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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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26. Driving Out the Nations

Deuteronomy 7:1-26

Understanding Series

Christopher J. H. Wright

... (7:8b) C Yahweh as the faithful God of covenant love (7:9–10) B′ God will fulfill the promise to the forefathers (7:11–16), so remember the exodus (7:17–19) A′ Destruction of Canaanites and their gods, lest Israel become detestable (7:20–26) To observe this formal structure of the chapter, however, is to be faced immediately with its ethical, theological, and missiological challenge. The “outer skin” of the chapter, as we have said, is the command to exterminate the Canaanites and destroy ...

27. Miscellaneous Oracles of Judgment

Ezekiel 21:1-32, Ezekiel 22:1-31

Understanding Series

Steven Tuell

... to judge not the exiles or their leaders, but Jerusalem itself. Once more, that judgment confronts the accused with all her detestable practices (v. 2; for Jerusalem as a woman, as well as for defilement by blood, see the discussion on Ezek. 16 ... call to be a watcher on the wall (3:16–21), the search of the scribe angel for “those who grieve and lament over all the detestable things that are done” in Jerusalem (9:4), and the failure of the prophets, who “have not gone up to the breaks in the wall to ...

28. Two Adulterous Sisters

Ezekiel 23:1-49

Understanding Series

Steven Tuell

... idolatry), then God introduces the sentence in verses 46–49 with “This is what the Sovereign LORD says” (v. 46). The judgment speech begins with an invitation to the prophet: “Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then confront them with their detestable practices” (v. 36). This expression also appears in 20:4, where God invites Ezekiel to judge the elders of the exilic community, and again in 22:2, when God calls Ezekiel to judge Jerusalem, the city of blood. Each time, the basis of the ...

29. Oracles of Restoration

Ezekiel 34:1-31, Ezekiel 35:1-15, Ezekiel 36:1-38, Ezekiel 37:1-14, Ezekiel 37:15-28

Understanding Series

Steven Tuell

... I am not doing this for your sake, declares the Sovereign LORD,” v. 32). Restoration will lead not to Israel’s exaltation, but to its shame: “Then you will remember your evil ways and wicked deeds, and you will loathe yourselves for your sins and detestable practices. . . . Be ashamed and disgraced for your conduct, O house of Israel!” (vv. 31–32). How are we to understand this bleak, cold, loveless view of Israel’s future and of Israel’s God? It is no help to say that these verses are likely ...

30. Prologue to the Law of the Temple: The Lord Comes Home

Ezekiel 40:1--43:12

Understanding Series

Steven Tuell

... . 7–8; compare 20:39; 36:20, 23; 39:7); the description of the people’s infidelity as their prostitution (vv. 7, 9; compare 23:27); and, particularly, mention of their detestable practices (v. 8; see the discussion and Additional Note on 5:9, 11). However, in the body of the book, “prostitution” and “detestable practices” referred specifically to idolatry, not to the erection of memorials. Further, a different verb (khalal) expresses the defilement of God’s name in the body of the book, while ...

31. God and Mammon

Luke 16:16-18, Luke 16:1-15

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R.T. France

... the Gospel. It ensures that the parable is not taken as giving too positive an account of the value of possessions. “Money” here is “mammon,” picking up the term translated “wealth” in 16:9, 11. 16:15 What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight. “Detestable” is a word often associated with idolatry: their love of money is in effect worship of the false god “mammon.” Like many of Jesus’s sayings, this one is not to be pressed to the conclusion that God disapproves of all ...

32. The Coming Judgment Calls for the Saints to Leave Babylon

Revelation 18:1-24

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J. Scott Duvall

... /demanded and explained (18:5–8) Interpretive Insights 18:1–2 another angel . . . had great authority . . . splendor. With a mighty voice he shouted: “Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!” She has become a dwelling for demons and . . . every unclean bird, . . . every . . . detestable animal. An angel possessing great authority and reflecting God’s glory (cf. the traits of the mighty angel in 10:1; Ezek. 43:2) announces in a loud voice the fall of Babylon (Isa. 21:9). The use of the aorist tense ...

