Suffering מַכְאֹב

Inspiring Words Knight Vision · Jul 2, 2025 · 4m

We are in Exodus chapter three with our word for today used for the first time in the Bible. מַכְאֹב pain, suffering, sorrow, emotional distress that is a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid. It is used 16 times in the Old Testament. Our word is used to point out that we can make our lives more challenging when we are engaged in sinful behavior ourselves. Jeremiah 30:15 Why do you cry out over your wound, your מַכְאֹבֵ֑ךְ pain that has no cure? Because of your great guilt and many sins I have done these things to you. Lamentations 1:12-14, 18 Is it nothing to you, all you who pass…