PSALM 11
With cross references & topics
Psa 11:1-7 For the director of music (chief musician). Said to: address being hated & threatened; deal with danger; provide courage, perspective & stability:
In the LORD (YAHWEH) I take refuge. How then can you say to Me: 'Flee like a bird to Your mountain [Mt. Zion]. For look, the wicked bend their bows; they set their arrows against the strings to shoot from the shadows (in darkness) at the upright in heart. When the foundations (purposes of the weaving) are being destroyed, what can the righteous do (what is the Righteous ONE doing)?'
Well, God did marvelously: Distant prophecy The LORD GOD (YAHWEH) is in Jesus HIS Holy Temple [Place]; the LORD GOD (YAHWEH) is in Jesus' heart (HIS Most Holy Place, the Holy of Holies) on HIS Heavenly Throne-- recall Jesus' saying, I & the FATHER are ONE? Far Distant prophecy HE observes the sons of men; HIS Eyes examine them. The LORD examines the righteous, but the wicked (YAHWEH, the Righteous ONE, examines the wicked) & those who love violence HIS Soul hates. On the wicked HE will rain fiery (quick burning) coals & burning sulfur; a scorching (burning) wind will be their lot. For the LORD is Righteous; HE loves justice (YAHWEH, the Righteous ONE, loves righteousness); upright men will see HIS Face. EOP
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Isa 19:1,9-10,13,16 An oracle (A revelation-- a prophetic visual clip) concerning Egypt: Near prophecy Those who work with combed (fine) flax will despair, the weavers of fine linen (nets) will lose hope. The workers in cloth will be dejected, & all the wage earners will be sick at heart-- the cornerstones of her [Egypt's] peoples have led Egypt astray. In that day all the Egyptians will be like women. Huh? Oh the variety of beliefs the scattered Israelites would find themselves immersed in! They all will consider themselves gods. EOP
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Jer <1> 4:10-12 <2> 11:15-20 <3> 14:8-9 <4> 15:16-17 <5> 16:8-9,19 <6> 17:7-8 <1> Close to the siege on Jerusalem; Jeremiah rehearsing what he had said to God regarding Judah, & God's response: Ah, Sovereign LORD (Authoritative YAHWEH), how completely YOU have deceived (deluded-- see 2ndThe 2:11) this people [Judah] & Jerusalem by saying, You will have peace when the sword is at Our throats. At that time this people & Jerusalem will be told, A scorching wind from the barren heights in the desert blows toward MY People, but not to winnow or cleanse; a wind too strong for that comes from ME (at MY Command). Now I pronounce MY Judgments against Them. <2> Jeremiah rehearsing what the Lord had spoken-- then commenting & speaking to God: What is MY Beloved [Judah] doing in MY Temple as she works out her evil schemes with many? See PSALM 6 Hos, PSALM 9 Psa, PSALM 27 Isa & PSALM 34 Zec ref. Jerusalem originally being the virgin daughter of GOD & Zion. The LORD (YAHWEH) called You a thriving olive tree with fruit beautiful in form. Its branches will be broken. The LORD Almighty (Commander YAHWEH) has decreed (determined) disaster; the houses of Israel & Judah have provoked ME to anger by burning incense to Baal. Because the LORD (YAHWEH) revealed their plot to Me, I knew it; I had been like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter; I did not realize they had plotted against Me, saying, 'Let us destroy the tree & its fruit (stalk & its bread); let us cut Him off from the land of the living, that His name be remembered no more.' O LORD Almighty (Commander YAHWEH), YOU who judge righteously & test the heart & mind, let Me see YOUR Vengeance upon them, for to YOU I have committed My cause. <3> Jeremiah speaking to God: O hope of Israel, its savior in time of distress; why are YOU like a man taken by surprise, like a warrior powerless to save? YOU are among Us, O LORD (YAHWEH), & We bear YOUR Name; do not forsake Us! <4> When YOUR Words came, I ate them; they were My joy & delight, for I bear YOUR Name, O LORD GOD Almighty (Majestic Commander YAHWEH). I never sat in the company of revelers, never made merry with them; I sat alone because YOUR Hand was on Me, & YOU filled Me with indignation. <5> Close to Jerusalem's fall: Do not enter a house where there is feasting & sit down to eat & drink. For this is what the LORD Almighty (Commander YAHWEH), the GOD (Majestic ONE) of Israel, says: Near prophecy Before Your eyes & in Your days I will bring an end to the sounds of joy & gladness & to the voices of bride & bridegroom in this place. O LORD (YAHWEH), My strength & My fortress, My refuge in times of distress, to YOU the nations will come from the ends of the earth. EOP <6> Far Distant prophecy But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD (YAHWEH), whose confidence is in HIM. He will be like a tree planted by the water, that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought & never fails to bear fruit. EOP
Eze <1> 40:1-5 <2> 43:1-2,10-11 <3> 47:1-3,7-8,11-12 <1> Not figuring from the 1st captives to Babylon, when Daniel was taken, but from 8 yrs. later, when Ezekiel was taken (4 yrs. later Ezekiel became a prophet; 7 yrs. after that Jerusalem fell): In the 25th yr. of Our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the 10th day of the month, in the 14th yr. after the fall of the city [Jerusalem; 4+7+14=25]-- on that very day the Hand of the LORD (YAHWEH) was upon Me & HE took Me there. In a series of Visions of GOD (the Majestic ONE) HE took Me to the land of Israel & set Me on a very high mountain, on whose south side were some buildings that looked like a city-- the sizes! I saw a man (being), who said, 'Tell the house of Israel everything You see.' I saw a wall completely surrounding the temple area. <2> Same series: Then the man (being) brought Me to a gate facing east, & I saw the glory of the GOD (Majestic ONE) of Israel coming from the east. HIS Voice was like the roar of rushing waters, & the land was radiant with HIS Glory. The man speaking to Ezekiel: Son of man (human descendant), describe the temple to the people of Israel, that They may be ashamed of Their sins. Let Them consider the plan (summation). Write these [the entrances, exits & regulations] down before Them so that They may be faithful to its design & follow all its regulations. <3> Same series: The man (being) brought Me back to the entrance of the temple facing east, and I saw water flowing eastward, coming down from under the south side of the temple-- deepening (in about a mile it was too deep to walk across. I saw a great number of trees on each side of the river. HE said to Me, 'This water flows toward the eastern region & goes down into the Arabah (Desert/Plain or Jordan Valley), where it enters the Dead Sea. When it (the river-- the Heb. meaning is 2 rivers) empties into the Sea, the water there becomes fresh [dilute salty-- like the ocean]. The fish will be of many kinds-- like the fish of the Great (Mediterranean) Sea. But the marshes & swamps will not become fresh; they will be left for salt-- like the Dead Sea used to be. Ref. You Christians are the salt of the earth-- there won't be any need for salt in heaven. Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river. Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit fail. Every month they will bear, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will serve for food & their leaves for healing (bruises & sores-- see Reve 22:2).'