LOOKING FOR ISAIAH

JLG · May 18, 2023

95) Looking for Isaiah

Isaiah 5:26

He lifts

וְנָֽשָׂא־ (wə·nā·śā-)

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular

Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take

a banner

נֵ֤ס (nês)

Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 5251: A flag, a sail, a flagstaff, a signal, a token

for the distant

מֵרָח֔וֹק (mê·rā·ḥō·wq)

Preposition-m | Adjective - masculine singular

Strong's 7350: Remote, of place, time, precious

nations

לַגּוֹיִם֙ (lag·gō·w·yim)

Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine plural

Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

and whistles

וְשָׁ֥רַק (wə·šā·raq)

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular

Strong's 8319: To be shrill, to whistle, hiss

for those

ל֖וֹ (lōw)

Preposition | third person masculine singular

Strong's Hebrew

at the ends

מִקְצֵ֣ה (miq·ṣêh)

Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct

Strong's 7097: End, extremity

of the earth.

הָאָ֑רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)

Article | Noun - feminine singular

Strong's 776: Earth, land

Behold—

וְהִנֵּ֥ה (wə·hin·nêh)

Conjunctive waw | Interjection

Strong's 2009: Lo! behold!

how speedily

מְהֵרָ֖ה (mə·hê·rāh)

Adverb

Strong's 4120: A hurry, promptly

and swiftly

קַ֥ל (qal)

Adjective - masculine singular

Strong's 7031: Light, swift, fleet

they come!

יָבֽוֹא׃ (yā·ḇō·w)

Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular

Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

Lift a banner for distant nations!
Whistle for those at the ends of the earth!
And they come speedily and swiftly!
Everybody will get the message!
And they will come all at once!
How unusual it is!
They usually don’t care!

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Remember:

If you think like today’s people, you will never understand the Bible!
They used to write differently!
They used to speak differently!
They used to think differently!
They used to act differently!

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JLG · May 20, 2023

Who was Isaiah in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org

Isaiah, whose name means “Yahweh is salvation,” is best known for writing the book that bears his name in the Old Testament. His writings are especially significant for the prophecies he made about the coming Messiah, hundreds of years before Jesus was born (Isaiah 7:14; 9:1-7, 11:2-4; 53:4-7, 9, 12). Matthew quotes Isaiah when describing John the Baptist’s ministry (Matthew 3:3; Isaiah 40:3), and when Jesus moved to Galilee to start His ministry, Isaiah’s prophecy was fulfilled (Matthew 4:13-16; Isaiah 9:1-2). Jesus quotes Isaiah’s prophecy when speaking in parables (Isaiah 6:9; Matthew 13:14-15), and the apostle Paul also makes reference to the same prophecy when he is in Rome (Acts 28:26-27). When Jesus reads from Isaiah (Isaiah 61:1-2) in the synagogue at Nazareth, He amazes many of the Jews by claiming the prophecy is fulfilled in Him (Luke 4:16-21). It is also interesting to note that the Gospels quote more from Isaiah’s writings than from any other of the Old Testament prophets.

Little is written about Isaiah the man. We know that he was the son of Amoz and that he married and had sons of his own (Isaiah 1:1; 7:3; 8:3). Though Isaiah’s recognition as a great prophet is indicated in the books of the Kings and Chronicles, it is also probable that he was a priest, as his calling from God took place in the temple (Isaiah 6:4), an area reserved only for priests. The anointing he receives at his calling is similar to that of the prophet Jeremiah (Jeremiah 1:9; Isaiah 6:7).

Along with his contemporary, the prophet Micah, Isaiah served the southern kingdom of Judah under the reigns of four kings. At the time of Isaiah’s ministry, Judah was a sinful and unjust nation. Nevertheless, Isaiah believed that Judah was God’s chosen nation and they would be vindicated by God. With support from Micah and the godly King Hezekiah, their enemies were held at bay and a revival swept through the nation of Judah (2 Kings 19:32-36; 2 Chronicles 32:20-23). Many commentators describe Isaiah as Judah’s evangelist because he worked tirelessly to turn the people back to God.

There were many highs and lows in Isaiah’s life. His faithfulness to God was rewarded with some amazing miracles. In answer to Isaiah’s prayer, God moved the sun back ten steps as a sign to King Hezekiah that God would add a further 15 years to Hezekiah’s life (2 Kings 20:8-11; 2 Chronicles 32:24). Yet Isaiah spent three years stripped naked and barefoot, in obedience to God, as a “sign and wonder” against the Egyptians (Isaiah 20:2-4). His contemporary, Micah, did likewise (Micah 1:8), though we are not told for how long.

It is in examining a man’s heart that we can learn what kind of a man he is, and Jesus said it is from the overflow of a man’s heart that he speaks (Matthew 12:34). It is from Isaiah’s writings that we learn of his unswerving faithfulness and his complete humility before God. He also had great respect from King Hezekiah’s court and his peers, which was evident in times of crisis. Some of the world’s greatest art works, music and poetry have come from men who walked closely with God, and we can count Isaiah among them. His grasp of the Hebrew language has been likened to that of Shakespeare’s English, as we read in Isaiah some of the most beautiful writings in the Bible. Though the book of Isaiah was written over 2,500 years ago, it is well worth reading through the entire book, because in it we see much wisdom that still applies to our Christian lives today.

It appears that Isaiah was a very private man. When we meet some of today’s renowned speakers face to face, we may be disappointed to find they appear somewhat aloof. However, as with Isaiah, we can learn that their ministry is all about pointing people to God, not to themselves. And despite his reticence, Isaiah’s prominence is in the effect his ministry had on the people. In these last days, we need to make every word we speak count for the kingdom. And from Isaiah’s lifestyle we learn that, when God accomplishes a part of His plan through us, we must ensure that all the glory goes to Him.

In addition, it appears Isaiah’s ministry was characterized by closeness with other godly men, like Micah and King Hezekiah. Going it alone can often leave us vulnerable, but when we are united by God’s Holy Spirit to other members of the body of Christ through fellowship and prayer, our ministry is more effective by virtue of the protection others provide.

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Remember:

If you think like today’s people, you will never understand the Bible!
They used to write differently!
They used to speak differently!
They used to think differently!
They used to act differently!

__________________________________________________________________________

JLG · May 21, 2023

His writings are especially significant for the prophecies he made about the coming Messiah, hundreds of years before Jesus was born!

Matthew quotes Isaiah when describing John the Baptist’s ministry!

And when Jesus moved to Galilee to start His ministry, Isaiah’s prophecy was fulfilled!

