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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Roland E. Murphy
... metaphors. 26:25 An admonition with motivational rationale, referring back to the malicious person of verse 24—do not believe his sweet talking. 26:26 The NIV continues speaking of the malicious person of verse 24. He may succeed in hiding his hatred (NIV, malice) but it will eventually become public to all (it is not said just how this will take place). 26:27 Two sayings in synonymous parallelism. Does this indicate something that happens regularly, or merely sometimes, and hence is unexpected? Much ...
977. Wisdom is Meaningless
Ecclesiastes 1:12-18; 2:1-26
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Elizabeth Huwiler
... . This section records an experiment: a project that involves engaging in particular behaviors, recording the results, and analyzing them. Results include both the physical outcomes (for example, ownership of possessions) and emotional responses (such as joy and hatred). The analysis consists of reflection on the meaning, value, and permanence of those results. The project, then, has a philosophical purpose, although it involves physical as well as mental endeavor. Qohelet’s evaluative comments take the ...
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Tremper Longman III
... Hananiah in chs. 27–28). Perhaps they demanded the death penalty simply out of rage, but they may have thought that Jeremiah blasphemed God by suggesting that God’s house, the temple, would be destroyed. Thus it is possible that their hatred toward Jeremiah was generated by a misplaced religious devotion. Freitheim thinks the charge is false prophecy, which also entails the death penalty (Jeremiah, p. 369), but this seems an unlikely charge considering it takes time to determine whether a prophecy is ...
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Tremper Longman III
... the perfection of beauty and joy of the whole earth, but now it is an ash heap. In verse 15 those who pass by are more precisely identified as Jerusalem’s enemies. They contemptuously hiss (scorn) the city and gnash their teeth, a sign of hatred. They also take credit for its destruction using the language of swallowing the city, which probably derives from ancient Near Eastern mythological language (see comment on Lam. 2:2). 2:17 Ayin. The horrors that have come on God’s people have not come contrary ...
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Elizabeth Achtemeier
... who spoke the truth and sought justice for the innocent, verse 10, but they were drowned out by a sea of dissenting voices that catered to the rich and accepted bribes for their deceit, verse 12. Indeed, the just elders became objects of such hatred, scorn, and social ostracism in their society that they were forced into unwilling silence, not out of cowardice but out of the inability to make their voices heard above the roar of the avaricious, verse 13: That thought brackets this section, in verses 10 ...
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Pamela J. Scalise
... will become joyful and glad occasions and happy festivals for Judah. The restoration of joy will mark the removal of the effects of judgment. Because God announces salvation, “Therefore love truth and peace.” This positive command is the logical counterpart to God’s hatred and rejection of false oaths and evil plots (v. 17). This oracle comes closest to providing a direct answer to the initial question in 7:3 about commemorating the fifth month. The Lord will put an end to the practice of fasting in ...
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J. Ramsey Michaels
... attention is given to the first or last of the three. The second great block of discourse (and prayer) material, 15:1–17:26, develops all three of the themes presented in verses 31–35, in reverse order. Thus, the theme of love (with its corollary of hatred and persecution) comes to fuller expression in 15:1–16:4a; the theme of departure is expounded for a second time in 16:4b–33; and the theme of Jesus’ glorification is picked up and made the basis of Jesus’ last prayer in 17:1–26. The ...
983. The Impending Departure II
John 16:5-16, John 16:17-33
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J. Ramsey Michaels
... 5a), but as the whole discourse up to this point, especially 15:18–16:3. The announcement of Jesus’ departure also disturbs them, though primarily in light of what has just preceded it; it means they will have to face the world’s hatred alone. The abandonment of the question-and-answer form in verse 5b has the immediate function of accenting how overcome the disciples are with sorrow. But later, when the same emphasis on “no questions” appears again under somewhat happier circumstances (vv. 23, 30 ...
984. God’s Love and Ours
1 John 4:7-21, 1 John 5:1-12
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Thomas F. Johnson
... 6:69). This is the love which God has for us. The phrase for us, en hymin, can also be translated “in us,” emphasizing our consciousness of God’s love. Love from other sources may prove undependable; even brothers and sisters from one’s own community can turn in hatred and rejection (2:9–11; 3:10b–15, 17; 4:8a, 20), but God’s love can reassure our self-condemning (cf. 3:19–20) and uncertain (see the emphasis on “knowing” in 2:3, 5, 13–14; 3:19, 24; 4:2, 6, 13) hearts. God’s love is ...
