~Thanks to Aunt Jennifer for pointing out to me about the boxes with the red x's! Looks like my draft versions show the pictures, but somewhere it was getting lost in translation. Some sites won't let you use their pictures I guess. Thanks for the heads up!~
Nahum 3:11 - seek strength because of the enemy~a good reason, but who needs a reason to seek strength!? Enemies of this project have already arisen, thinking it is a waste of time or nothingness...just something to do for having nothing better to do. Ha! Come strength come!
:14 - brickkiln = Hebrew word #4404 = 1) brick mold, brick kiln, quadrangle
a) brick mould, brick kiln
b) quadrangle
http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=H4404&t=KJV
(By the way, when I put a link like this under something, it indicates I am referencing my statements from that website link. You should be able to just click on it to see the page I am quoting or referring to.)
Habakkuk 1
Habakkuk's name means "embrace." http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=H2265&t=KJV
Habakkuk 2
:1-:3 - I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make [it] plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. For the vision [is] yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
~Sometimes I have to just quote the whole verses. I know that helps for those reading only the notes and not the text...although I hope at some point we all do read the text. It is really life changing. This particular passage inspires me to keep writing! Make it plain upon the online table! ~
:5 - Does this mean men were supposed to stay home back then? So maybe stay-at-home-moms are actually a role reversal, instead of visa versa. Ha! What a thought!
:14 - For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
~Yes, I am counting on it.
:20 - But the LORD [is] in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him. ~Where is the temple now? *Rhetorical...Habakkuk 3
:1 - Shigionoth = the word itself is defined in strong's as vague and "meaning doubtful," but says it was used in Psalms 7. The root word, H7686 means to go astray, commit sin of ignorance or inadvertence, swerve, meander, reel, be intoxicated. Certainly these OT prophets know how to wake up the backslider. FIRE!
http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=H7692&t=KJV & http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/Lexicon.cfm?Strongs=H7686&t=KJV
:13 - wentest forth for salvation = H3318 http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=H3318&t=KJV ~I like the idea of God being proactive always in saving his people, and this verse specifically refers to God's anointed
:17 - Fig tree didn't blossom for Jesus, either.
:19 - Was it this verse only intended for the chief singer? Or the whole book is to be sort of a Psalm/Song of warning sung by the singer?
Zephaniah 1
Zephaniah = the Lord hides / treasures / stores up http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=H6846&t=KJV
http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/Lexicon.cfm?Strongs=H6845&t=KJV
http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/Lexicon.cfm?Strongs=H3050&t=KJV
Zephaniah 2
Lots of verbs: Gather, bring forth, seek
:3 - righteousnes and meekness is a refuge from God's anger
Zephaniah 3
:8 - What a determination for God to have!
:9 - Pure language. Can only come from God.
:11 - haughty because of God's mountain. Nothing to be prideful about, but how often do we get prideful over what we've been given? And what do we have that we haven't been given somehow?
:12 - God left poor people INTENTIONALLY. Hard to grasp, but it's right there.
:13 - Qualities of the remnant of Israel
~Kind words begin (finally)~
:17 - The LORD thy God in the midst of thee [is] mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. ~What does God singing sound like? Here's what this verse looks like in Hebrew:יְהוָה אֱלֹהַיִךְ בְּקִרְבֵּך גִּבֹּור יֹושִׁיעַ יָשִׂישׂ עָלַיִךְ
בְּשִׂמְחָה יַחֲרִישׁ בְּאַהֲבָתֹו יָגִיל עָלַיִךְ בְּרִנָּֽה׃
http://www.blueletterbible.org/tools/printerFriendly.cfm?b=Zep&c=3&v=1&t=WLC#topHaggai 1
Shealtiel, Zerubbabel, Josedech
:4 - cieled houses ~ I have and could and will again preach on this. Not now.
:9 - my house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house~ God speaks here. Discouraged by peoples' selfishness in providing for themselves.
:14 - God stirred up the governor, the high priest, and the remnant people. Sometimes it's good to pray for God to stir the authorities.Haggai 2
:4 - ...be strong... and work... for I am with you~I still believe one of the greatest prayers is to work. Actually physically with ones' hands. It quiets the mind.
