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“A narcissistic church leader will preemptively create under-educated, group-dependent followers. By contrast, Jesus admired independent thinkers, exampled at Mt 9:22, where the woman with an issue of blood bucked convention in favor of her Bible-trained faith.
pg 38”
― Michael Ben Zehabe, Lamentations: how narcissistic leaders torment church and family

tags: cult, faith, independent-thought

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“Long before Jehovah made Himself Judah’s enemy, Judah made Jehovah her enemy—to herself and to her illegitimate children. Consequences are things a narcissist rarely take into consideration.
pg 43”
― Michael Ben Zehabe, Lamentations: how narcissistic leaders torment church and family

tags: consequences, jehovah, narcissist

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“As cited in the previous verse, Judah had offspring from both, Jehovah and the kings of Assyria, and Egypt. That is, legitimate children and illegitimate children. (Ho 2:4)
Mixing seed was a wide-ranging principal that Judah’s priests should have noted. “You must not sow your vineyard with two sorts of seed. Otherwise, everything produced from the seed you sow as well as the product of the vineyard will be forfeited to the sanctuary.” –De 22:9
pg 43”
― Michael Ben Zehabe, Lamentations: how narcissistic leaders torment church and family

tags: marriage, marrying-in-the-lord, mixing-seed

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“The Hebrew word, qeren (#H7161 קֶ֣רֶן), is a horn of a bull, or is sometimes used to describe the tusk of an elephant. The English translation here is, “might.” In either case, the business-end of either animal is the symbol of its strength.
pg 41”
― Michael Ben Zehabe, Lamentations: how narcissistic leaders torment church and family

tags: commentary, hebrew, royalty

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“withdrew His right hand that [once] blocked (הֵשִׁ֥יב אָחֹ֛ור יְמִינֹ֖ו) literally; “has-drawn back His-right-hand”.
The last Hebrew word, listed above, invokes one of the tribes of Judah: Benjamin (#H1144 nymynb), which literally means: son of my right hand.
David’s right hand was strengthened by his mighty men from the tribe of Benjamin: Ahiezer, Joash, Jeziel, Pelet, Beracah, Jehu, Ishmaiah, Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, Jozabad, Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah, Shephatiah, Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer, Jashobeam, Joelah, and Zebadiah. (1Ch 12:1-7)
pg 42”
― Michael Ben Zehabe, Lamentations: how narcissistic leaders torment church and family

tags: benjamin, hebrew, word-study

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