Tag: BORROWED IMAGERY

Connect The TestamentsIsaiah 17:1–19:25; Luke 7:1–35; Job 5:1–7 In the OT, Yahweh regularly explains Himself by using imagery familiar to the time. Sometimes Yahweh even uses images associated with other gods to emphasize that He—and not the gods of other nations—has authority over the earth. This poetic exchange would have served as an intercultural dialogue…