33. Further Benefits of Wisdom

Proverbs 3:1-35

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... is apparent, leading one to copy those ways. Verses 32–34 give the rationale for this prohibition by noting God’s response. Above all, such people are detestable to the Lord (3:32). This is the first of twenty-one occurrences of the word toebah in Proverbs (here, what the Lord “detests”; translated as “abomination” in the KJV), which designates morally or cultically abhorrent practices (e.g., aberrant sexual relationships, idol worship, occult activities, child sacrifice, eating unclean food ...

34. The Parable of the Shrewd Manager

Luke 16:1-15

Understanding Series

Craig A. Evans

... in the eyes of men. Jesus warns them that, unlike people who look on the outward appearance, God knows their hearts (cf. Prov. 21:2). The things that are considered to be of great value (in the case of the Pharisees, their oral laws and traditions) are detestable in God’s sight (lit. “an abomination before God”; see Prov. 16:5). Additional Notes 16:14–18 Ellis (p. 201) suggests that the Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus (16:19–31) mirrors the sayings found in 16:14–18. Verses 14–15 parallel ...

35. The Fall of Babylon

Revelation 18:1-24

Understanding Series

Robert W. Wall

... forever. 18:2–3 The great angel’s dirge begins by an ironical summary of the great event: Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great! (cf. 16:19). That Babylon lies in ruins is indicated by its occupation by demons … every evil spirit … every unclean and detestable bird—all symbols of death and desertion (cf. Isa. 13:20–22; 34:11–15; Jer. 51:37; Luke 11:24–26). The reasons for its fall suggest its former greatness. It brokered political power with nations … and the kings of the earth. Yet, its ...

36. The Plague of Flies

Exodus 8:20-32

Understanding Series

James K. Bruckner

... work. “That would not be right” means that the plan was “not stable.” It is unclear why Hebrew sacrifices would be detestable to the Egyptians. Perhaps the sacrifice of cattle would be offensive because of local Egyptian gods (the sacred bull, Apis, or the the ... cow or love goddess, Hathor). It could also have had to do with a general detestation of Hebrew culture or the specific abomination of sheep (Gen. 43:32; 46:34). Moses’ second reason was more to the point. ...

37. Jehoiakim King of Judah

2 Chronicles 36:5-8

Understanding Series

Louis C. Jonker

... the desecration of the sanctuary. The Jehoiakim account ends with reference to other sources again as well as a note on the king’s succession. The information was taken over from the source text in 2 Kings 24:5–6, but the Chronicler added the words the detestable things he did and all that was found against him (2 Chron. 36:8) in order to deprecate the king even further. The normal addition is made to the source reference (the book of the kings of Israel and Judah instead of the source text’s version ...

38. Jehoiachin King of Judah

2 Chronicles 36:9-10

Understanding Series

Louis C. Jonker

39. Zedekiah King of Judah

2 Chronicles 36:11-14

Understanding Series

Louis C. Jonker

40. Wisdom to the World, but Foolishness to God

1 Corinthians 1:18-25

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... appointed Attorney General. For the remaining top posts, Lincoln chose men from the other side of the political aisle, the Democratic camp: Gideon Welles was made Secretary of the Navy, Montgomery Blair was appointed Postmaster General, and Edwin Stanton, a man who detested Lincoln, but at his funeral referred to him as “a man for the ages,” was made Secretary of War. Thus, Lincoln weaved together a team of rivals for his cabinet, all of whom were better known, better educated, and more experienced in ...

41. The Taught Can

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

George W. Hoyer

... . The heart is apart from God. That is the truth, the first part of God's truth. The second part of the truth was right there with the disciples and the crowd. It was he, Jesus. He is the truth, clear evidence that God loves his creation and, though he detests the world's evil, stands ready to take it. God was in Christ taking it, taking the awful results of evil into his own being. Then, in giving his life, he took sin's punishment of death away from us and suffered it himself. We have learned what Jesus ...

