Some thoughts on Scripture

Nahum 3:17-19--"Your commanders are like swarming locusts, And your generals like great grasshoppers, Which camp in the hedges on a cold day; When the sun rises they flee away, And the place where they are is not known.... Your in jury has no healing, Your wound is severe. All who hear news of you... Sign in to see full entry.

Nahum 2:1--"He who scatters has come before your face. Man the fort! Watch the road! Strengthen your flanks! Fortify your power mightily." What I appreciate most about this verse and the subsequent verses in this chapter is the feeling of immediacy. It is as though a camera is taking us to the front... Sign in to see full entry.

Nahum 1:13-15--" 'For now I will break off his yoke from you, And burst your bonds apart.' The L ORD has given a command concerning you: 'Your name shall be perpetuated no longer. Out of the house of your gods I will cut off the carved image and the moded image. I will dig your grave, For you are... Sign in to see full entry.

Micah 7:8-9--"Do not rejoice over me, my enemy; When I fall, I will arise, When I sit in darkness, The L ORD will be a light to me. I will bear the indignation of the L ORD, Because I have sinned against Him, Until He pleads my case And executes justice for me. He will bring me forth to the light; I... Sign in to see full entry.

Micah 6:8--"He hath shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the L ORD require of you But to do justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with your God?" Justice and mercy can seem to be paradoxical, and yet those qualities--after His essence of being LOVE--are what define God. He demonstrated... Sign in to see full entry.

Micah 5:2--"But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Though you are little among the thousands of Judah, Yet out of you shall come forth to Me The One to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings froth are from of old, From everlasting." God often chooses to work through the small things, the small people. David, for... Sign in to see full entry.

Micah 4:1-2--"Now it shall come to pass in the latter days That the mountain of the L ORD 's house Shall be established on the top of the mountains, And shall be exalted above the hills; And peoples shall flow to it. Many nations shall come and say, 'Come, and let us go upto the mountain of the L... Sign in to see full entry.

Micah 3:1--"And I said, 'Hear now, O heads of Jacob, and you rulers of the house of Israel: Is it not for yhou to know justice.' " The judgment here is against the leaders of Israel and Judah. They put on religious airs, coveted property, and oppressed their own people. That is far from their proper... Sign in to see full entry.

Micah 2:12--"I will surely assemble all of you, O Jacob, I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together like sheep of the fold, Like a flock in the midst of their pasturel; They shall make a loud noise because of so many people." The prophecy here makes reference to the remnant... Sign in to see full entry.

Micah 1:5--"All is for the transgression of Jacob And for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? Is is not Samaria? And what are the high places of Judah? Are they not Jerusalem?" Jacob's descendants, with whom God had a covenant, drifted far from Him. To put it another... Sign in to see full entry.