Sep 7, 2025
HOSEA 9-10:
I
like how the GNT translates the first paragraph of chapter 6 as
being the words of the people of Israel.
Hosea 6:1-4
GNT:
1 The people say, “Let's return to the LORD! He
has hurt us, but he will be sure to heal us; he has wounded us, but
he will bandage our wounds, won't he?
2 In
two or three days he will revive us, and we will live in his
presence.
3
Let us try to know the LORD. He will come to us as surely as the
day dawns, as surely as the spring rains fall upon the
earth.”
4 But the LORD says, “Israel and Judah, what am I going to do with you? Your love for me disappears as quickly as morning mist; it is like dew, that vanishes early in the day.
PROVERBS 24b:
Just
one of many neat nuggets of truth in today’s reading:
Pro. 24:26 NLT An honest answer is like a kiss of friendship.
MATTHEW 6a:
Yesterday’s reading had five ‘You have heard it
said … But I tell you …’ And they included some of the hardest ones
for us to obey.
NLT Translation
notes:
Prov.
24:30 I walked by the field of a lazy
[man/person],
the
vineyard of one with no common sense.
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[In this memorized and often repeated verse, I
suggest that ‘name’ should be taken as a metonymy that stands for
God. See the note in the GNT section.]
Mat. 6:9 Pray like this:
Our
Father in heaven,
may
[You always and everywhere be regarded as holy//your name be kept
holy.]
[In most of the
world’s languages a ‘kingdom’ cannot come or move. Instead it is
more natural to say that a King will come to
rule.]
10
May [You come as king to rule on this earth//your Kingdom come
soon.]
May your will be
done on earth, as it is in heaven.
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