he cried mightily with a loud voice The angel serves as a divine herald, announcing that which is about to take place. He signals that an event of gre...
It appears that Babylon, on the banks of the Euphrates, will be rebuilt and become a commercial power at the time of the end. It may function for a t...
In the previous chapter, John is shown the seven angels having the seven last plagues?the seven bowl judgments. He sees the seven bowls poured forth,...
a loud voice Like Christ, the angel spoke with a loud or great voice (Rev. Rev. 1:10+). The voice of this mighty angel is also similar to that of the ...
she glorified herself and lived luxuriously She boasted in her own glory, saying ?I shall be a lady forever? (Isa. Isa. 47:7) and ?I am and there is ...
an angel flying through the midst of heaven The MT and NU texts have eagle (????? [aetou] ) instead of angel (??????? [angelou] ). If an eagle rather ...
JEREMIAH (1) jer-e-mi'-a (a) yirmeyahu, or (b) shorter form, yirmeyah, both differently explained as Yah establishes (so Giesebrecht), whom Yahweh c...
Captive [E] [S]Prisoner of war Genesis 14:12 ; 1 Samuel 30:1 1 Samuel 30:2 Cruelty toPutting to death Numbers 31:9-20 ; Deuteronomy 20:13 ; 2...
a loud voice from heaven The NU text has from the throne. A loud voice from heaven told John not to write what the seven thunders uttered (Rev. Rev. ...
overcomes See Who is the Overcomer? sit with Me They will sit with Him and share His rule in the same way He sits at the right hand of the Father and ...
have made us The TR text reads as shown. The MT and NU texts read ?have made them.? See discussion concerning textual variants in the preceding verse....
YOKE yok: (1) The usual word is `ol (Genesis 27:40, etc.), less commonly the (apparently later) form moTah (Isaiah 58:6, etc.; in Nab 1:13 moT), whic...
A frequently found phrase throughout Scripture related to this time of trouble is the Day of the Lord (Isa. Isa. 2:10-22; Isa. 13:6, Isa. 13:9; Jer. J...
Funeral [E]In ancient Israel burial occurred soon after death. In a hot climate, internment took place as quickly as possible after a person had expir...
Touch Bringing into bodily contact of one thing with another. The Hebrew naga [[;gn] and Greek hapto [a&ptomai] (-omai) are the main biblical terms fo...
GARDEN, THE KING'S Mention is made of the king's garden in 2?Kings 25:4; Jeremiah 39:4; 52:7 (fundamentally the same passage), in connection with the ...
DANGER dan'-jer: Danger does not express a state of reality but a possibility. In Matthew 5:21, however, and also the King James Version Mark 3:29 (t...
the temple of God was opened in heaven This is the heavenly temple (Isa. Isa. 6:1-4; Rev. Rev. 7:15+; Rev. 14:15+, Rev. 14:17+; Rev. 15:5-6+, Rev. 15:...
Justice [N] [T] [E](Heb. sedeq [q,d,x],mispat [f'P.vim];Gk. dikaiosyne [dikaiosuvnh]).God, the Righteous Judge. Justice is rooted in the very nature o...
Overview - Ezra 1 1?The proclamation of Cyrus for the building of the temple. 5?The people provide for their return. 7?Cyrus restores the vessels of...