Jdg 17:1-13 …Every Man did What was Right in his own Eyes

[Study Aired August 9, 2021]

Jdg 17:1  And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah. 
Jdg 17:2  And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my son. 
Jdg 17:3  And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee. 
Jdg 17:4  Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah. 
Jdg 17:5  And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest. 
Jdg 17:6  In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes. 
Jdg 17:7  And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there. 
Jdg 17:8  And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed. 
Jdg 17:9  And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place. 
Jdg 17:10  And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in. 
Jdg 17:11  And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons. 
Jdg 17:12  And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah. 
Jdg 17:13  Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest. 

The last session we had was focused on the death and burial of Samson. We understood that Samson’s brethren, and all of the house of his father, buried him in Samson’s father Manoah’s grave. This is to let us know that our brothers and sisters have a role to play in the death of our old man or the flesh. It is through what every joint supplies that precipitates the death of our old man.

Eph 4:15  But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
Eph 4:16  From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.

Today’s study is about a man named Micah and the abomination he committed with his mother by converting their silver into a graven and molten image, and in addition, consecrating a Levite as a priest of God. All these things happen to us when we do not have a King ruling over us in our hearts, which is the theme for today’s study.

Jdg 17:6  In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

Jdg 17:1  And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
Jdg 17:2  And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my son.

The name Micah means “Who is like the Lord”. On a positive note therefore, Micah represents the Lord Jesus. As He is, so are we in this life and therefore we can also say that Micah stands for us, His elect. Silver or gold in the word of God symbolizes the treasures of the Lord which is the word of God.

2Ki 16:8  And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria.

2Ki 18:14  And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
2Ki 18:15  And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king’s house.

So Micah taking the silver from his mother means that our Lord has taken away from the church (Micah’s mother) the word of God and given to His elect.

Isa 3:1  For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water,

Mat 13:12  For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.

2Ch 21:16  Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians:
2Ch 21:17  And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king’s house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.

It is also the same as saying that the mercies we have received from the Lord are a result of the hardening of the heart of many.

Rom 11:30  For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:
Rom 11:31  Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.
Rom 11:32  For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.

When the silver was taken away from Micah’s mother, she cursed. This is to demonstrate the character of the woman we are dealing with. As we know, curses should not come out of our mouth, as the same mouth that we use to bless or teach the word of God cannot be used to curse.

Jas 3:9  Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
Jas 3:10  Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
Jas 3:11  Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?
Jas 3:12  Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.

So the woman here signifies the church system of this world or Babylon which is in bondage with her children.

Gal 4:25  For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
Gal 4:26  But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

We must remember that in time past when we were with Micah’s mother (Babylon), the little silver we were given was taken away from us and given to God’s elect. However, through God’s mercies and the fact that we are selected before the foundations of this world to be His children, God is showing mercies to us now and these mercies we are receiving will be extended to the whole of the human race. That is what the next two verses allude to as follows:

Jdg 17:3  And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.
Jdg 17:4  Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah.

The son, Micah, restored the silver amounting to 1,100 shekels to his mother. On a positive note, this restoration is to let us know that in the fullness of time, God will use the elect to restore the treasures of the kingdom of heaven to Babylon and the rest of the world, leading to the salvation of all mankind. This will occur during the lake-of-fire age. In verse 2 of Judges Chapter 17, the mother of Micah said, “Blessed be thou of the Lord, my son.” This is to tell us that the whole of humanity will be blessed because of us.

2Sa 14:14  For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.

1Co 15:22  For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
1Co 15:23  But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.
1Co 15:24  Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.

Micah restored 1,100 shekels of silver to his mother. The number 1,100 (1,100 = 11x10x10) is significant. The number 11 symbolizes the ruin and the disintegration of the perfection of the flesh. What we are being told here is that it is through the restoration of the silver, or the word of God, that the flesh is destroyed and we are saved. The word of God is the fire that burns down everything of the flesh.

Jer 5:14  Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.

Joh 15:3  Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

On a negative note however, the silver that God has given us when we were in the churches of this world resulted in us going after another Jesus, which is represented here by the graven and molten image.

2Co 11:3  But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
2Co 11:4  For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.

Joe 3:5  Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things:

2Ki 12:18  And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king’s house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.

