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Ask a QuestionO Lord, correct, instruct, and chastise me, but with judgment and in just measure--not in Your anger, lest You diminish me and bring me to nothing.
For what does the Scripture say? Abraham believed in (trusted in) God, and it was credited to his account as righteousness (right living and right standing with God).
And last of all He appeared to me also, as to one prematurely and born dead [Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.no better than an unperfected fetus among living men].
Behave yourselves wisely [living prudently and with discretion] in your relations with those of the outside world (the non-Christians), making the very most of the time and seizing (buying up) the opportunity.
You must know (recognize) that you were redeemed (ransomed) from the useless (fruitless) way of living inherited by tradition from [your] forefathers, not with corruptible things [such as] silver and gold,
If you will turn (repent) and give heed to my reproof, behold, I [See footnotes on Prov. 1:2 and 1:20.Wisdom] will pour out my spirit upon you, I will make my words known to you.
Concerning and against Egypt: against the army of Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates at Carchemish, which See footnote on Jer. 21:2.Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote and defeated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah:
But He said to them, You are the ones who declare yourselves just and upright before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is exalted and highly thought of among men is detestable and abhorrent (an abomination) in the sight of God. [I Sam. 16:7; Prov. 21:2.]
For to which of the angels did [God] ever say, You are My Son, today I have begotten You [established You in an official Sonship relation, with kingly dignity]? And again, I will be to Him a Father, and He will be to Me a Son? [II Sam. 7:14; Ps. 2:7.]
And they swarmed up over the broad plain of the earth and encircled the fortress (camp) of God's people (the saints) and the beloved city; but fire descended from heaven and consumed them. [II Kings 1:10-12; Ezek. 38:2, 22.]
AND ZEDEKIAH son of Josiah, whom See footnote on Jer. 21:2.Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah, reigned instead of Coniah [also called Jeconiah and Jehoiachin] son of Jehoiakim.
IN THE ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, See footnote on Jer. 21:2.Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem and besieged it.
Flee, wander far off, dwell deep [in the deserts], O you inhabitants of Hazor [in the Arabian Desert] says the Lord, for See footnote on Jer. 21:2.Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon has planned a course against you and has conceived a purpose against you.
Israel is a hunted and scattered sheep [driven hither and thither and preyed upon by savage beasts]; the lions have chased him. First the king of Assyria devoured him, and now at last See footnote on Jer. 21:2.Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon has broken and gnawed his bones.
And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly and swarm with living creatures, and let birds fly over the earth in the open expanse of the heavens.
You prevail forever against him, and he passes on; You change his appearance [in death] and send him away [from the presence of the living].
It is hidden from the eyes of all living, and knowledge of it is withheld from the birds of the heavens.
Let Your priests be clothed with righteousness (right living and right standing with God); and let Your saints shout for joy!
The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the fool walks in darkness; and yet I perceived that [in the end] one event happens to them both.
I saw all the living who walk under the sun with the youth who was to stand up in the king's stead.