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Jacob Wrestles With God - Genesis 32:22 – 32:32 (commentary)

Jacob got up in the middle of the night and took his family with their possessions across the brook Jabbok (vv. 22-23) for safety. This was about 24 miles north of the dead Sea. He then goes back and spends the night alone (v. 24). At this point Jacob experiences the second great …

The Lord Commands The Babylonian Enemies - Jeremiah 50:21 – 50:32 (commentary)

The land of Merathaim (v. 21) was the region in southern Babylon where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers enter the Persian Gulf. However, the word in Hebrew means “double rebellion."  Thus God was saying He would attack the land of double rebellion and inflect his p …