Commentary on Jeremiah 1:4-10
Who am I? Who are my people? What do we want? What are we building? [...]
Alternate First Reading
Commentary on Isaiah 5:1-7
Isaiah’s song of the vineyard in 5:1–7 may be the most click-bait biblical text ever. [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 1:1, 10-20
The use of the term “vision” followed by an indication [...]
Commentary on Hosea 11:1-11
The prophet envisions God as a tender, loving, intimate parent who shows mercy. After last [...]
Commentary on Hosea 1:2-10
Hosea’s family life serves as a powerful but potentially problematic metaphor for Israel’s unfaithfulness to [...]
Commentary on Amos 8:1-12
Amos is a social justice prophet. We remember his famous line: “Let justice roll down [...]
Commentary on Amos 7:7-17
The prophetic books are often divided into two categories. The books of Isaiah, Jeremiah, and [...]
Commentary on 2 Kings 5:1-14
In 2 Kings 5:1–14, the biblical writers recount the story of a military leader’s encounter [...]
Commentary on 2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14
In the second chapter of 2 Kings, the biblical writers [...]
Commentary on 1 Kings 19:1-4 [5-7] 8-15a
Considered part of the Historical Books of the Christian Old [...]