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Thomas F. Johnson
... his works, the evil ones”). The Elder does not want “the chosen lady and her children” to have koinōnia (NIV shares, Gk. koinōnei) with those who practice evil. While the Elder’s advice may sound unloving, he is not advocating hatred for the opponents, only a plan to prevent them from perpetrating a teaching that would eviscerate the heart of Christianity. Kysar rightly asks, “How flexible can the perimeters of Christian belief be without sacrificing the integrity of faith itself?” (I, II, III ...
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John E. Hartley
... the road to Bethel, God put his terror . . . upon the towns around Shechem (Exod. 15:14–16). This means that a heavy sense of fear of Jacob’s house settled over the local inhabitants, restraining them from taking vengeance. Their plunder of Shechem had aroused such hatred in the local population that Jacob and his family needed God’s special protection to travel in safety. 35:6–7 Jacob arrived at Luz (28:19), and built an altar. He called the place El Bethel, literally “the God of the house of God ...
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John E. Hartley
... proof that they had changed? Having separated Benjamin from his brothers, Joseph had reconstructed a situation similar to that in Dothan. They could let Benjamin be sent into slavery while they returned to their father. Did Jacob’s sons still have such hatred for a son of Rachel that they would abandon him for their own benefit? Speaking for the group, Judah conceded that their situation was hopeless, knowing of no way to prove their innocence. He admitted that they were in this quandary because ...
988. Riddles and Metaphors
Ezekiel 15:1-8, Ezekiel 16:1-63, Ezekiel 17:1-24
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Steven Tuell
... about in your blood (v. 6). For the priests, childbirth was defiling to mother and child alike, requiring rituals of purification (Lev. 12:1–8; see also Luke 2:22–24). This was not, as some have suggested, because of Israel’s supposed hatred of women, but rather because of the priestly view that contact with blood brought ritual defilement (Lev. 12:4; 17:10–14). However, no one performs purifying rites for infant Jerusalem! She is an unwanted, abandoned child, left to die unclaimed and unloved ...
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Grant R. Osborne
... There are several insights. (1) Jesus as the Isaianic Suffering Servant was called to a destiny of opposition and sacrificial death. (2) God was in complete control, and all the events proceeded according to his will. (3) Unlike Peter, we are to react to hatred and persecution with love and bold witness rather than with physical attack; we must not be surprised when the world reacts to God’s light in us with opposition. (4) Part of the biblical mandate for God’s servants is a willingness to experience ...
990. The Roman Trial
Mark 15:16-20, Mark 15:1-15
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Grant R. Osborne
... with him. (4) In his death Jesus has conquered sin and death and made salvation possible for all humankind via his vicarious sacrifice. Teaching the Text 1. God is sovereign over evil. In all the scenes of passion week evil seems to be in charge: in the hatred of the leaders, the fickleness of the crowds, the uncaring might of Rome. Yet the reality is that God is in charge, and the evil intentions of those around Jesus work for God’s ends. This is also a major motif of the book of Revelation, where ...
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Grant R. Osborne
Big Idea: The central purpose of Jesus’s incarnation is his death on the cross (Phil. 2:6–8). All takes place in accordance with God’s will and plan, so divine sovereignty, not Jewish hatred or Roman might, controls the action. Jesus dies as the atoning sacrifice for our sins. Understanding the Text There are four parts to the crucifixion narrative in an A-B-A-B pattern: the mockery by the soldiers (15:16–20), the crucifixion of Jesus (15:21–27), the mockery ...
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R.T. France
... (Exod. 23:5), but Jesus goes beyond calling for limited practical help to demand a totally positive attitude of loving, doing good, blessing, and praying for them (the four verbs of 6:27–28 provide a wholesome contrast to the four verbs of hatred and rejection in 6:22). The fact that the “enemy” is depicted as actively cursing and mistreating the disciple makes this the more remarkable. Compare Jesus’s own prayer for his executioners in 23:34 and also his example as Peter remembered it: “When ...