Jesus quotes Isaiah’s prophecy when speaking in parables!

and the apostle Paul also makes reference to the same prophecy when he is in Rome !

When Jesus reads from Isaiah in the synagogue at Nazareth, He amazes many of the Jews by claiming the prophecy is fulfilled in Him!

It is also interesting to note that the Gospels quote more from Isaiah’s writings than from any other of the Old Testament prophets!

Little is written about Isaiah the man. We know that he was the son of Amoz and that he married and had sons of his own!

Many commentators describe Isaiah as Judah’s evangelist because he worked tirelessly to turn the people back to God!

There were many highs and lows in Isaiah’s life!

His faithfulness to God was rewarded with some amazing miracles!

In answer to Isaiah’s prayer, God moved the sun back ten steps as a sign to King Hezekiah that God would add a further 15 years to Hezekiah’s life!

Yet Isaiah spent three years stripped naked and barefoot, in obedience to God, as a “sign and wonder” against the Egyptians!

It appears Isaiah’s ministry was characterized by closeness with other godly men, like Micah and King Hezekiah!

____________________________________________________________

Remember:

If you think like today’s people, you will never understand the Bible!
They used to write differently!
They used to speak differently!
They used to think differently!
They used to act differently!

__________________________________________________________________________

JLG · May 22, 2023

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Remember that!
Isaiah means Yah.weh is salvation!
He prophesied about the Messiah!
The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son!
And she will call him Immanuel meaning God is with us! (Isaiah 7:14)
Beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles!
People will see a great light!
A child is born, a son is given!
And the government will be upon his shoulders!
And He will be called Wonderful Counselor!
Mighty God!
Everlasting Father!
Prince of Peace!
Of the increase of His government!
And peace there will be no end!
He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom!
To establish and sustain it!
With justice and righteousness!
From that time and forevermore!
The zeal of Yah.weh of hosts will accomplish this! (Isaiah 9:1-7)
The Spirit of Yah.weh will rest on Him!
The Spirit of wisdomand understanding!
The Spirit of counsel and strength!
The Spirit of knowledge!
And the fear of Yah.weh!
And he will delight in the fear of Yah.weh!
He will not judge by what his eyes see!
And he will not decide by what his ears hear!
But with righteousness he will judge the poor!
And with equity He will decide in favor of the earth’s oppressed!
He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth!
And slay the wicked with the breath of His lips! (Isaiah 11:2-4)
Surely He took on our infirmities and carried our sorrows!
Yet we considered Him stricken by God!
Struck down and afflicted!
But He was pierced for our transgressions!
He was crushed for our iniquities!
The punishment that brought us peace was upon Him!
And by his stripes we are healed!
We all like sheep have gone astray!
Each one has turned to his own way!
And Yah.weh has laid on Him the iniquity of us all!
He was oppressed and afflicted!
Yet he did not open His mouth!
He was led like a lamb to the slaughter!
And as a sheep before her shearers is silent!
So He did not open His mouth!
He was assigned a grave with the wicked!
And with a rich man in His death!
Although he had done no violence!
Nor was any deceit in His mouth!
Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great!
And he will divide the spoils with the strong!
Because he has poured out His life unto death!
And he was numbered among the transgressors!
Yet he bore the sin of many!
And made intercession for the transgressors! (Isaiah 53:4-7, 9,12)
And He replied, “Go and tell this people:
‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding;
Be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’ (Isaiah 6:9)
The Spirit of the Lord Yah.weh is on Me!
Because Yah.weh has anointed Me!
To preach good news to the poor!
He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted!
To proclaim liberty to the captives!
And release from darkness to the prisoners!
To proclaim the year of Yah.weh’s favor!
And the day of our God’s vengeance!
To comfort all who mourn!
(Isaiah 61:1-2)

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Remember:

If you think like today’s people, you will never understand the Bible!
They used to write differently!
They used to speak differently!
They used to think differently!
They used to act differently!

__________________________________________________________________________

JLG · May 23, 2023

96) Looking for Isaiah

Isaiah 5:27

None

אֵין־ (’ên-)

Adverb

Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

of them grows weary

עָיֵ֤ף (‘ā·yêp̄)

Adjective - masculine singular

Strong's 5889: Faint, weary

or stumbles;

כּוֹשֵׁל֙ (kō·wō·šêl)

Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular

Strong's 3782: To totter, waver, to falter, stumble, faint, fall

no

לֹ֥א (lō)

Adverb - Negative particle

Strong's 3808: Not, no

one slumbers

יָנ֖וּם (yā·nūm)

Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular

Strong's 5123: To be drowsy, slumber

or sleeps.

יִישָׁ֑ן (yî·šān)

Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular

Strong's 3462: To be slack, languid, sleep, to grow old, stale, inveterate

No

וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō)

Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle

Strong's 3808: Not, no

belt

אֵז֣וֹר (’ê·zō·wr)

Noun - masculine singular construct

Strong's 232: Something girt, a belt, a band

is loose

נִפְתַּח֙ (nip̄·taḥ)

Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular

Strong's 6605: To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve

and no

וְלֹ֤א (wə·lō)

Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle

Strong's 3808: Not, no

sandal

נְעָלָֽיו׃ (nə·‘ā·lāw)

Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular

Strong's 5275: A sandal tongue, a sandal, slipper

strap

שְׂר֥וֹךְ (śə·rō·wḵ)

Noun - masculine singular construct

Strong's 8288: (sandal) thong

is broken.

נִתַּ֖ק (nit·taq)

Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular

Strong's 5423: To pull, draw, or tear away, apart, or off

Through history yah.weh used different nations to strike both israel and Judah when they took the wrong way!

But they never listen!

And each time they paid the price!

In fact, there is no difference for mankind!

It does not prevent Yah.weh from acting!

It will be so till Yah.weh puts an end to this society!

Then no one will have the possibility to oppose him!

