The Name Yahweh Lost?
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Is My Fovorite Book Of The Scriptures Jehovah's Witnesses place great emphasis on the Divine name. In their booklet entitled 'The DIVINE NAME That Will Endure Forever' one chapter is entitled "Why We Must Know God's Name". In this chapter is the following quote:
It is hoped that the information in this brochure has convinced you that the Creator has a personal name that is very precious to him.
Is Jehovah the personal name of the Creator as the Watchtower claims? The answer is a resounding NO!The true name of the Creator is, in all probability, Yahweh. The Encyclopaedia Judaica, volume 7, page 680, states:
The true pronunciation of the name YHWH was never lost. Several early Greek writers of the Christian Church testify that the name was pronounced "Yahweh".
The Encyclopaedia Britannica (Micropedia, vol. 10) says:
Yahweh - the personal name of the (Almighty One) of the Israelites ...The Masoretes, Jewish biblical scholars of the Middle Ages, replaced the vowel signs that had appeared above or beneath the consonants of YHWH with the vowel signs of Adonai or of Elohim. Thus the artifical name Jehovah(YeHoWaH) came into being. Although Christian scholars after the Renaissance and Reformation periods used the term Jehovah for YHWH, in the 19th and 20th centuries biblical scholars again began to use the form Yahweh, thus this pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton was never really lost. Greek transcriptions also indicate that YHWH should be pronounced Yahweh.
Much scholarly proof is now available to show that Jehovah is erroneous. The Watchtower organization is simply following a tradition established in the Middle Ages. Please see my web page on the Name Yahweh by clicking on the following hyperlink for more indepth information.
The following evidence will prove that the Name of Yahweh was never lost, and contrary to popular TRADITION, it is written in the Torah and Prophets and testified to by the Sages that we are to teach, speak, vow and bless with His Holy Name.
The Name of Yahweh was ORIGINALLY in COMMON use and was TAUGHT TO ALL
- Jewish Encyclopaedia of 1901, Vol. 1, p. 201-202 -
" ...In the early period of the Second Temple the
Name was still IN COMMON USE, as may be learned from such proper names as
Jehohanan, or from liturgical formulas, such as Halelu-Yah. At the beginning of
the Hellenistic era, however, the use of the Name was reserved for the Temple.
From Sifre to Num. vi.27, Mishnah Tamid, vii.2 and Sotah, vii.6 it appears that the
priests were allowed to pronounce the Name at the benediction only in the Temple;
elsewhere they were obligated to use the appellative name (kinnuy) "Adonai."...
...Pronunciation of the Name by the Temple priests...also gradually fell into
disuse. Tosef., Sotah, xiii.8 quoted Menahot, 109b, and Yoma
39b, relates that "from the time Simon the Just died [this is
the traditional expression for the beginning of the Hellenistic period], the priests
refrained from blessing the people with the Name" --in other words, they pronounced
it indistinctly, or they mouthed or mumbled it. Thus says
Tosef., Ber. vi.23: Formerly they used to greet each other with the
Ineffable Name; WHEN THE TIME OF THE DECLINE OF THE STUDY OF THE LAW CAME the elders
mumbled the Name...."
- Jewish Encyclopaedia of 1901, Vol. 11, p. 263 -
"... When a very young priest, the well-known tanna Tarfon witnessed this ceremony; and he declares that the high priest uttered the holy name...so that his voice was merged in the song of priests (Yer. Yoma 40d, below; Kid. 71a; Eccl. R. iii.11), although it was believed that when, at this point in the ritual, the priest pronounced the name of God he was heard as far as Jericho (Tamid iii.7; comp. Yoma 39b). Tarfon's account, that the voice of the high priest was drowned by the voice of the priests, also confirms the synchronous statement (Yer. Yoma 40b) that IN FORMER TIMES THE HIGH PRIEST UTTERED THE NAME WITH A LOUD VOICE, but that subsequently, WHEN IMMORALITY HAD BECOME MORE AND MORE PREVALENT, HE LOWERED HIS VOICE LEST THE NAME SHOULD BE HEARD BY THOSE UNWORTHY TO HEAR IT...The Shem ha-Meforash as an object of the esoteric knowledge of scholars appears in the statement of Johanan (Kid. 71a): "Once each week the sages give their pupils the Four-Lettered Name," A tannaitic passage in Yer. Yoma 40d, however, says: "IN FORMER TIMES THE NAME WAS TAUGHT TO ALL; BUT WHEN IMMORALITY INCREASED IT WAS RESERVED FOR THE PIUS,"...."
The Pronunciation of the Name of YAHWEH was NEVER LOST
- Jewish Encyclopaedia of 1901, Vol. 12, p. 119 -
" It thus becomes possible to determine with a fair degree of
certainty the historical pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton, the results agreeing with
the statement of Ex. iii.14, in which YHWH terms Himself 
. "I will be," a phrase
which is immediately proceeded by the fuller term "I will be that I will be,"
or, as in the English versions, "I am" and "I am that I am." The
Name 
is accordingly
derived from the root 
(=), and is regarded as an
imperfect. This passage is decisive for the pronunciation "Yahweh"; for
the etymology was undoubtedly based on the known word."
