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Synonyms: thirstiness, dryness, parched, craving, strong desire, longing, yearning, avidity, hunger, voracity, keenness, eagerness, lust, appetite, passion, love, crave, want, covet, desire, hunger for/after, lust for/after, hanker for/after, have one's heart set on

Antonyms: aversion, distaste, apathy, dislike, hatred, antipathy, disgust, disregard, abhorrence, acrimony, wet, animosity, animus, antagonism, bad feeling, bitterness, be averse to, detestation

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426. To the Rescue

Genesis 3:1-24

Sermon

James Merritt

... from a plant in some cases and other cases the hide of an animal. The ink that was used to write on that paper had no acid in it and it could not soak into the writing material. Since the ink remained on the surface you could just take a wet cloth and wipe it off. When Jesus Christ died on the cross God wiped our debt clean. Paul goes on to say, “This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.” (Colossians 2:14, ESV) Two things were nailed to the cross that day - the body of Jesus and our ...

427. Poem: Adonais

Eulogy

Percy Bysshe Shelley

... pomp; – the moving pomp might seem Like pageantry of mist on an autumnal stream. XIV. All he had loved, and moulded into thought, From shape, and hue, and odour, and sweet sound, Lamented Adonais. Morning sought Her eastern watch-tower, and her hair unbound, Wet with the tears which should adorn the ground, Dimm’d the aëreal eyes that kindle day; Afar the melancholy thunder moaned, Pale Ocean in unquiet slumber lay, And the wild Winds flew round, sobbing in their dismay. XV. Lost Echo sits amid the ...

428. Poem: When I Am Dead, My Dearest

Eulogy

Christina Georgina Rossetti

When I am dead, my dearest Sing no sad songs for me; Plant thou no roses at my head, Nor shady cypress tree: Be the green grass above me With showers and dewdrops wet; And if thou wilt, remember, And if thou wilt, forget. I shall not see the shadows, I shall not feel the rain; I shall not hear the nightingale Sing on, as if in pain: And dreaming through the twilight That doth not rise nor set, Haply I may remember, And haply may forget.

429. A Complicated Disciple

John 18:15-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... attention, especially during Holy Week because we are so like him in our times of weakness. I like the way Warren Wiersbe describes Simon Peter. He writes, “At one time Peter had wayward feet, but Andrew brought him to Jesus. And then one night Peter had some wet feet because he was walking on the water. Then he had washed feet when Jesus knelt before him and washed his feet. He had wandering feet when he denied the Lord. [And then] he had willing feet. “How beautiful are the feet of them that preach ...

430. Gideon

Judges 6:1-40

Understanding Series

Cheryl A. Brown

... invaders and asked for further confirmation of his call. He devised two tests whereby he would know beyond all doubt that the Lord would save Israel by his hand. First, if he were to place a wool fleece on the threshing floor overnight, and if it were wet with dew in the morning and all the ground around it dry, he would know that the Lord would save Israel by his hand. The nearly identical phrases are repeated twice, expressing emphasis. Gideon was keen to know that God was committed to him and his mission ...

431. Elijah and Obadiah

1 Kings 18:1-15

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

... now hear. It is a long wait, but at last a cloud as small as a man’s hand is seen rising from the sea. Though small, it is enough to assure Elijah that the drought is over (cf. Luke 12:54), and after warning Ahab to leave or get wet, he races him to Jezreel in the power of the LORD. As we might expect, in view of the story so far, he wins. It is a fitting conclusion to the chapter. For although Obadiah builds Ahab up as someone to be feared (18:9–14), from the moment Elijah ...

432. The Shunammite's Land Restored

2 Kings 8:1-6

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

... :16). Elijah’s failure to anoint Hazael will not thwart the LORD’s purposes after all (cf. 1 Kgs. 19:15–18). Elijah was not even crucial to God’s plans in this respect, for Hazael succeeds to the throne without his help. Hazael smothers his master with a wet cloth (if that is what the unique Hb. word in v. 15 means) and somehow (we are not given the details) takes power. 8:16–24 We last heard of Judah in 2 Kings 3, when Jehoshaphat was involved in the ill-fated campaign against Moab. We now return ...

433. Unclean Animals

Leviticus 11:1-47

Teach the Text

Joe M. Sprinkle

... become temporarily unclean until evening (v. 32). Porous clay pots and (clay) ovens absorb impurity, and so when contaminated must be destroyed (vv. 33, 35). A spring or cistern, as well as dry seed (i.e., grain), is immune from impurity (vv. 36–37), but wet grain becomes permeable and so is not immune (v. 38). 11:41–43 creature that moves along the ground. Animals that move close to the ground are generally unclean. 11:44–45 consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy. Here the purpose ...

434. Ingratitude and Judgment

Num 11:1-35

Teach the Text

Joe M. Sprinkle

... troubled with God and filled with self-pity, as seen in the lament in verses 11–15. 11:12 as a nurse carries an infant. The participle ’omen (“attendant, guardian”), here rendered “nurse,” is masculine, suggesting a male child-care provider rather than a wet nurse. The masculine form was used of the attendants of Ahab’s children (2 Kings 10:1) and of kings as surrogate fathers (Isa. 49:23). The feminine form denotes women (2 Sam. 4:4; Ruth 4:16). This metaphor bemoans Israel’s infantile ...

435. Gideon

Judges 6:1-40

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... though he is aware that the Lord has promised to save Israel by his hand (6:36–37; cf. 6:16), Gideon needs further assurances (6:36–40). After asking for a sign and receiving confirmation from the Lord as his piece of fleece becomes wet while the surrounding ground remained dry, Gideon asks for the reverse to happen, probably to make sure that the previous sign was not caused naturally by the sun evaporating the dew on the ground faster than the dew that had saturated the fleece. The Lord graciously ...