JLG · May 24, 2023

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Remember that!
Isaiah means Yah.weh is salvation!
He prophesied about the Messiah!
The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son!
And she will call him Immanuel meaning God is with us! (Isaiah 7:14)
Beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles!
People will see a great light!
A child is born, a son is given!
And the government will be upon his shoulders!
And He will be called Wonderful Counselor!
Mighty God!
Everlasting Father!
Prince of Peace!
Of the increase of His government!
And peace there will be no end!
He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom!
To establish and sustain it!
With justice and righteousness!
From that time and forevermore!
The zeal of Yah.weh of hosts will accomplish this! (Isaiah 9:1-7)
The Spirit of Yah.weh will rest on Him!
The Spirit of wisdom and understanding!
The Spirit of counsel and strength!
The Spirit of knowledge!
And the fear of Yah.weh!
And he will delight in the fear of Yah.weh!
He will not judge by what his eyes see!
And he will not decide by what his ears hear!
But with righteousness he will judge the poor!
And with equity He will decide in favor of the earth’s oppressed!
He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth!
And slay the wicked with the breath of His lips! (Isaiah 11:2-4)
Surely He took on our infirmities and carried our sorrows!
Yet we considered Him stricken by God!
Struck down and afflicted!
But He was pierced for our transgressions!
He was crushed for our iniquities!
The punishment that brought us peace was upon Him!
And by his stripes we are healed!
We all like sheep have gone astray!
Each one has turned to his own way!
And Yah.weh has laid on Him the iniquity of us all!
He was oppressed and afflicted!
Yet he did not open His mouth!
He was led like a lamb to the slaughter!
And as a sheep before her shearers is silent!
So He did not open His mouth!
He was assigned a grave with the wicked!
And with a rich man in His death!
Although he had done no violence!
Nor was any deceit in His mouth!
Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great!
And he will divide the spoils with the strong!
Because he has poured out His life unto death!
And he was numbered among the transgressors!
Yet he bore the sin of many!
And made intercession for the transgressors! (Isaiah 53:4-7, 9,12)
And He replied, “Go and tell this people:
‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding;
Be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’ (Isaiah 6:9)
The Spirit of the Lord Yah.weh is on Me!
Because Yah.weh has anointed Me!
To preach good news to the poor!
He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted!
To proclaim liberty to the captives!
And release from darkness to the prisoners!
To proclaim the year of Yah.weh’s favor!
And the day of our God’s vengeance!
To comfort all who mourn!
(Isaiah 61:1-2)

____________________________________________________________

Remember:

If you think like today’s people, you will never understand the Bible!
They used to write differently!
They used to speak differently!
They used to think differently!
They used to act differently!

__________________________________________________________________________

JLG · May 24, 2023

97) Looking for Isaiah

Isaiah 5:28

Their arrows

חִצָּיו֙ (ḥiṣ·ṣāw)

Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular

Strong's 2671: A piercer, an arrow, a wound, thunderbolt, the shaft of a, spear

are sharpened,

שְׁנוּנִ֔ים (šə·nū·nîm)

Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural

Strong's 8150: To point, to pierce, to inculcate

and all

וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl)

Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct

Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

their bows

קַשְּׁתֹתָ֖יו (qaš·šə·ṯō·ṯāw)

Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular

Strong's 7198: A bow, for, shooting, the iris

are strung.

דְּרֻכ֑וֹת (də·ru·ḵō·wṯ)

Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine plural

Strong's 1869: To tread, to walk, to string a, bow

The hooves

פַּרְס֤וֹת (par·sō·wṯ)

Noun - feminine plural construct

Strong's 6541: A claw, split hoof

of their horses

סוּסָיו֙ (sū·sāw)

Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular

Strong's 5483: A swallow, swift (type of bird)

are like flint;

כַּצַּ֣ר (kaṣ·ṣar)

Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 6862: Narrow, a tight place, a pebble, an opponent

their chariot wheels

וְגַלְגִּלָּ֖יו (wə·ḡal·gil·lāw)

Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular

Strong's 1534: A wheel, a whirlwind, dust

[are] like a whirlwind.

כַּסּוּפָֽה׃ (kas·sū·p̄āh)

Preposition-k, Article | Noun - feminine singular

Strong's 5492: A storm wind

Arrows!
Bows!
Horses!
Chariots!
It sounds like war!

JLG · May 25, 2023

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Remember that!
Isaiah means Yah.weh is salvation!
He prophesied about the Messiah!
The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son!
And she will call him Immanuel meaning God is with us! (Isaiah 7:14)
Beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles!
People will see a great light!
A child is born, a son is given!
And the government will be upon his shoulders!
And He will be called Wonderful Counselor!
Mighty God!
Everlasting Father!
Prince of Peace!
Of the increase of His government!
And peace there will be no end!
He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom!
To establish and sustain it!
With justice and righteousness!
From that time and forevermore!
The zeal of Yah.weh of hosts will accomplish this! (Isaiah 9:1-7)
The Spirit of Yah.weh will rest on Him!
The Spirit of wisdom and understanding!
The Spirit of counsel and strength!
The Spirit of knowledge!
And the fear of Yah.weh!
And he will delight in the fear of Yah.weh!
He will not judge by what his eyes see!
And he will not decide by what his ears hear!
But with righteousness he will judge the poor!
And with equity He will decide in favor of the earth’s oppressed!
He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth!
And slay the wicked with the breath of His lips! (Isaiah 11:2-4)
Surely He took on our infirmities and carried our sorrows!
Yet we considered Him stricken by God!
Struck down and afflicted!
But He was pierced for our transgressions!
He was crushed for our iniquities!
The punishment that brought us peace was upon Him!
And by his stripes we are healed!
We all like sheep have gone astray!
Each one has turned to his own way!
And Yah.weh has laid on Him the iniquity of us all!
He was oppressed and afflicted!
Yet he did not open His mouth!
He was led like a lamb to the slaughter!
And as a sheep before her shearers is silent!
So He did not open His mouth!
He was assigned a grave with the wicked!
And with a rich man in His death!
Although he had done no violence!
Nor was any deceit in His mouth!
Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great!
And he will divide the spoils with the strong!
Because he has poured out His life unto death!
And he was numbered among the transgressors!
Yet he bore the sin of many!
And made intercession for the transgressors! (Isaiah 53:4-7, 9,12)
And He replied, “Go and tell this people:
‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding;
Be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’ (Isaiah 6:9)
The Spirit of the Lord Yah.weh is on Me!
Because Yah.weh has anointed Me!
To preach good news to the poor!
He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted!
To proclaim liberty to the captives!
And release from darkness to the prisoners!
To proclaim the year of Yah.weh’s favor!
And the day of our God’s vengeance!
To comfort all who mourn!
(Isaiah 61:1-2)

____________________________________________________________

Remember:

If you think like today’s people, you will never understand the Bible!
They used to write differently!
They used to speak differently!
They used to think differently!
They used to act differently!

__________________________________________________________________________

JLG · May 25, 2023

98) Looking for Isaiah

Isaiah 5:29

Their roaring

שְׁאָגָ֥ה (šə·’ā·ḡāh)

Noun - feminine singular

Strong's 7581: A rumbling, moan

is like that of a lion;

כַּלָּבִ֑יא (kal·lā·ḇî)

Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 3833: To roar, a lion,

they roar

יִשְׁאַ֨ג (yiš·’aḡ)

Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular

Strong's 7580: To rumble, moan

like young lions.