- The New Schaff-Herzog Religious Encyclopaedia, Vol. 12, p. 471 -
" The form was never pronounced Yehowah (Jehovah). The earliest testimony as to the original pronunciation of the name comes from the Assyrian pronunciation of the Hebrew in such proper names as Hezekiah, which is so given as to represent yahu. From the Old Testament itself the evidence comes from Ex. iii., and from two classes of proper names, those in which the divine name is the first element and those in which it is the last element. In Ex. iii. it is clear that the narrator connects the name with the verb hayah, "to be," or its varient hawah. The Hebrew names Yehonathan or Yonathan (Jonathan) and Hizkiyahu or Hiskiyah (Hezekiah) are fairly representative of names compounded with the divine name, and the Assyrian pronunciation indicates the correctness of the Massoretic pointing given Hezekiah's name. This shows clearly and decisively the pronunciation "yah" for the first syllable. For the final syllable the analogy of verbal forms ending in "weh." and their shortening (by dropping of the final consonant and its vowel) into u renders it exceedingly probable that the original pronunciation was "weh". This is strengthened by the common process of rendering yhw by yo when the middle h is dropped (cf. Yonathan above)."
- The New Schaff-Herzog Religious Encyclopaedia, Vol. 12, p. 472 -
"...the ground form of the name does not appear to be Yahu but Yahweh, while Yah in Hebrew seems to be a poetic or liturgic abbreviation; and this is attested by the form on the Moabite Stone where Mesha wrote Yhwh and not Yhw or Yh."
- The Encyclopaedia Judaica, 1972, Keter Publishing House, P.O.B. 7145, Jerusalem, Israel, Vol. 7, p. 680 -
"The true pronunciation of the name YHWH was never lost. Several early Greek writers of the Christian Church testify that the name was pronounced "Yahweh.""
- Unger’s Bible Dictionary, p. 1177 -
" Yahweh (ya' we). The Heb. tetragrammaton (YHWH) traditionally pronounced Jehovah (q.v.) is now known to be correctly vocalized yahwê. New inscriptional evidence from the second and first millennia B.C. point toward this fact...."
Yahweh's ONE and only Name was and will be TAUGHT, SPOKEN, and USED IN PRAISE, VOWS, OATHS and BLESSINGS
- The Jewish Encyclopaedia, Vol. 9, p. 162-163 -
" ...The Rabbis as well as the cabalists steadfastly maintained
their belief in monotheism. Hence they recognized only one proper name for the
Deity, considering the other names as appellations or titles signifying divinity,
perfection, and power, or as characterizing His acts as observed and appreciated by
mankind...
The name YHWH is considered as the Name proper; it was known in the earliest
rabbinical works simply as the Name; also as Shem ha-Meyuhad ("the Extraordinary
Name"; Sifre, Num. 143): as Shem ha-Meforash ("the Distinguished
Name"; Yoma vi.2); as Shem ben The Name. Arba' Otiyyot ("the
Tetragrammaton" or "the Quadrilateral Name"; Kid 71a); and as Yod He Waw
He."
- Babylonian Talmud Tractate Termurah, p. 3b -
(3) Deut. X,20. Therefore one of the texts is required in order to deduce
the ruling that one can swear with the Name to observe the commandments, and the other,
that it is permissible to utter the Name in connection with a true oath.
(20) Deut. VI,13. Thus we see that it is permissible to swear with the Name...
Debarim (Deuteronomy) 6:13 & 10:20-
13 ...by His Name you must take your oaths.
20 ...hold fast to him and take your oaths by His Name.
- Babylonian Talmud Tractate Berakoth, p. 54a -
"...it was also laid down that greeting should be done in God's
name,(9) in the same way as it says, and behold Boaz came from Bethlehem and said unto the
reapers , Yahweh be with thee;(1) thou mighty man of valour.(2)...
(9) I.e., the Tetragrammaton, although this might appear to be breaking the third
commandment. The reason of this ordinance is not certain. Marmorstein, The Old Testament
Conception of God, etc., I, pp. 24 ff conjectures this to have been designed to
counteract the Hellenistic teaching that Yahweh had no name.
(1)Ruth II, 4. (2) Judg. VI, 12. "
Riyyah (Ruth) 2:4
4 Then Boaz came from Bethlehem [Bayit-Lechem], and he said to
the harvesters; Yahweh be with you! And they answered him; Yahweh bless you!
Shophetim (Judges) 6:12
12 And the malak of Yahweh appeared to him, and said: Yahweh is with you,
leader in Israyl!
- The Chumosh And Targum Onkelos With Rashi's Commentary, Vol. Bemidbar, p. 31, Numbers 6:23 -
"...27...AND THEY SHALL PUT MY NAME [UPON THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL] -- i.e. they shall bless them by the Proper Name of God (i.e. when uttering the blessings they shall use the Tetragrammaton and no substitute for it) (Siphre). ... AND I WILL BLESS THEM...."
