“A report
About Jesus
Began to reach
Every place
In the region.”
καὶ ἐξεπορεύετο ἦχος περὶ αὐτοῦ εἰς πάντα τόπον τῆς περιχώρου.
This is very similar, to Mark, chapter 1:28. Luke said that a report about Jesus was spreading (καὶ ἐξεπορεύετο ἦχος περὶ αὐτοῦ) into everywhere throughout all the surrounding region or neighboring area (εἰς πάντα τόπον τῆς περιχώρου). Luke did not mention Galilee the way that Mark did. Suddenly, Jesus was famous, a celebrity in the area around Capernaum.
“Thus says Yahweh of hosts.
‘See!
Disaster is spreading
From nation to nation!
A great tempest is stirring
From the farthest parts
Of the earth!’”
Yahweh tells Jeremiah to tell everyone that the disaster is spreading from country to country. A storm is stirring in the farthest parts of this flat earth. A big storm is on the way.
Female lover
“My beloved is all radiant.
He is ruddy.
He is distinguished among ten thousand.
His head is the finest gold.
His locks are wavy.
His locks are black as a raven.
His eyes are like doves,
Beside springs of water,
Bathed in milk,
Fitly set.
His cheeks are like beds of spices,
Yielding fragrance.
His lips are lilies,
Distilling liquid myrrh.
His arms are rounded gold,
Set with jewels.
His body is an ivory work,
Encrusted with sapphires.
His legs are alabaster columns,
Set upon bases of gold.
His appearance is like Lebanon,
Choice as the cedars.
His speech is most sweet.
He is altogether desirable.
This is my beloved.
This is my friend.
O daughters of Jerusalem!”
This female lover responded to the daughters of Jerusalem. She explains why her male lover is so special with a long description of him. First of all, he is radiant and ruddy. What does that mean? He is a glowing happy guy with a healthy reddish complexion. He is one in 10,000. He has a golden head with black wavy hair. His eyes are like clean white doves perfectly set in his head. His cheeks are like fragrant spices. His lips are like lilies spreading liquid myrrh. His arms are like rounded gold with jewels set in them. His body is like ivory with sapphires. His legs are like alabaster columns with golden bases as feet. He appears to be like a Lebanon cedar tree. His speech is sweet. He is quite a guy, altogether desirable. He is her beloved and her friend. That is some great description of the perfect man.
“For lack of wood
The fire goes out.
Where there is no whisperer,
Quarreling ceases.
As charcoal is to hot embers,
As wood is to fire,
So a quarrelsome person is for kindling strife.
The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels.
They go down into the inner parts of the body.”
I guess that I never thought of whisperers as a problem. Clearly they are. These whisperers create quarrels. They are like wood to a fire, like charcoal on hot embers, or like kindling wood. These whisperers must be people who go around spreading rumors. Once again, almost word for word from chapter 18, the whisperer is compared to a delightful delicious morsel until you swallow it. Then it goes into the inner parts of your body and causes internal problems.
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