כַּכְּפִירִ֤ים (kak·kə·p̄î·rîm)

Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine plural

Strong's 3715: A village, a young lion

They growl

וְיִנְהֹם֙ (wə·yin·hōm)

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular

Strong's 5098: To growl, groan

and seize

וְיֹאחֵ֣ז (wə·yō·ḥêz)

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular

Strong's 270: To grasp, take hold, take possession

their prey;

טֶ֔רֶף (ṭe·rep̄)

Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 2964: Something torn, a fragment, a fresh leaf, prey, food

they carry it

וְיַפְלִ֖יט (wə·yap̄·lîṭ)

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular

Strong's 6403: To slip out, escape, to deliver

away

וְאֵ֥ין (wə·’ên)

Conjunctive waw | Adverb

Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

from deliverance.

מַצִּֽיל׃ (maṣ·ṣîl)

Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular

Strong's 5337: To strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver

Roaring like a lion!
They roar like young lions!
They groan and seize their prey!
They carry it away from deliverance!
The war is coming!
The nation which is coming is powerful!
They have no chance!
They will lose!
Yah.weh will make it happen!
Judah won’t escape!
Mankind won’t escape!

JLG · May 26, 2023

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Remember that!
Isaiah means Yah.weh is salvation!
He prophesied about the Messiah!
The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son!
And she will call him Immanuel meaning God is with us! (Isaiah 7:14)
Beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles!
People will see a great light!
A child is born, a son is given!
And the government will be upon his shoulders!
And He will be called Wonderful Counselor!
Mighty God!
Everlasting Father!
Prince of Peace!
Of the increase of His government!
And peace there will be no end!
He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom!
To establish and sustain it!
With justice and righteousness!
From that time and forevermore!
The zeal of Yah.weh of hosts will accomplish this! (Isaiah 9:1-7)
The Spirit of Yah.weh will rest on Him!
The Spirit of wisdom and understanding!
The Spirit of counsel and strength!
The Spirit of knowledge!
And the fear of Yah.weh!
And he will delight in the fear of Yah.weh!
He will not judge by what his eyes see!
And he will not decide by what his ears hear!
But with righteousness he will judge the poor!
And with equity He will decide in favor of the earth’s oppressed!
He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth!
And slay the wicked with the breath of His lips! (Isaiah 11:2-4)
Surely He took on our infirmities and carried our sorrows!
Yet we considered Him stricken by God!
Struck down and afflicted!
But He was pierced for our transgressions!
He was crushed for our iniquities!
The punishment that brought us peace was upon Him!
And by his stripes we are healed!
We all like sheep have gone astray!
Each one has turned to his own way!
And Yah.weh has laid on Him the iniquity of us all!
He was oppressed and afflicted!
Yet he did not open His mouth!
He was led like a lamb to the slaughter!
And as a sheep before her shearers is silent!
So He did not open His mouth!
He was assigned a grave with the wicked!
And with a rich man in His death!
Although he had done no violence!
Nor was any deceit in His mouth!
Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great!
And he will divide the spoils with the strong!
Because he has poured out His life unto death!
And he was numbered among the transgressors!
Yet he bore the sin of many!
And made intercession for the transgressors! (Isaiah 53:4-7, 9,12)
And He replied, “Go and tell this people:
‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding;
Be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’ (Isaiah 6:9)
The Spirit of the Lord Yah.weh is on Me!
Because Yah.weh has anointed Me!
To preach good news to the poor!
He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted!
To proclaim liberty to the captives!
And release from darkness to the prisoners!
To proclaim the year of Yah.weh’s favor!
And the day of our God’s vengeance!
To comfort all who mourn!
(Isaiah 61:1-2)

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Remember:

If you think like today’s people, you will never understand the Bible!
They used to write differently!
They used to speak differently!
They used to think differently!
They used to act differently!

__________________________________________________________________________

JLG · May 26, 2023

99) Looking for Isaiah

Isaiah 5:30

In that

הַה֖וּא (ha·hū)

Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular

Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

day

בַּיּ֥וֹם (bay·yō·wm)

Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 3117: A day

they will roar

וְיִנְהֹ֥ם (wə·yin·hōm)

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular

Strong's 5098: To growl, groan

over it,

עָלָ֛יו (‘ā·lāw)

Preposition | third person masculine singular

Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

like the roaring

כְּנַהֲמַת־ (kə·na·hă·maṯ-)

Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular construct

Strong's 5100: A growling, groaning

of the sea.

יָ֑ם (yām)

Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin

If one looks

וְנִבַּ֤ט (wə·nib·baṭ)

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular

Strong's 5027: To scan, look intently at, to regard

over the land,

לָאָ֙רֶץ֙ (lā·’ā·reṣ)

Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular

Strong's 776: Earth, land

he will see

וְהִנֵּה־ (wə·hin·nêh-)

Conjunctive waw | Interjection

Strong's 2009: Lo! behold!

darkness

חֹ֔שֶׁךְ (ḥō·šeḵ)

Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 2822: The dark, darkness, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness

and distress;

צַ֣ר (ṣar)

Adjective - masculine singular

Strong's 6862: Narrow, a tight place, a pebble, an opponent

even the light

וָא֔וֹר (wā·’ō·wr)

Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular

Strong's 216: Illumination, luminary

will be obscured

חָשַׁ֖ךְ (ḥā·šaḵ)

Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular

Strong's 2821: To be dark, to darken

by clouds.

בַּעֲרִיפֶֽיהָ׃ (ba·‘ă·rî·p̄e·hā)

Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular

Strong's 6183: The sky

They will roar like the roaring of the sea!
Darkness and distress!
The light will be obscured by clouds!
Nothing good!
A negative future!
Through the Bible we get a constant repetition of the Big One!
And as usual it will be a surprise!
But when you are told all the time, it is not a surprise anymore!
Action is required!
But the majority won’t do anything!
That’s a personal choice!
Yah.weh will never be the god of those who are inactive!
As Jesus says it all the time, He and his Father have been constantly active to prepare for the Big One and what comes after!

