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Job’s Second Reply to Eliphaz - Job 16:1 – 16:22 (commentary)

The exchange of insults between Job and his friends continues. These so-called friends are a great disappointment to Job. They told Job nothing new, and they were miserable comforters (vv. 1-2). They compounded, rather than eased his troubles. He doesn’t really want their …

What The Lord says about Damascus - Jeremiah 49:23 – 49:27 (commentary)

This passage has to do with God’s Judgment against Damascus (vv. 23-27). Damascus is the capital of Syria and was located at the intersection of three major trade routes. It was as much north of Canaan as Edom was south. Damascus was an old city (Gen. 14:15) but little is k …