:6 - Shake the heavens, earth, sea, and dry land AGAIN, o God!
:7 - First comes the shaking, then comes the glory!
:9 - Latter glory vs. former glory. God always gives us something to look forward to! Somewhere to go! Something to press into! Thank God, or for some it would be "Game Over!"
Zechariah 1
Berechiah, Iddo - middle name - last name = Father's name - Grandpa's name
:8 - red horse in myrtle trees with red and white horses.
:13 - The Lord speaks to his angel with good and comfortable words. Let me be an angel!
:19 - 4 horns - Lots of 4's lately. I've heard it represents creation. Creating. To create.
:20 - 4 carpenters
Zechariah 2
:13 - BE SILENT, O ALL FLESH - A fasting prayer.
Zechariah 3
Zechariah dreams of Joshua in filthy clothes and oppressed by Satan, who is at his right hand.
:5 - fair miter = turban or headdress http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=H6797&t=KJVZechariah 4
Gold candlestick - bowl on top - 7 lamps on it - 7 pipes on the lamps - 2 olive trees by it. What a vision! So many interpretations. I love just reading the Word not trying to figure it out. Just being in it and letting the Holy Ghost teach me what He wants when He wants, and put the rest on the shelf, as it were...and in the mean time, like a child, I enjoy the literal picture of how this may have looked!
:6 - Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This [is] the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.
Interesting article on this chapter (Click on the link to read it) http://www.bible-light.com/BLON/STAR_V30-1_1998-02/feb98a32.htm
:10 - Who hath despised the day of small things? ~ Sometimes, but not today!
:12 - :14 - Interpretation of the vision of the 2 olive branches that go through the 2 pipes that empty the golden oil. Anointed ones.
Zechariah 5
:2 - Z. knew the dimensions of the flying roll he saw in his dream. Cool.
:6 - ephah = a measuring cup http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=H374&t=KJV
:9 - women with wind in their wings
:11 - Shinar = country of two rivers = ancient name for Babylonia or Chaldea http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=H8152&t=KJV
Zechariah 6
4 chariots from 2 brass mountains
red, black, white, grizzled and bay horses
:5 - 4 spirits of the heavens
:8 - quieted my spirit in the north country
:12 - BRANCH = sprout or spring (Strongs H6780)
Zechariah 7
Chisleu = his confidence - only appears twice in Scripture - 9th month of the calendar corresponding to Nov-Dec http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=H3691&t=KJV
:3 - Every 5th and 7th month was for weeping, fasting, and separation
Zechariah 8
:5 -Streets full of children playing
:3 - Jerusalem = city of truth
:16 - Speak truth and execute judgment of truth and peace in your gates
:23 - Reminds me of Isaiah 4:1 in the sense of taking hold of the skirt. Also reminds me of the NT story of the woman with the issue of blood. Urgency. Emergency.
Zechariah 9
Judgment against Israel's enemies
:9 - Prophetic reference to Jesus - fulfilled riding into town like we celebrate on Palm Sunday
Zechariah 10
:2 - no shepherd - why I don't agree with "body ministries" that have no head or leader
Zechariah 11
:7 - 2 staves = Beauty and Bonds
:12 - Breaking the stave of beauty rod = breaking the covenant
:13 - 30 pieces of silver to the potter in the house of the Lord ~ reminds me of course of Judas who betrayed Jesus for 30 pieces of silver. But casting it into the Lord's potter house? Interesting. Learning experience to give wages back to the Lord no matter how they were earned?
:14 - Breaking the bonds rod = breaking the brotherhood
Zechariah 12
My Bible titles this chapter "Jerusalem's Enemies to be Destroyed"
Zechariah 13
:6 - wounded in the house of friends - Sad, but so true and so relatable. People close to us are the only ones that really know how to hurt us sometimes. And we expect love, but receive something else.
:7 - Smite the shepherd and the sheep will be scattered - See note on Zech 10:2. Also, how many times have preachers in the public eye fallen from grace and then been shunned by even Christians and then used as an excuse to unbelievers? Smited = scattered.
Zechariah 14
What shall be.
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