JLG · May 27, 2023

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Remember that!
Isaiah means Yah.weh is salvation!
He prophesied about the Messiah!
The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son!
And she will call him Immanuel meaning God is with us! (Isaiah 7:14)
Beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles!
People will see a great light!
A child is born, a son is given!
And the government will be upon his shoulders!
And He will be called Wonderful Counselor!
Mighty God!
Everlasting Father!
Prince of Peace!
Of the increase of His government!
And peace there will be no end!
He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom!
To establish and sustain it!
With justice and righteousness!
From that time and forevermore!
The zeal of Yah.weh of hosts will accomplish this! (Isaiah 9:1-7)
The Spirit of Yah.weh will rest on Him!
The Spirit of wisdom and understanding!
The Spirit of counsel and strength!
The Spirit of knowledge!
And the fear of Yah.weh!
And he will delight in the fear of Yah.weh!
He will not judge by what his eyes see!
And he will not decide by what his ears hear!
But with righteousness he will judge the poor!
And with equity He will decide in favor of the earth’s oppressed!
He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth!
And slay the wicked with the breath of His lips! (Isaiah 11:2-4)
Surely He took on our infirmities and carried our sorrows!
Yet we considered Him stricken by God!
Struck down and afflicted!
But He was pierced for our transgressions!
He was crushed for our iniquities!
The punishment that brought us peace was upon Him!
And by his stripes we are healed!
We all like sheep have gone astray!
Each one has turned to his own way!
And Yah.weh has laid on Him the iniquity of us all!
He was oppressed and afflicted!
Yet he did not open His mouth!
He was led like a lamb to the slaughter!
And as a sheep before her shearers is silent!
So He did not open His mouth!
He was assigned a grave with the wicked!
And with a rich man in His death!
Although he had done no violence!
Nor was any deceit in His mouth!
Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great!
And he will divide the spoils with the strong!
Because he has poured out His life unto death!
And he was numbered among the transgressors!
Yet he bore the sin of many!
And made intercession for the transgressors! (Isaiah 53:4-7, 9,12)
And He replied, “Go and tell this people:
‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding;
Be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’ (Isaiah 6:9)
The Spirit of the Lord Yah.weh is on Me!
Because Yah.weh has anointed Me!
To preach good news to the poor!
He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted!
To proclaim liberty to the captives!
And release from darkness to the prisoners!
To proclaim the year of Yah.weh’s favor!
And the day of our God’s vengeance!
To comfort all who mourn!
(Isaiah 61:1-2)

____________________________________________________________

Remember:

If you think like today’s people, you will never understand the Bible!
They used to write differently!
They used to speak differently!
They used to think differently!
They used to act differently!

__________________________________________________________________________

JLG · May 27, 2023

100) Looking for Isaiah

Isaiah 6:1

In the year

בִּשְׁנַת־ (biš·naṯ-)

Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct

Strong's 8141: A year

that King

הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)

Article | Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 4428: A king

Uzziah

עֻזִּיָּ֔הוּ (‘uz·zî·yā·hū)

Noun - proper - masculine singular

Strong's 5818: Uzziah -- 'my strength is Yah', the name of several Israelites

died,

מוֹת֙ (mō·wṯ)

Noun - masculine singular construct

Strong's 4194: Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin

I saw

וָאֶרְאֶ֧ה (wā·’er·’eh)

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular

Strong's 7200: To see

the Lord

אֲדֹנָ֛י (’ă·ḏō·nāy)

Noun - proper - masculine singular

Strong's 136: The Lord

seated

יֹשֵׁ֥ב (yō·šêḇ)

Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular

Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

on

עַל־ (‘al-)

Preposition

Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

a throne,

כִּסֵּ֖א (kis·sê)

Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 3678: Seat of honor, throne

high

רָ֣ם (rām)

Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular

Strong's 7311: To be high actively, to rise, raise

and exalted;

וְנִשָּׂ֑א (wə·niś·śā)

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular

Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take

and the train of His robe

וְשׁוּלָ֖יו (wə·šū·lāw)

Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular

Strong's 7757: A skirt, a bottom edge

filled

מְלֵאִ֥ים (mə·lê·’îm)

Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural

Strong's 4390: To fill, be full of

the temple.

הַהֵיכָֽל׃ (ha·hê·ḵāl)

Article | Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 1964: A large public building, palace, temple

Isaiah has a vision of Yah.weh seating on a throne!
High and exalted!
And the train on His robe filled the temple!
Yah.weh is going to show his power!
Not good for Jerusalem and Judah!
The destruction is coming!
With all its consequences!
Many pains for people!
But they have been warned!

JLG · May 28, 2023

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Remember that!
Isaiah means Yah.weh is salvation!
He prophesied about the Messiah!
The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son!
And she will call him Immanuel meaning God is with us! (Isaiah 7:14)
Beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles!
People will see a great light!
A child is born, a son is given!
And the government will be upon his shoulders!
And He will be called Wonderful Counselor!
Mighty God!
Everlasting Father!
Prince of Peace!
Of the increase of His government!
And peace there will be no end!
He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom!
To establish and sustain it!
With justice and righteousness!
From that time and forevermore!
The zeal of Yah.weh of hosts will accomplish this! (Isaiah 9:1-7)
The Spirit of Yah.weh will rest on Him!
The Spirit of wisdom and understanding!
The Spirit of counsel and strength!
The Spirit of knowledge!
And the fear of Yah.weh!
And he will delight in the fear of Yah.weh!
He will not judge by what his eyes see!
And he will not decide by what his ears hear!
But with righteousness he will judge the poor!
And with equity He will decide in favor of the earth’s oppressed!
He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth!
And slay the wicked with the breath of His lips! (Isaiah 11:2-4)
Surely He took on our infirmities and carried our sorrows!
Yet we considered Him stricken by God!
Struck down and afflicted!
But He was pierced for our transgressions!
He was crushed for our iniquities!
The punishment that brought us peace was upon Him!
And by his stripes we are healed!
We all like sheep have gone astray!
Each one has turned to his own way!
And Yah.weh has laid on Him the iniquity of us all!
He was oppressed and afflicted!
Yet he did not open His mouth!
He was led like a lamb to the slaughter!
And as a sheep before her shearers is silent!
So He did not open His mouth!
He was assigned a grave with the wicked!
And with a rich man in His death!
Although he had done no violence!
Nor was any deceit in His mouth!
Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great!
And he will divide the spoils with the strong!
Because he has poured out His life unto death!
And he was numbered among the transgressors!
Yet he bore the sin of many!
And made intercession for the transgressors! (Isaiah 53:4-7, 9,12)
And He replied, “Go and tell this people:
‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding;
Be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’ (Isaiah 6:9)
The Spirit of the Lord Yah.weh is on Me!
Because Yah.weh has anointed Me!
To preach good news to the poor!
He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted!
To proclaim liberty to the captives!
And release from darkness to the prisoners!
To proclaim the year of Yah.weh’s favor!
And the day of our God’s vengeance!
To comfort all who mourn!
(Isaiah 61:1-2)

____________________________________________________________

Remember:

If you think like today’s people, you will never understand the Bible!
They used to write differently!
They used to speak differently!
They used to think differently!
They used to act differently!

