighteous
Lo = ἰδού = idou = ē-dü' Blue Letter Bible to see; calling attention to what may be seen or heard; bidding the reader or hearer to attend to what is said; observe or consider; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon lo, behold, see here; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (alternate definition) to see, perceive, behold; to look at; to see mentally
coming = ἔρχομαι = erchomai Blue Letter Bible denoting either "to come, or to go," signifies the act, in contrast with heko, which stresses the arrival; to come from one place to another; to come into being, arise, come forth, show itself, find place or influence; to come to a thing; to go; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon start, set out; come or go; to go a journey; any kind of motion
blazing = καιομένη Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon kindle; to be smelted; set on fire, burn; make hot, of the sun; fever-heat; burn and destroy; waste with fire and sword; cauterize; burn or bake pottery
oven = κλίβανος Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon covered earthen vessel, wider at bottom than at top, wherein bread was baked by putting hot embers round it; potter's oven; funnel-shaped vessel, used for drawing water; underground channel or vaulted passage, in irrigation works; hollow, cavern in a rock
evildoers = ανομα Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon lawless, impious; without God; illegal; unmusical
set them on fire = ἀνάψει Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon light up, kindle, to be kindled; inflame with anger, excite emotionally; to be lighted up
of hosts = παντοκράτωρ Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon almighty
fear = φοβουμένοις Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon put to flight; terrify, alarm; to be seized with fear, be affrighted; to be afraid of one ; to be alarmed at a thing; fear to do, be afraid of doing; fear or fear about a thing
justice = δικαιοσύνης Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon righteousness, justice; fulfilment of the Law; the business of a judge
healing = ἴασις Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon healing, mode of healing, remedy; mending, repairs; cupellation, refining
rays = πτέρυξιν Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon wing of a bird; the tips of the wings; winged creature, bird; anything like a wing; feathery foliage; broad edge of a knife or hunting-spear; anything that covers or protects like wings
Scriptures addressing similar principles are collected at:
Wisdom Principles--God Sees and Understands all
Wisdom Principles--God is a Refuge for Those Who Love Him
Wisdom Principles--God’s Ways Give Security
Wisdom Principles--Ill Gotten Gains Do Not Last
Wisdom Principles--God Loves Humility and Hates Pride
Wisdom Principles--Rely on God, not Material Power or Wealth
Wisdom Principles--There are Folks Who Love Evil
What this scripture tells us about God’s nature or our relationship to Him:
Yahweh took note and listened; and a book of remembrance was written in his presence recording those who feared him
they will be my most prized possession
I shall spare them in the way a man spares the son who serves him
the proud and all evildoers will be stubble, and the day that is coming will set them on fire, leaving them neither root nor branch
But for you who fear my name, there will arise the sun of justice with its healing rays.
What this scripture tells us to do:
feared Yahweh talked to one another about this
feared him
kept his name in mind.
serves him.
upright person
serves God
fear my name
What this scripture tells us to not do:
wicked
does not serve him
the proud
evildoers
No comments:
Post a Comment