When YHWH doesn’t Sabbath
Just a little tid bit: In Ruth 4, when the women of the city bless Naomi they bless Yahweh “who has not left you this day without a close relative…” (v. 14, NKJV) The Hebrew actually says something like “who did not rest for you a redeemer.” And even though that’s kind of clunky sounding, the point could be made by saying “who did not rest in finding/providing you with a redeemer.” The word is SHABAT which is verb for sabbath. The women of the city bless the Lord for not taking a sabbath when Naomi was in need. Yahweh is the God who gives sabbath, but He does not rest until the work is really done.
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