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               COMMENT: This  word is translated as  “ordained” in the ASV  of Psalm 139
               and as “planned” in 2 Kings 19:25. It is used about the shaping of an object,
               as in Isaiah 44:9-10 where an idol is pictured as being shaped by hammers.
               In  2 Kings 9:25; Isaiah  37:26;  46:11  it  is shown to be used  of  YEHOVAH
               God’s pre-ordained purposes. What  happened in a mother’s womb was
               ordained and planned before the child was born. The child was shaped by
               DNA hammers!


               2.  How is the  word for “fashioned” used in the  New Testament?  Romans
               9:21.

               COMMENT: The root word for “fashioned” is used of YEHOVAH’s formation
               of the nation of Israel in the sense of bringing it into existence, in the same
               way a Potter uses clay to make different vessels for different purposes. Israel
               is made for a purpose that is not shared by other races. This is not imme-
               diately evident in the verse quoted, unless we note that Paul was referring to
               the Old Testament text and that this was in the context of the two Houses of
               Israel.


               3. The principle of fashioning is detailed in Isaiah 51:1-2 -- notice!

               COMMENT:  The  fashioning already has taken place in the  mother’s  womb,
               and thus is not a function of a belief factor in the thing fashioned. The belief
               factor comes later in the vessel formed. In other words, Israel was fashioned
               in Sarah’s  womb. The individual application and the national application are
               really very little different. All this too is something churches will not subscribe
               to.


               The Word “PRECIOUS”

               1. What are we told in   the Bible regarding  the  word “precious”?  Lamenta-
               tions 4:2.


               COMMENT: There are 65 usages we could look at that tell us that this word
               conveys  the  idea  of “heavy”,  “honor” and “dignity”, and  is  about  something
               which is considered valuable because of its intrinsic worth and separateness.
               But can this “preciousness” be lost or destroyed?

               2. Yes, it can according to Proverbs 6:26.


               COMMENT: What a foreign (“strange” = nokriy) prostitute takes from an Isra-
               elite man is his precious life (soul). This is what sexual relations with this par-
               ticular foreigner also does to the soul (life). The “None that go unto her re-
               turn again, neither take they hold of the paths of life”, indicates that an Is-
               raelite man can  lose  his precious  life by having a sexual relationship  with a

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