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In this up-to-date, student-friendly text, Robert Hubbard and J. Andrew Dearman bring decades of scholarly study and classroom experience to bear as they introduce readers to the context, composition, and message of the Old Testament. Each chapter orients readers to the Old Testament book or books under consideration, outlining historical and cultural background, literary features, main...

The vineyard of the LORD Almighty is the house of Israel, and the people of Judah are the vines he delighted in. And he looked for justice (mishpat) but saw bloodshed (mishpakh) for righteousness (tsedaqah), but heard cries of distress (tseʿaqah). The two contrasting sounds voice the LORD’S disappointment with his disobedient people. In the first pair, the final syllables -pat and -pakh contrast the “justice” the LORD expected and the “bloodshed” he actually observed. In the second, the middle syllables
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