Today’s Hebrew Testament chronological reading is in Isaiah 42 and 43.
The Psalms/ Proverbs reading is in Psalm 82.
No Greek Testament reading today.
Essential Studies.
Isaiah 42, Bruised reeds, smoking wicks
Additional studies: Isaiah Index
We break off the damaged leaf from the plant, to remove its unsightly nature. We quench the wick completely to stop it from smoking an unpleasant smoke. But not so Yeshua. When someone has become bruised or broken, He does not cast us off. He does not quench what little spark we have left. He gently loves us back to wholeness. How do I know? I was once a smoking wick myself. ♥
Psalm 82, Sons of God
Additional studies: Psalms, Book Three: Psalms 73-89 Index
In verse 1, God stands in the congregation of the mighty (elohiym, lower case plural) and not in the congregation of God as the JPS has it. Strong’s H430, elohiym, can be translated and is translated both as “God,” the one true God, and “judges, rulers, the mighty” in Scripture, depending on context. The chiastic structure confirms its meaning (one reason chiasms are a teaching tool of Scripture, which God has embedded in His Word so that He will be understood). The matching pair for Psa 82:1a, “standing in the midst of the mighty,” is found in 82:6-7. In 82:6-7 even the JPS translates elohiym as “godlike beings,” that is, as something other than the one true God, as the context clearly demands. Notice also that in the 1A.1 pair, God stands, as contrasted to the mighty in the 2A.1 pair, who fall.
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Today’s reading is in 2 Chronicles 24.
Suggested study: 2 Chronicles 24, Bible for Beginners.
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