Article December 9, 1967 Issue

Words of Current Interest

The words in this issue are related to the Lesson-Sermon in the
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE QUARTERLY designated to be read
in Christian Science churches on December 17, 1967.

The blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall (Isa. 25:4)

The opening phrase is rendered by Phillips as "the breath of cruel men"; while the Revised Standard Version suggests, "the blast of the ruthless." The word "against" is not represented in the Hebrew; and in view of this, various scholars feel that at some time in the early history of the text a scribe mistakenly copied the word kir (wall) instead of the similiar form kor (cold). Hence Smith's rendering. "a storm in winter"; and that of Phillips, "a wintry blast."

Heap (Ps. 33:7)

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