December 13 - Casting Lots
גורל - On the day that you stood aloof, on the day that strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were like one of them. OBADIAH 11
December 12 - A Fruity Pun
קץ - This is what the Lord God showed me: behold, a basket of summer fruit. And he said, “Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” Then the Lord said to me, “The end…
December 11 - The Lion Has Roared
שׁאג - The lion has roared; who will not fear? The Lord God has spoken; who can but prophesy? AMOS 3:8
December 10 - Kibbutz of Judgment
קבץ - “I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. And I will enter into judgment with them there, on behalf of my people and my heritage Israel." JOEL 3:2
December 8 - Out of Egypt I Call My Son
בן - When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son. The more they were called, the more they went away; they kept sacrificing to the Baals and burning offerings to idols. HOSEA 11:1–2
December 7 - Hosea and Flannery O’Connor
פתה - “Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her." HOSEA 2:14
December 6 - The Holy Christian Jezreel
יזרעאל - And the Lord said to [Hosea,] “Call his name Jezreel, for in just a little while I will punish the house of Jehu for the blood of Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of…
December 5 - Ancient of Days
עתיק - “As I looked, thrones were placed, and the Ancient of Days took his seat; his clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames; its wheels were burning…
December 4 - The Handwriting on the Wall
מנא - Immediately the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace, opposite the lampstand... And this is the writing that was inscribed: Mene, Mene, Tekel, and Parsin. DANIEL 3:23
December 3 - The Fiery Furnace
אתון - And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell bound into the burning fiery furnace. DANIEL 3:23
December 2 - No Handmade Kingdom
יד - "As you looked, a stone was cut out by no human hand, and it struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces... But the stone that struck the image became a…
December 1 - Eat Your Vegetables
זרענים - [Daniel said,] “Test your servants for ten days; let us be given vegetables to eat and water to drink. 13 Then let our appearance and the appearance of the youths who eat the king's food be observed by…
November 30 - Hiding and Healing Leaves
עלה - "And on the banks, on both sides of the river, there will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither, nor their fruit fail, but they will bear fresh fruit every month, because the…
November 29 - Resurrection and the Richter Scale
רעשׁ - The hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley; it was full of bones... So I prophesied as…
November 28 - Sprinkling
זרק - I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries and bring you into your own land. I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and…
November 27 - No Mourning
ספד - “Son of man, behold, I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you at a stroke; yet you shall not mourn or weep, nor shall your tears run down. Sigh, but not aloud; make…
November 26 - God Is No Sadist
חפץ - "Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, declares the Lord God, and not rather that he should turn from his way and live?" EZEKIEL 18:23
November 25 - Israel’s Idolatrous Nymphomania
זנה - "Adulterous wife, who receives strangers instead of her husband! Men give gifts to all prostitutes, but you gave your gifts to all your lovers, bribing them to come to you from every side with your whorings." EZEKIEL 16:32–33
November 24 - Eastern Departure, Eastern Return
קדם - Then the cherubim lifted up their wings, with the wheels beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel was over them. And the glory of the Lord went up from the midst of the city and…
November 23 - Sealed on the Forehead
תו - [God] called to the man clothed in linen, who had the writing case at his waist. And the Lord said to him, “Pass through the city, through Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men…
November 22 - Barking Watchmen
צפה - “Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me." EZEKIEL 3:17
November 21 - Throne-Bearers
חיות - As I looked, behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, and a great cloud, with brightness around it, and fire flashing forth continually, and in the midst of the fire, as it were gleaming metal. And…
November 20 - How!
איכה - How lonely sits the city that was full of people! How like a widow has she become, she who was great among the nations! She who was a princess among the provinces has become a slave. LAMENTATIONS 1:1
November 19 - A Fresh Covenant
חדשׁ - “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah." JEREMIAH 31:31
November 18 - I Have Plans for You
מחשׁבה - “For thus says the Lord: When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will visit you, and I will fulfill to you my promise and bring you back to this place. For I know the plans I have…