
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…

November 17 - Cryptic Name
אתבשׁ - So I took the cup from the Lord’s hand and gave it to all the nations to whom the Lord sent me, to drink from it... All the kings of the north... and all the kingdoms of the…

November 16 - The Man Named Branch
צמח - “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. In his…

November 15 - Gehenna
גיא הנם - Thus says the Lord, “Go, buy a potter's earthenware flask, and take some of the elders of the people and some of the elders of the priests, and go out to the Valley of the Son of…

November 14 - The Heart’s Rough Terrain
עקב - The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it? JEREMIAH 17:9

November 13 - Violent Fishers of Men
דיג - “Behold, I am sending for many fishers, declares the Lord, and they shall catch them. And afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain and every hill, and out of the…

November 12 - Temple or Cave of Thugs?
מערה - "Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, make offerings to Baal, and go after other gods that you have not known, and then come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name…

November 11 - Turn, Return, Repent
שׁוב - A voice on the bare heights is heard, the weeping and pleading of Israel's sons because they have perverted their way; they have forgotten the Lord their God. “Return, O faithless sons; I will heal your faithlessness.” “Behold…