42. It Is Blessed To Receive

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

William G. Carter

... , I took you in when your mother died, and I never want you to forget it." As long as they lived beneath her roof, as long as they sat at her table, they were reminded how their very lives depended on their long-suffering aunt. In time, they grew to detest her. There may be no moment more beautiful or damaging than the giving of a gift. How we handle such a moment will reveal what we are made of. More than that, it will reveal what God is doing within our hearts. In the New Testament, the occasion is so ...

43. Just What The Doctor Ordered

Numbers 21:4-9

Sermon

Paul W. Kummer

... of Israel play the role of the rich tycoon and God wanted them to be like the contented fisherman. The people of Israel would have killed for some fish to eat in the middle of the desert as they wandered, but all they had was an attitude: "We detest this miserable food" (v. 5)! It was manna, heavenly food, angel's food, but they were tired of it. Some scholars say that the word "manna" came from the word meaning, "to despise," so that the very name of the daily provision from the hand of God was being ...

44. The Seventh Meal

Sermon

Robert F. Scott

... the chief tax collector Zacchaeus. Jesus' entrance to Jericho was truly a festive parade. The excited, cheering crowd filled the streets so you could hardly find Jesus.We all know the story of little Zacchaeus who climbed a tree. He was lonely; he knew he was detested and despised. He had heard of that strange Rabbi Jesus: most rabbis would never speak to a person like Zacchaeus, but this Jesus was said to be a friend of sinners. Zacchaeus was desperate, but the crowd was in the way, probably happy to push ...

45. Proper 12

Mt 13:31-33, 44-52 · Rom 8:26-39 · Gen 29:15-28 · Ps 105:1-11, 45b

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William E. Keeney

... . At that time judgment will be made. 9. "Threw out the bad." (v. 48) According to Levitical law only fish that had scales and fins were edible. People were not to eat any swarming creatures in the water which did not have fins and scales. They were detested. 10. "Scribes...trained for the kingdom" (v. 52) The disciples were to be learners. They had to be experts about the nature of the kingdom of heaven as opposed to the scribes of the Pharisees who were experts in the law. Some raise the question as to ...

46. The Downside Of The Practice -- Performance Equation

Romans 8:28-39

Sermon

Robert R. Kopp

... though she didn't want to do it. "Maybe if they just see you for a few minutes, they'll leave," she told him. He nodded agreement in exasperation. Someone of his importance obviously didn't have the time to spend with them. Moreover, he detested gingham dresses and homespun suits cluttering up his outer office. Stern-faced with practiced dignity, the president strutted toward the couple. The woman said, "We had a son who attended Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. He was happy here. But about a year ...

47. It Is Blessed To Receive

Sermon

William G. Carter

48. Physical Fitness For The Soul

James 3:1-12

Sermon

Erskine White

... as an ignorant, hate-filled person. When someone says he will do something but consistently fails to show up and do it, he reveals himself as someone who is unreliable. When people take the Lord's name in vain or swear against God, they reveal themselves as people who detest the Lord God Almighty. There are all kinds of ways in which we expose our inner nature by the words we speak. I remember well a man I last saw back in 1968. I can still recall his name and every detail about the way he looked. He ...

49. Albert Schweitzer Humanitarian

Drama

Thomas A. Renquist

... attain to that higher innocence -- unless we look to him in the disappointments of life, and seek in him the strength to be childlike and small in that higher sense.” Reader 1: Schweitzer dragged his feet when it came to modern technology. He detested the automobile, but eventually realized they were necessary and a truck was purchased for the hospital. Yet no one could fail to notice his glee when one lunch hour he announced at the hospital: Reader 2: “The 20th century has finally arrived here. There ...

50. Weed-Pulling

Matthew 13:24-30

Sermon

Richard Patt

... The weeds are there a-plenty! And we have solutions! We have answers. We know how to solve these matters. We are tempted to have a weed-pulling spree. Don't get the idea we're advocating an anything-goes policy toward evil and sin in the world. Jesus surely detested evil and weeds as much as anyone. But Jesus was very sensitive about not injuring the wheat too. Be careful not to pull up some of the wheat with the weeds. And do not harm the good and healthy wheat in the process of your weed-pulling! So let's ...

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