__________________________________________________________________________

Remember:

Biblical Hebrew has a very small number of words, about 8,000, and around 1,700 of those words are hapax legomena (being said once) in the Hebrew Bible. Modern Hebrew has about 100,000 words. For comparison modern English has over 450,000 words, and Spanish has just over 175,000 words. Standard English dictionaries typically have about 200,000 words, whereas Spanish dictionaries have about 80,000 words.

This means words often have multiple meanings determined by context.

Although yom is commonly rendered as day in English translations, the word yom can be used in different ways to refer to different time spans:

Point of time (a specific day)
time period of a whole or half a day:
- Period of light (as contrasted with the period of darkness),
- Sunrise to sunset
- Sunset to next sunset
General term for time ( as in 'days of our lives')
A year "lived a lot of days"
Time period of unspecified length. "days and days"

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The Greek language is ranked as the richest in the world with 5 million words and 70 million word types. According to Dr. MacDonald, only 600,000 Greek words are used today, making the Greek vocabulary the largest in the world and 3.5 times bigger than the English vocabulary.

Though there are 138,607 words in the Greek New Testament, only 5,394 are unique.

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JLG · May 28, 2023

101) Looking for Isaiah

Isaiah 6:2

Above

מִמַּ֙עַל֙ (mim·ma·‘al)

Preposition-m | Adverb

Strong's 4605: The upper part, with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top

Him

ל֔וֹ (lōw)

Preposition | third person masculine singular

Strong's Hebrew

stood

עֹמְדִ֤ים ׀ (‘ō·mə·ḏîm)

Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural

Strong's 5975: To stand, in various relations

seraphim,

שְׂרָפִ֨ים (śə·rā·p̄îm)

Noun - masculine plural

Strong's 8314: Burning, poisonous, a saraph, symbolical creature

each

לְאֶחָ֑ד (lə·’e·ḥāḏ)

Preposition-l | Number - masculine singular

Strong's 259: United, one, first

having six

שֵׁ֧שׁ (šêš)

Number - feminine singular

Strong's 8337: Six (a cardinal number)

wings:

כְּנָפַ֛יִם (kə·nā·p̄a·yim)

Noun - fd

Strong's 3671: An edge, extremity, a wing, a flap, a quarter, a pinnacle

With two [wings]

בִּשְׁתַּ֣יִם ׀ (biš·ta·yim)

Preposition-b | Number - fd

Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

they covered

יְכַסֶּ֣ה (yə·ḵas·seh)

Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular

Strong's 3680: To plump, fill up hollows, to cover

their faces,

פָנָ֗יו (p̄ā·nāw)

Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular

Strong's 6440: The face

with two

וּבִשְׁתַּ֛יִם (ū·ḇiš·ta·yim)

Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Number - fd

Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

they covered

יְכַסֶּ֥ה (yə·ḵas·seh)

Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular

Strong's 3680: To plump, fill up hollows, to cover

their feet,

רַגְלָ֖יו (raḡ·lāw)

Noun - fdc | third person masculine singular

Strong's 7272: A foot, a step, the pudenda

and with two

וּבִשְׁתַּ֥יִם (ū·ḇiš·ta·yim)

Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Number - fd

Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

they were flying.

יְעוֹפֵֽף׃ (yə·‘ō·w·p̄êp̄)

Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular

Strong's 5774: To fly, to faint

Isaiah sees seraphim!
Each one has six wings!
They use two to cover their faces!
They use two to cover their feet!
They use two to fly!

JLG · Jun 1, 2023

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EXODUS 3:15

YAH.WEH THE GOD OF YOUR FATHERS – THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB – HAS SENT ME TO YOU.
THIS IS MY NAME FOREVER, AND THIS IS HOW I AM TO BE REMEMBERED IN EVERY GENERATION IN EVERY GENERATION.

__________________________________________________________________________

Jesus had siblings :

- Guess what: the Bible is the history of the Israelites!
- Each page tells you that!
- Each story tells you that!
- Each family tells you that!
- The book of Adam's story tells you that!

__________________________________________________________________________

Remember that!
Isaiah means Yah.weh is salvation!
He prophesied about the Messiah!
The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son!
And she will call him Immanuel meaning God is with us! (Isaiah 7:14)
Beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles!
People will see a great light!
A child is born, a son is given!
And the government will be upon his shoulders!
And He will be called Wonderful Counselor!
Mighty God!
Everlasting Father!
Prince of Peace!
Of the increase of His government!
And peace there will be no end!
He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom!
To establish and sustain it!
With justice and righteousness!
From that time and forevermore!
The zeal of Yah.weh of hosts will accomplish this! (Isaiah 9:1-7)
The Spirit of Yah.weh will rest on Him!
The Spirit of wisdom and understanding!
The Spirit of counsel and strength!
The Spirit of knowledge!
And the fear of Yah.weh!
And he will delight in the fear of Yah.weh!
He will not judge by what his eyes see!
And he will not decide by what his ears hear!
But with righteousness he will judge the poor!
And with equity He will decide in favor of the earth’s oppressed!
He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth!
And slay the wicked with the breath of His lips! (Isaiah 11:2-4)
Surely He took on our infirmities and carried our sorrows!
Yet we considered Him stricken by God!
Struck down and afflicted!
But He was pierced for our transgressions!
He was crushed for our iniquities!
The punishment that brought us peace was upon Him!
And by his stripes we are healed!
We all like sheep have gone astray!
Each one has turned to his own way!
And Yah.weh has laid on Him the iniquity of us all!
He was oppressed and afflicted!
Yet he did not open His mouth!
He was led like a lamb to the slaughter!
And as a sheep before her shearers is silent!
So He did not open His mouth!
He was assigned a grave with the wicked!
And with a rich man in His death!
Although he had done no violence!
Nor was any deceit in His mouth!
Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great!
And he will divide the spoils with the strong!
Because he has poured out His life unto death!
And he was numbered among the transgressors!
Yet he bore the sin of many!
And made intercession for the transgressors! (Isaiah 53:4-7, 9,12)
And He replied, “Go and tell this people:
‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding;
Be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’ (Isaiah 6:9)
The Spirit of the Lord Yah.weh is on Me!
Because Yah.weh has anointed Me!
To preach good news to the poor!
He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted!
To proclaim liberty to the captives!
And release from darkness to the prisoners!
To proclaim the year of Yah.weh’s favor!
And the day of our God’s vengeance!
To comfort all who mourn!
(Isaiah 61:1-2)

____________________________________________________________

Remember:

If you think like today’s people, you will never understand the Bible!
They used to write differently!
They used to speak differently!
They used to think differently!
They used to act differently!

