God’s grief over the demise of Moab brings a final kindness so heartbreaking that it is entirely misunderstood. For the introduction to this section (Isaiah 15-16), see Isaiah’s Kill...
Like Sodom, Moab’s delightful land of pastures and vineyards would be miserably laid waste. For the introduction to this section (Isaiah 15-16), see Isaiah’s...
Instead of being destroyed by the scepter of the lion of Judah, Moab was invited to join his peaceable kingdom. For the introduction to...
The three stages of this serpentine rod are not only the increasing strength of the threat to the Philistines, but also the “birth order”...
The first book of this four-volume commentary includes an interpretive “how-to” that can be applied to any part of the Scriptures. The entire Book...
The “fall of Lucifer” is the height of irony because it runs the pattern of the Tabernacle backwards. The king’s climb from the lowest...
In a grim satire, Sheol is portrayed as a negative world, a moon shadow that parodies the lunar calendar of Israel but where the...
The barrenness of Babylon is depicted through an inversion of Solomon’s Canticle. Instead of pasture there is wilderness; instead of the merry songs of...
Unlike Babel, Babylon was not a “tower to heaven,” but the arrogance of its rulers was an offense whose stink ascended to the court...
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