Tag: poor and needy
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Psalm 82: gods of Adam judge the weak, poor, needy, orphan and the wicked unjustly and die like man. God judges the earth and inherits the nations.
1: A melody of Asaph (gather-to-remove). Stationed (singular) God (Elohim). A God (El) in the midst of gods (elohim) He judges / pronounces sentence (shafat, singular). 2: Till when will you (all) judge (pl) unjustly (avel)? And lift up (pl) the faces of wicked? Pause and think about that! 3: Pronounce (pl) sent on a…
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Amos 8: Greed and cheating end a nation
1: The Lord Yehoweh caused me to see and behold: a basket of summer fruit (first harvest Am 7:1) 2: And Yehoweh says to me, “What are you seeing, Amos”? And I say, “A basket of summer fruit (kaeetz)”. And Yehoweh says to me, The end (kaatz – second harvest of ch 7?) came to…