__________________________________________________________________________

Remember:

Biblical Hebrew has a very small number of words, about 8,000, and around 1,700 of those words are hapax legomena (being said once) in the Hebrew Bible. Modern Hebrew has about 100,000 words. For comparison modern English has over 450,000 words, and Spanish has just over 175,000 words. Standard English dictionaries typically have about 200,000 words, whereas Spanish dictionaries have about 80,000 words.

This means words often have multiple meanings determined by context.

Although yom is commonly rendered as day in English translations, the word yom can be used in different ways to refer to different time spans:

Point of time (a specific day)
time period of a whole or half a day:
- Period of light (as contrasted with the period of darkness),
- Sunrise to sunset
- Sunset to next sunset
General term for time ( as in 'days of our lives')
A year "lived a lot of days"
Time period of unspecified length. "days and days"

__________________________________________________________________________

The Greek language is ranked as the richest in the world with 5 million words and 70 million word types. According to Dr. MacDonald, only 600,000 Greek words are used today, making the Greek vocabulary the largest in the world and 3.5 times bigger than the English vocabulary.

Though there are 138,607 words in the Greek New Testament, only 5,394 are unique.

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JLG · Jun 1, 2023

102) Looking for Isaiah

Isaiah 6:3

And they

זֶ֤ה (zeh)

Pronoun - masculine singular

Strong's 2088: This, that

called out

וְקָרָ֨א (wə·qā·rā)

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular

Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read

to

אֶל־ (’el-)

Preposition

Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

one another:

זֶה֙ (zeh)

Pronoun - masculine singular

Strong's 2088: This, that

Holy,

קָד֧וֹשׁ ׀ (qā·ḏō·wōš)

Adjective - masculine singular

Strong's 6918: Sacred, God, an angel, a saint, a sanctuary

holy,

קָד֛וֹשׁ (qā·ḏō·wōš)

Adjective - masculine singular

Strong's 6918: Sacred, God, an angel, a saint, a sanctuary

holy

קָד֖וֹשׁ (qā·ḏō·wōš)

Adjective - masculine singular

Strong's 6918: Sacred, God, an angel, a saint, a sanctuary

is the LORD

יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh)

Noun - proper - masculine singular

Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

of Hosts;

צְבָא֑וֹת (ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ)

Noun - common plural

Strong's 6635: A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign

His glory

כְּבוֹדֽוֹ׃ (kə·ḇō·w·ḏōw)

Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular

Strong's 3519: Weight, splendor, copiousness

fills

מְלֹ֥א (mə·lō)

Noun - masculine singular construct

Strong's 4393: Fullness, that which fills

all

כָל־ (ḵāl)

Noun - masculine singular construct

Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the earth.

הָאָ֖רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)

Article | Noun - feminine singular

Strong's 776: Earth, land

They tell about Yah.weh’s holiness!
And the fact that his glory fills the earth!
We may remember all the incredible actions he did for Israel!
Mankind will remember his incredible action when Yah.weh’s kingdom takes the control of the earth and gets away with human society!
Something unimaginable till people can see it with their own eyes!
But for the majority it will be unpleasant as usual!

JLG · Jun 2, 2023

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EXODUS 3:15

YAH.WEH THE GOD OF YOUR FATHERS – THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB – HAS SENT ME TO YOU.
THIS IS MY NAME FOREVER, AND THIS IS HOW I AM TO BE REMEMBERED IN EVERY GENERATION IN EVERY GENERATION.

__________________________________________________________________________

Jesus had siblings :

- Guess what: the Bible is the history of the Israelites!
- Each page tells you that!
- Each story tells you that!
- Each family tells you that!
- The book of Adam's story tells you that!

__________________________________________________________________________

Remember that!
Isaiah means Yah.weh is salvation!
He prophesied about the Messiah!
The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son!
And she will call him Immanuel meaning God is with us! (Isaiah 7:14)
Beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles!
People will see a great light!
A child is born, a son is given!
And the government will be upon his shoulders!
And He will be called Wonderful Counselor!
Mighty God!
Everlasting Father!
Prince of Peace!
Of the increase of His government!
And peace there will be no end!
He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom!
To establish and sustain it!
With justice and righteousness!
From that time and forevermore!
The zeal of Yah.weh of hosts will accomplish this! (Isaiah 9:1-7)
The Spirit of Yah.weh will rest on Him!
The Spirit of wisdom and understanding!
The Spirit of counsel and strength!
The Spirit of knowledge!
And the fear of Yah.weh!
And he will delight in the fear of Yah.weh!
He will not judge by what his eyes see!
And he will not decide by what his ears hear!
But with righteousness he will judge the poor!
And with equity He will decide in favor of the earth’s oppressed!
He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth!
And slay the wicked with the breath of His lips! (Isaiah 11:2-4)
Surely He took on our infirmities and carried our sorrows!
Yet we considered Him stricken by God!
Struck down and afflicted!
But He was pierced for our transgressions!
He was crushed for our iniquities!
The punishment that brought us peace was upon Him!
And by his stripes we are healed!
We all like sheep have gone astray!
Each one has turned to his own way!
And Yah.weh has laid on Him the iniquity of us all!
He was oppressed and afflicted!
Yet he did not open His mouth!
He was led like a lamb to the slaughter!
And as a sheep before her shearers is silent!
So He did not open His mouth!
He was assigned a grave with the wicked!
And with a rich man in His death!
Although he had done no violence!
Nor was any deceit in His mouth!
Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great!
And he will divide the spoils with the strong!
Because he has poured out His life unto death!
And he was numbered among the transgressors!
Yet he bore the sin of many!
And made intercession for the transgressors! (Isaiah 53:4-7, 9,12)
And He replied, “Go and tell this people:
‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding;
Be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’ (Isaiah 6:9)
The Spirit of the Lord Yah.weh is on Me!
Because Yah.weh has anointed Me!
To preach good news to the poor!
He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted!
To proclaim liberty to the captives!
And release from darkness to the prisoners!
To proclaim the year of Yah.weh’s favor!
And the day of our God’s vengeance!
To comfort all who mourn!
(Isaiah 61:1-2)

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Remember:

If you think like today’s people, you will never understand the Bible!
They used to write differently!
They used to speak differently!
They used to think differently!
They used to act differently!

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Remember:

Biblical Hebrew has a very small number of words, about 8,000, and around 1,700 of those words are hapax legomena (being said once) in the Hebrew Bible. Modern Hebrew has about 100,000 words. For comparison modern English has over 450,000 words, and Spanish has just over 175,000 words. Standard English dictionaries typically have about 200,000 words, whereas Spanish dictionaries have about 80,000 words.

