{"query": "Easton: Prophecy", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_2f9c2d26c46b", "title": "Easton: Prophecy", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Or prediction, was one of the functions of the prophet. It has been defined as a “miracle of knowledge, a declaration or description or representation of something future, beyond the power of human sa"}, {"id": "card_c_m_c1e7757edab0", "title": "Easton: Put, Phut shares a section with Easton: Prophecy", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Put, Phut shares a section with Easton: Prophecy."}, {"id": "card_n_77c98f1d85ab", "title": "Easton: Haggai, Book of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Consists of two brief, comprehensive chapters. The object of the prophet was generally to urge the people to proceed with the rebuilding of the temple. Chapter first comprehends the first address (2-1"}, {"id": "card_c_m_f5c5e55b0cda", "title": "Easton: Prophecy cites Jeremiah", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Prophecy cites Jeremiah."}, {"id": "card_c_m_f539379e0c21", "title": "Easton: Prophecy cites Isaiah", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Prophecy cites Isaiah."}, {"id": "card_c_m_b06152f51a32", "title": "Easton: Prophecy cites Ezekiel", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Prophecy cites Ezekiel."}, {"id": "card_c_m_03a25584ebe3", "title": "Easton: Prophecy cites Matthew", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Prophecy cites Matthew."}, {"id": "card_c_m_49dced0d9640", "title": "Easton: Prophecy cites Hosea", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Prophecy cites Hosea."}, {"id": "card_c_m_78b90add4bae", "title": "Easton: Prophecy cites Deuteronomy", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Prophecy cites Deuteronomy."}, {"id": "card_n_b9afe43cf871", "title": "Easton: Joel, Book of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Joel was probably a resident in Judah, as his commission was to that people. He makes frequent mention of Judah and Jerusalem (1:14; 2:1, 15, 32; 3:1, 12, 17, 20, 21). He probably flourished in the re"}, {"id": "card_n_b10c5206da6e", "title": "Easton: Gog", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) A Reubenite (1 Chr. 5:4), the father of Shimei. (2.) The name of the leader of the hostile party described in Ezek. 38, 39, as coming from the “north country” and assailing the people of Israel t"}, {"id": "card_n_4f9d1a164748", "title": "Easton: Burden", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) A load of any kind (Ex. 23:5). (2.) A severe task (Ex. 2:11). (3.) A difficult duty, requiring effort (Ex. 18:22). (4.) A prophecy of a calamitous or disastrous nature (Isa. 13:1; 17:1; Hab. 1:1,"}, {"id": "card_n_9472ccf3448e", "title": "Easton: Immanuel", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "God with us. In the Old Testament it occurs only in Isa. 7:14 and 8:8. Most Christian interpreters have regarded these words as directly and exclusively a prophecy of our Saviour, an interpretation bo"}, {"id": "card_n_439f46b71c34", "title": "Easton: Zebulun, Lot of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "In Galilee, to the north of Issachar and south of Asher and Naphtali (Josh. 19:10-16), and between the Sea of Galilee and the Mediterranean. According to ancient prophecy this part of Galilee enjoyed "}, {"id": "card_n_8c5c06a352cc", "title": "Easton: Riddle", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb. hodah). The oldest and, strictly speaking, the only example of a riddle was that propounded by Samson (Judg. 14:12-18). The parabolic prophecy in Ezek. 17:2-18 is there called a “riddle.” It was"}, {"id": "card_n_4a546aae8ade", "title": "Easton: Grace", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) Of form or person (Prov. 1:9; 3:22; Ps. 45:2). (2.) Favour, kindness, friendship (Gen. 6:8; 18:3; 19:19; 2 Tim. 1:9). (3.) God’s forgiving mercy (Rom. 11:6; Eph. 2:5). (4.) The gospel as distingu"}, {"id": "card_n_7689f53adb2d", "title": "Easton: Delaiah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Freed by Jehovah. (1.) The head of the twenty-third division of the priestly order (1 Chr. 24:18). (2.) A son of Shemaiah, and one of the courtiers to whom Jeremiah’s first roll of prophecy was read ("}, {"id": "card_n_746b5c85ed2b", "title": "Easton: Lamentation", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb. qinah), an elegy or dirge. The first example of this form of poetry is the lament of David over Saul and Jonathan (2 Sam. 1:17-27). It was a frequent accompaniment of mourning (Amos 8:10). In 2 "}, {"id": "card_n_01f8fe1a70d7", "title": "Easton: Virgin", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "In a prophecy concerning our Lord, Isaiah (7:14) says, “A virgin [R.V. marg., ‘the virgin’] shall conceive, and bear a son” (comp. Luke 1:31-35). The people of the land of Zidon are thus referred to b"}, {"id": "card_n_856e2256b65b", "title": "Easton: Scourging", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1 Kings 12:11). Variously administered. In no case were the stripes to exceed forty (Deut. 25:3; comp. 2 Cor. 11:24). In the time of the apostles, in consequence of the passing of what was called the"}]}