What Micah’s mother did is the same as what happened to the Israelites when they left Egypt and Moses went to Mount Sinai to seek God. The Israelites, led by Aaron, took their golden earrings and made an image for themselves in the name of the Lord. We all, at the time we started our walk with Christ, took the gold and silver we have been given by the Lord to serve another Jesus.

Exo 32:2  And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.
Exo 32:3  And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.
Exo 32:4  And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
Exo 32:5  And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD.
Exo 32:6  And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.

In verse 4, Micah’s mother specifically took two hundred shekels of the silver to make the molten image. The two hundred (200=2x10x10) shekels here means that our fleshly deeds, which in this case is the worshipping of another Jesus, will serve as a witness against us.

Luk 11:48  Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.

Joh 8:41  Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.

The last sentence of verse 4 of Judges Chapter 17 says that all these graven and molten images were in the house of Micah. The next verse emphasizes this point as follows:

Jdg 17:5  And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest. 

Micah’s house here is our body or the temple of God.

1Co 3:16  Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
1Co 3:17  If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

These gods are our object of worship and are within us. Therefore, they represent the idols of the heart that prevent us from worshiping or knowing the true God. The fact that we are harboring idols of the heart means that we are deceived by the Lord.

Eze 14:1  Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me.
Eze 14:2  And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Eze 14:3  Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be enquired of at all by them?
Eze 14:4  Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the LORD will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols;

Eze 14:9  And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.

Sons are what comes out of a man or woman. They therefore signify our deeds. Micah consecrating one of his sons as priest means that we think our deeds are righteous and that we are serving the Lord, when indeed we are serving another Jesus. All these are part of our self-righteous attitude, which is iniquity that needs to be destroyed.

Eze 33:13  When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it.

We would have said to the Lord in that day, if we are not being delivered from this iniquity of self-righteousness, “Have we not prophesied in thy name and done many wonderful works?”

Mat 7:21  Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Mat 7:22  Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
Mat 7:23  And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

Jdg 17:6  In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

This verse is the theme that runs throughout the whole of the Book of Judges.  When Christ is not king in our lives or does not sit on the throne of our hearts, we do whatever is right in our own eyes by wearing our own clothes and eating our own food.

Isa 4:1  And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.

If the Lord is not king in our hearts and minds, then it means that our flesh is the one sitting on the throne of our hearts as king.

2Th 2:3  Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
2Th 2:4  Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

When Christ finally ascends to the throne of our hearts as King, the following happens to us:

1Sa 8:10  And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king.
1Sa 8:11  And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.
1Sa 8:12  And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.
1Sa 8:13  And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.
1Sa 8:14  And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
1Sa 8:15  And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
1Sa 8:16  And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
1Sa 8:17  He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.

Although what is written here shows the negative aspect of Israel trying to be like any other nation by having a king, there is the positive aspect, as the word of God is a two-edged sword, meaning it has both positive and negative connotations. So what we just read in 1 Samuel 8:10-17 can therefore be interpreted in a positive way as follows:

Verse 11 means that when Christ becomes King or sits in the throne of our heart, then it shows that we have been appointed or elected by Christ before the foundations of this world. Being His horsemen and running before His chariots means we shall go before the Lord to prepare the way of the Lord, which is to give the knowledge of salvation to his people.

Luk 1:76  And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
Luk 1:77  To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins,
Luk 1:78  Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,
Luk 1:79  To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

Verse 12 of 1 Samuel 8 shows us that we shall be appointed as captains over thousands which signifies that we shall be rulers of the world. ‘We shall reap his harvest’ refers to us being His instruments to bring salvation to all humanity. Making our Lord instruments of war is the same as we being His battle axe.

Jer 51:20  Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;

Verse 13 which says we shall be His cooks and bakers suggests that we shall do our Lord’s will and finish the work He gave us to do as shown by the following statement of the Lord:

Joh 4:32  But Jesus told them, “I have food that you don’t know anything about.”
Joh 4:33  His disciples started asking each other, “Has someone brought him something to eat?”
Joh 4:34  Jesus said: My food is to do what God wants! He is the one who sent me, and I must finish the work that he gave me to do. (CEV)

Verse 14-17 means that we shall be our Lord’s servant and work in His vineyard.

Jdg 17:7  And there was a young man out of Bethlehem, Judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
Jdg 17:8  And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehem, Judah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.

