The reluctant prophet, Jonah, is sent to Ninevah to warn of the impending destruction of the Assyrian town if they don’t repent. YHWH gives the protection of his shadow to all who seek it! The buttons above are for quickly ordering for our main resources via Paypal or a credit card. they stumbled, and there was no one to help. Then YHWH God provided a leafy plant and made it grow up over Jonah to give shade [tsel] for his head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was very happy about the plant. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Change ). Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. When we stood in the sunshine we could quickly feel our skin burning, but under a tree, the breeze made us quite comfortable. ), is found 18 times in the Old Testament. , but rather we are free to live on the path of peace, shining like the sun! Only God can give life and truly take it away. (optional, but fill it in if you expect a reply), SimilarWeb raises $25m (Calcalist), part 1, SimilarWeb raises $25m (Calcalist), part 2. Job also noted YHWH’s power of converting the shadow of death into light. We will try to resolve the technical error asap. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death [tsal’mawet].
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“I am angry enough to die!”, But YHWH said, “You cared about the plant, which you neither tended nor made grow. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! The most well-known reference to the shadow of death is found in Psalm 23: He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.
like heat in a dry land. Jonah had gone out and sat down at a place east of the city. Most often it is used to describe YHWH’s protection. Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”. So should I not care about the great city of Nineveh, which has more than 120,000 people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well?”.
And he most certainly did not want them protected! He also described YHWH revealing, or casting spot-lights onto, darkness: He [YHWH] reveals deep things out of darkness, and brings to light the shadow of death [tsal’mawet]. There were great expectations, from early on in the Bible, for a Messiah who would save the Hebrew people. There he made himself a shelter, sat in its shade and waited to see what would happen to the city. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. They Assyrians have been anything but kind to the Hebrew people. tzilch e n. your f. pl. Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window), 5 Hebrew Words that Every Christian Should Know, cloud by day pillar of fire by night significance, Listening to the Language of the Bible (Set), New Light on the Difficult Words of Jesus. Thus says YHWH, who gives sun for light by day and orders moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—YHWH of Hosts is His name: “Only if this fixed order departed from My presence, declares YHWH, would Israel’s descendants ever cease to be a nation before Me.”. This image didn’t speak to me powerfully until I experienced the heat and sun of the land of Israel myself, especially in the mountains near Jerusalem. Shadow is a bi-product of light and dark, making it a prominent theme in the Tanakh. The people, most certainly, created an image in their mind of what the Messiah would do for them.