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(Isaiah 49:24-25) Questions of "prey be taken from the mighty man?" Or "captives of a tyrant be rescued?" Received switched answers
The (Isaiah 49:24-25) bible verses are interesting because of the nature of their artistic literature.
In the grand scheme of things, I can understand that Isaiah 49’s message is that God will show ...
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Deeper understanding of Isaiah 29:14 's use of phrases like “deal marvelously” and “wondrously marvelous”
I’m probably being annoyingly nit-picky and nitty-gritty, and/or asking the obvious but here goes.
Isaiah 29:13-16 NASB95
13 Then the Lord said, “Because this people draw near with their words And ...
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are remnants(leftovers) in Isaiah 17:4-6 symbolic of the Godly remnant of Israelites who are mercifully, compassionately & graciously spared by God?
Sorry, I might just be asking the obvious.
Isaiah 17:3-7 New American Standard Bible 1995
3 “The [a]fortified
city will disappear from Ephraim, And [b]sovereignty from Damascus And
the remnant of ...
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Is Proverbs 22:19 repetitive emphasis on “you” just an example of Poetic device’s alliteration or are three multiple-layers of reasons for it?
I might just be asking something obvious.
Is Proverbs 22:19 repetitive emphasis on “you” just an example of Poetic device’s alliteration or are three multiple-layers of reasons for it?
Proverbs 22:19
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King Saul asks who David's father was in 1 Samuel 17 for rhetorical effect in response to seeing how a young boy like David killed a giant, Goliath?
There is confusion as to why King Saul asked who David's father was in 1 Samuel 17 because the preceding 1 Samuel 16 chapter already recounts the story of how King Saul came know and meet David.
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Trying to analyze (1 Corinthians 3:18) ".....he must become foolish...."
1 Corinthians 3:15-23 New American Standard Bible 1995
15 If any man’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss; but he himself
will be saved, yet so as through fire.
16 Do you not know that you are a [...
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Are Some Bible Scripture verses merely monotonously descriptive/instructive Or do they have more meaningful undertones?(layers of meaning)
Some bible passages may seem to just have monotonously descriptive/instructive tones (especially the bible books of Chronicles, Leviticus, Kings, etc. ), but the bible reader is usually left wondering ...
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In Genesis 9:20-24 why is Ham, the second born, referred to as the "younger son"?
Genesis 9:20-24 NKJV
And Noah began to be a farmer, and he planted a vineyard. Then he
drank of the wine and was drunk, and became uncovered in his tent.
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the ...
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