Psalm 12:3
3 The LORD [Yahovah] shall cut off [karath] all flattering [chelqah]
lips, [saphah] and the tongue [lashown] that speaketh [dabar] proud
[gadowl] things: KJV-Interlinear
3 May
the Lord cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaks great things; NASB
Flattering, is a term
that was used in the previous verse, ‘chelqah,’ in the feminine form, meaning
smooth, parcel of ground, allotment, portion, slippery. The words that come out of the mouth of the
wicked person, intended for flattery are nothing more than deceptive comments carrying
a double meaning.
Anything said when out of
fellowship, comes from the source of the carnal sphere of life, and thus the
wicked side of life, not the spiritual side.
Anything said or thought or done, from the sphere of the sin nature, is from
the source of arrogance and therefore in opposition to truth.
Anything from the source
of ones own flesh nature, is not spiritual.
When one operates out of fellowship
in life, speaks that which becomes his parcel, his apportionment as a reward or
possession. And thus when the sin nature
speaks, noting is produced, and thus nothing is acquired, meaning that the evil
persons portion out of life, amounts to nothing.
To cut off, means to
bring to an end, to terminate, to cause to cease. God will bring all arrogance, all sin, all
evil, all wickedness to a halt at the end of history. And even though that time has not yet
arrived, this statement is stated with a certainty. Days always come to an end, lives always come
to an end, human history will come to an end, evil will come to an end.
The lips are the esthetic
or intimate appeal of wickedness, while the tongue is the force behind the
spoken words. And of course the mind and
the soul and its content, are the source of the wicked, fancy, smooth,
deceitful words that are spoken.
When the flattery is
brought to a halt, the evil tongues and souls that cause it, are also halted.
For unbelievers it will
be the Lake of Fire. For believers who
have pursued evil during their life, it will be the cleansing fire at the
Judgment Seat of Christ that will permanently clean out the dirt within their souls.
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