436. The Shunammite's Land Restored

2 Kings 8:1-29

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... ’s reign will be destructive. Now, closer to the end of Elisha’s career, that cryptic word is poised for fulfillment. Second, Elisha’s tears during the interview with Hazael become hauntingly appropriate when Hazael smothers Ben-Hadad’s face with a wet rag. The same prophet who knows about Aramean troop movements (2 Kings 6:8–10) knows that Hazael—like Shakespeare’s Macbeth—is about to become a murdering usurper. After a lengthy hiatus, attention returns to the south with regnal summaries of ...

437. The Lord Comes and Reigns

Zechariah 14:1-21

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... that the Lord effects in the lives of his people (14:8–11). No more will Israel rely on the leaky cistern of trust in false gods (Jer. 2:13). This abundant supply of water is as regular and plentiful in the dry summer season as in the wet winter. This is no wadi (intermittent stream) but a dependable, never-failing supply of water. This also serves as a wonderfully apt picture of the unfailing mercies and blessing of God to his own. God will be king over the whole earth. His kingship will be universally ...

438. Jesus Anointed by a Sinful Woman

Luke 7:36-50

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... , resting their heads on their left hands and eating with their right. The woman enters behind Jesus and spontaneously begins to weep (7:38) because of either repentance or joy. Perhaps the two were commingled. When she sees that Jesus’s feet are getting wet, she looses her hair (something a respectable woman would not do), drying his feet with her hair. She proceeds to kiss his feet and anoint them with expensive perfume (7:38). Observing the activity, Simon concludes that Jesus cannot be a prophet (7:39 ...

439. Come Clean

Joel 2:1-2, 12-17

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... the Holy Spirit!” — and poured the water all over her head. The woman was drenched. The water was heard trickling off her hair and clothes and on to the floor. But she was not uncomfortable. In fact, she was relieved. She stood in front of the chancel soaking wet and leaned over to whisper in the pastor’s ear, “Now I know Jesus loves me.”[4] What holds you back from a fresh new baptism of God’s Spirit? Why not return to God with all of your heart and experience the abundance of God’s steadfast ...

440. Being Too Generous

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

Kristin Borsgard Wee

Dan and I always enjoyed the summer days at the lake cabin in Minnesota. It's a noisy and happy time with grandchildren running around in wet bathing suits, adults scooping ice cream like crazy, playing our favorite game Double Cross, and swatting mosquitoes. Late in the evening we would start telling stories. Sometimes we laugh until we cry. At some point in the storytelling, our oldest child usually says to her siblings, "You don't know ...

441. Bildad

Job 8:1-22

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... will not rise up.” 8:16 NIV has derived the meaning well-watered plant for the Heb. noun ratob, which occurs only here, from the verbal root rtb, which also occurs only once (in 24:8), and is usually translated “be(come) wet” (Holladay, Concise Hebrew, p. 338). Other translation possibilities include “thrive” (NRSV; NASB) and “green” (KJV). Holladay (p. 338) offers “full of sap (as a plant).” 8:19 The Heb. here is also difficult and variously translated. The phrase NIV translates its life ...

442. Job’s Reply to Zophar

Job 12:1--14:22

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... more immediate changes, as torrents can carve out trenches and carry away quantities of “stones” and soil overnight. Observing the tumbled rocks and fallen trees mixed together like pebbles and toothpicks at the mouths of coastal rivers in Oregon following an extremely wet winter, I have been amazed by the power of water unleashed in torrents down these streams that run from the mountains to the sea. Similarly, at times we may feel in our own lives the overwhelming power of circumstances tumbling us ...

443. Job's Third Reply to Bildad

Job 26:1--31:40

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... of the plaintiff testifying in a court setting. The personification of Job’s arable soil continues with a picture of the multiple furrows of his plowed fields as individuals who together weep in response to his treatment: and all its furrows are wet with tears. Again we must remember that these are not actual complaints but hypothetical accusations Job introduces as part of his statement of innocence. The nature of the hypothetical complaint—just how Job is supposed to have abused the “land” and its ...

444. The Lord Speaks

Job 38:1--41:34

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... his friends ever imagined, but this realization emphasizes God’s immensity and power even more. The book turns now to consider how Job responds to this experience of God. Additional Notes 41:30 The mud here can be the mire left behind in a well (Jer. 38:6), or the wet clay trod upon by the potter to mix it (Isa. 41:25).

445. Nebuchadnezzer’s Dream of a Tree

Daniel 4:1-18

Understanding Series

William Nelson

... 15. Instead of reading the phrase “in a band of iron and bronze” with what precedes, we should connect it to the following: “But leave its roots in the ground. In a band of iron and bronze, let him be fed with the grass of the field; let him be wet with the dew of heaven” (4:15; author’s translation, leaving out one of the words for “root” and adding in “let him be fed” from 4:25, 32–33—see the Additional Note on 4:15). Nebuchadnezzar is to become animal-like and live in the wild. He ...

446. Elijah on Mount Carmel

1 Kings 18:16-46

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

447. Hazael Murders Ben-Hadad

2 Kings 8:7-15

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

448. Jehoram King of Judah

2 Kings 8:16-24

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

449. Ahaziah King of Judah

2 Kings 8:25-29

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

450. How Beautiful Your Feet

Song of Songs 7:1-13

Understanding Series

Elizabeth Huwiler

... the word used means “navel” or “umbilical cord” in Ezek. 16:4, some interpreters suppose that it means “vulva” here. There are several reasons for this. The description comes between legs and waist and the vulva is more likely than the navel to be wet (never lacks blended wine). On the other hand, if this is indeed a description of the woman dancing, it is more likely that her navel rather than her vulva would be visible. On the basis of iconographic finds, Keel argues that there is evidence ...

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