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Meaning of Isaiah 65:16

Meaning of Isaiah 65:16

What does “because he who is blessed in the earth will be blessed by the God of truth” mean?

Because he who is blessed in the earth Will be blessed by the God of truth; And he who swears in the earth Will swear by the God of truth; Be…

To whom was Isaiah referring in Isaiah 53?

To whom was Isaiah referring in Isaiah 53?

I already asked a variant of this question at Christianity.SE.

Consider Isaiah 53:4-6 (NIV), which is commonly interpreted as a prophecy that the Messiah would die for the sins of the world:

4Surely he took up our pain
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Moses, Isaiah, and the Spirit of God

Moses, Isaiah, and the Spirit of God

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What word best captures the spirit of לִּילִית in Isaiah 34:14?

What word best captures the spirit of לִּילִית in Isaiah 34:14?

Isaiah 34:14 in the Masoretic Text is the following:

גְשׁוּ צִיִּים אֶת-אִיִּים, וְשָׂעִיר עַל-רֵעֵהוּ יִקְרָא; אַךְ-שָׁם הִרְגִּיעָה לִּילִית, וּמָצְאָה לָהּ מָנוֹח

Here, לִּילִית is supposedly the only known mention of “lilith” in …