The young man being of the family of Judah means that his destiny is tied to the following proclamation by Jacob when he blessed his sons:

Gen 49:8  Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father’s children shall bow down before thee.
Gen 49:9  Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?
Gen 49:10  The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Gen 49:11  Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass’s colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:
Gen 49:12  His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.

These verses suggest that this young man is born to reign as king, as he is destined to be an overcomer by his hand being on the neck of his enemies. Being young means he is new to the things of God. We are therefore this young man at some point in our walk with Christ where we were carnal. Being a Levite means that at that time we could not come into the presence of the Lord. We were confined to the outer courts and did not have any inheritance.

Deu 14:27  And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.

At that time in our lives, we were motivated by what we would eat, what we would wear and having shelter. That was what moved the young man from Bethlehem, which means ‘house of bread’, to go to the hill country of Ephraim where the house of Micah was. As we have discussed earlier, the house of Micah was full of idols. It also represents Babylon. So in our early walk with the Lord, we end up in Babylon for a symbolic seventy years.

Jer 29:10  For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.

Jdg 17:9  And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Bethlehem Judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.

The name Levi means “associated with him”. The tribe of Levi are the Levites who, according to the word of God, did the work of the tabernacle but were not allowed to enter to minister to God. We were the Levites during our sojourn in Babylon.

Num 18:1  And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father’s house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.
Num 18:2  And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness. 
Num 18:3  And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die.
Num 18:4  And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.
Num 18:5  And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.

Paul used these verses as the basis to make the following point:

Heb 13:10  We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.

We are being called into the priesthood but not as Levites who work at the tabernacle but cannot enter to minister. The reason why those in Babylon have no right to eat at our altar is that they have been carried away with divers and strange doctrines. We were just like the Levites thinking we were working for the Lord as priests, but we could not enter into the temple to minister because in Babylon, we were driven by the wind of strange doctrines contrary to the word of God.

Heb 13:9  Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein. 

Jdg 17:10  And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.

In Babylon, we take on the role of priests when we are actually Levites. We end up fleecing the flock by depending on them for our sustenance as we see this young man collecting salary from Micah for being a priest. Our Lord warned us against depending on the flock for sustenance through Paul as follows:

Act 20:33  I have coveted no man’s silver, or gold, or apparel.
Act 20:34  Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.
Act 20:35  I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

2Co 11:9  And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself.
2Co 11:10  As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia.
2Co 11:11  Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth.
2Co 11:12  But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.
2Co 11:13  For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. 
2Co 11:14  And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
2Co 11:15  Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works. 

Jdg 17:11  And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons. 

The contentment of the young man from Bethlehem to dwell with Micah speaks of the loss of our first love for Christ in Babylon.

Rev 2:4  Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. 
Rev 2:5  Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.

We become content spiritually in Babylon thinking we do not need anything. This loss of our first love is because we think we are already saved and that we do not need to suffer as Christ had already suffered for us. This false contentment is what our Lord warns us against in the Book of Revelation saying:

Rev 3:17  Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
Rev 3:18  I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. 

Rev 18:7  How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.

As David, our hunger and thirst for the Lord should not be quenched but should be like a deer as it pants for water. The more we know Him, the more we must desire to know Him more and see His glory. If this is missing in our lives, then we need to pray to God for Him to show us mercy and rekindle our first love of this hunger and thirst for Him.

Psa 42:1  To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. 
Psa 42:2  My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? 
Psa 42:3  My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? 
Psa 42:4  When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.

Jdg 17:12  And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah. 
Jdg 17:13  Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.

A Levite who enters into the inner temple to minister to God as priest is an abomination. It is only a Levite who is a son of Aaron that can be a priest. Micah consecrating the Levite as a priest therefore is an abomination to God. We all in our time in Babylon thought we were priests ministering to God. Just as Micah thought that the Lord would do him good for supporting a Levite as priest, so we also thought in Babylon that God would bless us for the work we were doing. However, like Job, that was not what we experienced. This was what our situation in Babylon was:

Job 30:26  When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness. 
Job 30:27  My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me. 
Job 30:28  I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation. 
Job 30:29  I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. 
Job 30:30  My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat. 
Job 30:31  My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep. 

May the Lord help us as He continues to deliver us from all that we are still holding on to from Babylon!!

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