This means words often have multiple meanings determined by context.

Although yom is commonly rendered as day in English translations, the word yom can be used in different ways to refer to different time spans:

Point of time (a specific day)
time period of a whole or half a day:
- Period of light (as contrasted with the period of darkness),
- Sunrise to sunset
- Sunset to next sunset
General term for time ( as in 'days of our lives')
A year "lived a lot of days"
Time period of unspecified length. "days and days"

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The Greek language is ranked as the richest in the world with 5 million words and 70 million word types. According to Dr. MacDonald, only 600,000 Greek words are used today, making the Greek vocabulary the largest in the world and 3.5 times bigger than the English vocabulary.

Though there are 138,607 words in the Greek New Testament, only 5,394 are unique.

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JLG · Jun 2, 2023

103) Looking for Isaiah

Isaiah 6:4

The doorposts

אַמּ֣וֹת (’am·mō·wṯ)

Noun - feminine plural construct

Strong's 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base

and thresholds

הַסִּפִּ֔ים (has·sip·pîm)

Article | Noun - masculine plural

Strong's 5592: A vestibule, a dish

shook

וַיָּנֻ֙עוּ֙ (way·yā·nu·‘ū)

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural

Strong's 5128: To quiver, wave, waver, tremble, totter

at the sound

מִקּ֖וֹל (miq·qō·wl)

Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct

Strong's 6963: A voice, sound

of their voices,

הַקּוֹרֵ֑א (haq·qō·w·rê)

Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular

Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read

and the temple

וְהַבַּ֖יִת (wə·hab·ba·yiṯ)

Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 1004: A house

was filled

יִמָּלֵ֥א (yim·mā·lê)

Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular

Strong's 4390: To fill, be full of

with smoke.

עָשָֽׁן׃ (‘ā·šān)

Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 6227: Smoke

At the sound of their voices!
Filled with smoke!
Do you remember when Yah.weh started speaking to Israel in the desert!
They were afraid!
They asked Moses to speak with Yah.weh!
And Moses was not afraid!
He developed a special relationship to Yah.weh!
He saved Israel from destruction so many times!
And because of them, he could get into the promised land!
We can encourage people to do Yah.weh’s will to get into the promised land!
But we must not let anybody prevent us from getting into the promised land!
Never!
We must get away from corruption!

JLG · Jun 5, 2023

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EXODUS 3:15

YAH.WEH THE GOD OF YOUR FATHERS – THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB – HAS SENT ME TO YOU.
THIS IS MY NAME FOREVER, AND THIS IS HOW I AM TO BE REMEMBERED IN EVERY GENERATION IN EVERY GENERATION.

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Jesus had siblings :

- Guess what: the Bible is the history of the Israelites!
- Each page tells you that!
- Each story tells you that!
- Each family tells you that!
- The book of Adam's story tells you that!

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Remember that!
Isaiah means Yah.weh is salvation!
He prophesied about the Messiah!
The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son!
And she will call him Immanuel meaning God is with us! (Isaiah 7:14)
Beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles!
People will see a great light!
A child is born, a son is given!
And the government will be upon his shoulders!
And He will be called Wonderful Counselor!
Mighty God!
Everlasting Father!
Prince of Peace!
Of the increase of His government!
And peace there will be no end!
He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom!
To establish and sustain it!
With justice and righteousness!
From that time and forevermore!
The zeal of Yah.weh of hosts will accomplish this! (Isaiah 9:1-7)
The Spirit of Yah.weh will rest on Him!
The Spirit of wisdom and understanding!
The Spirit of counsel and strength!
The Spirit of knowledge!
And the fear of Yah.weh!
And he will delight in the fear of Yah.weh!
He will not judge by what his eyes see!
And he will not decide by what his ears hear!
But with righteousness he will judge the poor!
And with equity He will decide in favor of the earth’s oppressed!
He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth!
And slay the wicked with the breath of His lips! (Isaiah 11:2-4)
Surely He took on our infirmities and carried our sorrows!
Yet we considered Him stricken by God!
Struck down and afflicted!
But He was pierced for our transgressions!
He was crushed for our iniquities!
The punishment that brought us peace was upon Him!
And by his stripes we are healed!
We all like sheep have gone astray!
Each one has turned to his own way!
And Yah.weh has laid on Him the iniquity of us all!
He was oppressed and afflicted!
Yet he did not open His mouth!
He was led like a lamb to the slaughter!
And as a sheep before her shearers is silent!
So He did not open His mouth!
He was assigned a grave with the wicked!
And with a rich man in His death!
Although he had done no violence!
Nor was any deceit in His mouth!
Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great!
And he will divide the spoils with the strong!
Because he has poured out His life unto death!
And he was numbered among the transgressors!
Yet he bore the sin of many!
And made intercession for the transgressors! (Isaiah 53:4-7, 9,12)
And He replied, “Go and tell this people:
‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding;
Be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’ (Isaiah 6:9)
The Spirit of the Lord Yah.weh is on Me!
Because Yah.weh has anointed Me!
To preach good news to the poor!
He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted!
To proclaim liberty to the captives!
And release from darkness to the prisoners!
To proclaim the year of Yah.weh’s favor!
And the day of our God’s vengeance!
To comfort all who mourn!
(Isaiah 61:1-2)

____________________________________________________________

Remember:

If you think like today’s people, you will never understand the Bible!
They used to write differently!
They used to speak differently!
They used to think differently!
They used to act differently!

__________________________________________________________________________

Remember:

Biblical Hebrew has a very small number of words, about 8,000, and around 1,700 of those words are hapax legomena (being said once) in the Hebrew Bible. Modern Hebrew has about 100,000 words. For comparison modern English has over 450,000 words, and Spanish has just over 175,000 words. Standard English dictionaries typically have about 200,000 words, whereas Spanish dictionaries have about 80,000 words.

This means words often have multiple meanings determined by context.

Although yom is commonly rendered as day in English translations, the word yom can be used in different ways to refer to different time spans:

Point of time (a specific day)
time period of a whole or half a day:
- Period of light (as contrasted with the period of darkness),
- Sunrise to sunset
- Sunset to next sunset
General term for time ( as in 'days of our lives')
A year "lived a lot of days"
Time period of unspecified length. "days and days"

__________________________________________________________________________

The Greek language is ranked as the richest in the world with 5 million words and 70 million word types. According to Dr. MacDonald, only 600,000 Greek words are used today, making the Greek vocabulary the largest in the world and 3.5 times bigger than the English vocabulary.

Though there are 138,607 words in the Greek New Testament, only 5,394 are unique.

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