Jdg 2:15
Wherever they went, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had spoken and as the LORD had sworn to them, so that they were severely distressed.
Culturally, when you say the word evil, the definition that our generation knows best is described by Webster as "adjective: morally wrong or bad; immoral; wicked: evil deeds; an evil life, or "noun: the force in nature that governs and gives rise to wickedness and sin." As with many words in the ambiguous grey scale of one-word, many-definitions found in English, this is not the only meaning the word has. The other definition found in the dictionary is that of an injurious, harmful event.
When reading Scripture, we must be familiar with the definitions of the words we see and not assume that there is only one way to look at a particular word or phrase.
(All references from http://www.blueletterbible.com/ -NASB version, emphasis added)
Friday, January 18, 2008
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