993. Interpreting the Times
Luke 12:54-59, Luke 12:49-53, Luke 12:35-48
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R.T. France
... are some church members who will not go to hear Sunday. . . . They are living a dual life, and they do not want the sword of the Spirit as it is wielded by Billy to lay bare the rottenness of their lives.”2 History: A Legacy of Hatred, by David A. Rausch. Rausch’s fine book focuses on why Christians must not forget the Holocaust. In one chapter, Rausch asks, “What made the difference between the few Christians who helped the Jewish people and the multitude who did not?” Having studied the issue, he ...
994. The Cost of Discipleship
Luke 14:25-35, Luke 14:15-24
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R.T. France
... but if so, it is less clearly marked by either the wording or setting than in Matthew. 14:26  If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother. Jesus often exaggerated in order to make a point forcefully, and few interpreters have supposed that actual hatred is meant here. It is a matter of priorities: even the most basic of human attachments must give way to the demands of God’s kingdom (cf. 18:29). For a similar use of “hate” in the sense of “love less,” see 16:13, and compare Genesis ...
995. The Death of Jesus
Luke 23:44-49, Luke 23:26-43
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R.T. France
... to bless others. Christian Living: A Passion for Pilgrimage, by Alan Jones. Reflecting on the death of Jesus, Jones writes, “In the end the Crucifixion is not a spectator sport. I cannot simply watch it on the sidelines. Something bursts within me—revulsion, hatred, disappointment—but I am not left untouched. The cross, acknowledged or not, leaves its own kind of wound in us. It sets us voyaging within ourselves.”2 Hymn: “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross,” by Isaac Watts. Watts (1674–1748), a ...
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C. Marvin Pate
... four Allied prisoners of war are treated brutally by their Japanese captors while being forced to build a highway through the Burmese jungle. What they demonstrate is great personal sacrifice in the face of impossible circumstances, showing the power of forgiveness over hatred and the reality of God’s peace in the midst of tragedy. One prisoner in the movie, Dusty Miller, is a strong, Christlike figure whose persistent faith and serenity in the face of cruelty frustrate the Japanese guards and bolster his ...
997. Message to Ephesus
Revelation 2:1-7
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J. Scott Duvall
... process. As Robert Mounce puts it, “Without love the congregation ceases to be a church.”3 2:6  But you have this in your favor: You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. Once again, Jesus reaffirms their hatred of the wicked practices of the false teachers (see v. 2). The term Nicolaitans means “victorious over the people” or “victory people” and probably captures a wordplay on the important word nika? used throughout Revelation, which calls Christians to “overcome” or ...
998. Message to Smyrna
Revelation 2:8-11
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J. Scott Duvall
... two extremes. On the one hand, we should be careful that our explanation of the Jewish betrayal of Christians in the background of the passage does not foster an anti-Jewish attitude. Jesus and many of the early Christians were ethnic Jews, and hatred of Jews has caused great harm throughout human history. In other words, this passage should not be used to encourage anti-Semitism. That said, we should also avoid the opposite extreme of thinking that Judaism and Christianity are really the same. There is ...
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J. Scott Duvall
... fulfills God’s promise to punish the prostitute (17:1) and illustrates the self-destructive nature of evil. Mounce observes that “the wicked are not a happy band of brothers, but precisely because they are wicked they give way to jealousy and hatred” that result in mutual destruction.4 The gruesome scene points back to the destruction of the apostate city of Jerusalem in Ezekiel 23:11–35, ironically a destruction carried out by Babylon (cf. Ezek. 16:37–41). Three metaphors of judgment are ...
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J. Scott Duvall
... there is a final battle to be fought against the enemies of God. We dare not attempt to domesticate the Lion. He comes to destroy his enemies and establish his universal reign. Mounce warns, “Any view of God that eliminates judgment and his hatred of sin in the interest of an emasculated doctrine of sentimental affection finds no support in the strong and virile realism of the Apocalypse.”6 3. Opposing Christ will have catastrophic results. From the perspective of Christ’s enemies, this passage spells ...
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