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Turned to Jehovah
Shuwb=
(7725) =
Yehovah
(3068) without including Elohyim
in the title—9 uses
Shuwb=
(7725) =
Yehovah
(3068) with El=
ohyim
in the title—9 uses
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to Old Testament Phrases
In the Greek New Testament the use of the Old Testame= nt phrase turning to the Lord is especially difficult to rightly divide when God is not part of the title. Nevertheless, in the Old Testament Hebrew turn= to the Lord appears in reference to tuning to Jehovah eighteen times. Of t= hese eighteen times fully half, nine, do not include God in the title. These are listed below in italicized print.
It is important to rightly dividing the New Testament=
uses
of “turning to the Lord” that the full depth and importance of =
the
Old Testament phrase is understood. The Hebrew verb, shuwb for “to turn=
221;
or “to return to” Jehovah, appears at the heart of the Isaiah 6:8-10 prophecy concerning
Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom
shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
An=
d he
said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see=
ye
indeed, but perceive not.
Make the heart of this people fat, =
and
make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, =
and
hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert (shuwb), a=
nd be
healed.
These verses are referred to seven times in the New Testame=
nt:
Matthew 13:14, Mark 4:12, Luke 8:10 as Christ’s wisdom in speaking of=
the
kingdom in parables. Those who had been blinded considered the truths given=
in
parables rather than rejecting them outright as foretold. In John 12:40 this
prophecy is given as fulfilled. Despite his many miracles Christ was reject=
ed
by the nation. Lastly, this prophecy is cited again In Acts 28:25-27 and Ro=
mans
11:8 as fulfilled and in application. Hence, in Acts for anyone of
In 1 Thessalonia=
ns 1:9
the Gentiles don’t turn to the Covenant God, Jehovah, they turn to Go=
d:
For they themselv=
es shew
of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God =
from
idols to serve the living and true God;
This use occurs again =
when
Paul and Barnabas are speaking to the Lycaonians in Acts
14:15
And saying, Sirs, why do ye these t=
hings?
We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye shou=
ld turn
from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and =
the
sea, and all things that are therein:
So also Acts 15:19:
Wherefore my sent=
ence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gen=
tiles
are turned to God:
Acts 26:18:
To open their eye=
s, and
to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, =
that
they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are
sanctified by faith that is in me.
Acts 26:20
But shewed first =
unto
them of
However, when the Old
Testament phrase turned to the Lord=
is used in the New Testament, it always refers to believers of the nation o=
f
Luke
1:16 And many of the children of
Acts
9:35 And all that dwelt at =
Lydda
and Saron saw him (a man delivered under
Peter’s minisry), and turned to the Lord.=
Acts
11:21 And the hand of the Lord was with them (Pe=
ter
and John in their ministry to the Jews): and a great number believed, and
turned unto the Lord.
2
Corinthians 3:16 Nevertheless when it (the heart of those of the Judeans who
were blinded) shall turn to the Lord, the vail =
(of
Deuteronomy 30:10 If thou s=
halt
hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his
statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn
unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.=
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1 Sa=
muel 7:3
And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto=
the
LORD with all your hearts, then =
put
away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among =
you,
and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deli=
ver
you out of the hand of the Philistines.
2 Ki=
ngs
23:25 And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LO=
RD
with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, accordin=
g to
all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him.
*2 Chronicles 15:4 But when they in their troub=
le did
turn unto the LORD God of
2 Chronicles 19:4 And Jehoshaphat dwelt at
2 Ch=
ronicles
24:19 Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them
again unto the LORD; and they testified against them: but they would not gi=
ve
ear.
2 Chronicles 30:6 So the posts went with the le=
tters
from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and accordin=
g to
the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto=
the
LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of
you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.
2 Chronicles 36:13 And he
also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: b=
ut he
stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD God o=
f
Psal=
m 22:27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto=
the
LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall
worship before thee.
Isai=
ah 55:7
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and l=
et
him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, =
for
he will abundantly pardon.
Hose=
a 6:1
Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he ha=
th
torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
Hosea 7:10 And the p=
ride of
*Hosea 14:1 O Israel, return unto the LORD thy =
God;
for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
Hose=
a 14:2
Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all
iniquity, and receive us =
graciously:
so will we render the calves of our lips.
Joel 2:13 And rend y=
our
heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is=
gracious
and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth
him of the evil.
Shuwb=
(7725) ada (5704—particle
preposition—even to) Yehovah (3068)—4 uses
Deuteronomy 4:30 When thou art in tribulation, =
and
all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou
turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice;
Deuteronomy 30:2 And shalt return unto the LORD=
thy
God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day,
thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul;
Isai=
ah 19:22
And the LORD shall smite Egypt: he shall smite a=
nd
heal it: and they shall r=
eturn even to the LORD, and he shall =
be intreated of them, and shall heal them.
Lame=
ntations
3:40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
*shuwb is out of se=
quential
order.