Bemidbar (Numbers) 6:23-27
23 Speak to Aaron and his sons, SAYING; This is how you are to bless
the children of Israyl. SAY TO THEM;
24 YAHWEH bless you and keep you.
25 YAHWEH make His face shine upon you and be merciful to you.
26 YAHWEH lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace.
27 So they will put MY NAME on the children of Israyl, and I will bless them.
Tehellim (Psalm) 22:22 [Heb. 22:23]
22 I WILL DECLARE YOUR NAME to My brothers! In the midst of the congregation
I will Praise You!
Shemot (Exodus) 3:15-16
15 Yahweh also said to Mosheh; This shall you say to the children of Israyl;
YAHWEH...has sent me to you. This is MY NAME forever, and this is MY MEMORIAL:
the Name by which I am to be remembered by, from generation to generation
for all generations.
16 Go, and gather the elders of Israyl, and say to them; Yahweh...
When the Law was no longer taught, the PRONUNCIATION of the Name of Yahweh was HIDDEN, and TRADITIONS AND ORAL laws were kept rather than the WRITTEN 613 LAWS and His Name was NOT spoken.
- Jewish Encyclopaedia Of 1901, Vol. 1, p. 201-202 -
" ...In the early period of the Second Temple the
Name was still IN COMMON USE, as may be learned from such proper names as
Jehohanan, or from liturgical formulas, such as Halelu-Yah. At the
beginning of the Hellenistic era, however, the use of the Name was reserved for
the Temple. From Sifre to Num. vi.27, Mishnah Tamid, vii.2 and Sotah, vii.6 it
appears that the priests were allowed to pronounce the Name at the benediction only in
the Temple; elsewhere they were obligated to use the appellative name (kinnuy)
"Adonai."...
...Pronunciation of the Name by the Temple priests...also
gradually fell into disuse. Tosef., Sotah, xiii.8 quoted
Menahot, 109b, and Yoma 39b, relates that "from the time Simon the Just died
[this is the traditional expression for the beginning of the Hellenistic period], the
priests refrained from blessing the people with the Name" --in other
words, they pronounced it indistinctly, or they mouthed or mumbled it. Thus says
Tosef., Ber. vi.23: Formerly they used to greet each other with the
Ineffable Name; WHEN THE TIME OF THE DECLINE OF THE STUDY OF THE LAW CAME, the elders
mumbled the Name. Subsequently also the solemn utterance of the Name by the high
priest on the Day of Atonement, that ought to have been heard by the priests and the
people according to the Mishnah Yoma, vi.2, became inaudible or indistinct
R. Tarfon (or Tryphon) relates (Yer. Yoma, iii.40d): "I was standing in
the row of young priests, and I heard the high priest mumbling the Name, while the rest of
the priests were chanting."...
...But while even among these the right pronunciation was forgotten in the course
of time, and the hope was expressed by Phinehas b. Jair, "the Saint," that the
knowledge and the correct use of the Name, so wondrously efficacious in the
blessed days long gone by, would again be restored in the Messianic age
(see Pes.50a, Midr.Teh. to Ps. xxxvi, and to Ps.xci.)..."
Yeshayah (Isaiah) 29:13
13 Therefore Yahweh said: Because these people draw near Me with their
mouths and honor Me with their lips, but have removed their hearts far from Me, and their
reverence to Me is taught by the precept of men...
Amosyah (Amos) 6:8-13
8 ...I ABHOR THE PRIDE OF YAAQOB, and hate his
palaces; I will deliver up the city, with all that is in it!
9 And if ten men remain in one house, they will die.
10 And when his next of kin, he who is responsible for burning the
bodies of those who had died of pestilence, comes to carry the bones out of the
house, he will say to him who remains in the house; Is there any with you? And
he will say; None for...Then immediately he will say; Silence! WE
MAY NOT MENTION THE NAME OF YAHWEH!
11 For behold, Yahweh will command, and He will break the great house into
ruins, and the small house into pieces.
12 Do horses run up rocky crags? Do men plow there with oxen?
But YOU HAVE TURNED JUDGMENT INTO GALL, AND THE FRUIT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS INTO
WORMWOOD.
13 You who take delight in Lo Debar (worthlessness), who say; Have we not
taken Karnaim (horns of strength) for ourselves, BY OUR OWN STRENGTH?
According to TRADITION, the SPEAKING of the Name of Yahweh was AVOIDED in preference to the Names of Gods --Elohim
- The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible, p. 413 -
" Elohim...This word appears frequently in the
OT as a name for deity ("God," "gods"). Being plural in form, it
echoes ancient polytheism, like the name of El, to which it is closely related...
...Elohim embraces the divine plurality in unity, and elsewhere in the priestly
account the divine name is accompanied by verbs in the singular.
The "plural of majesty" did not arise first in Israelite tradition as a
result of the identification of Elohim with Yahweh or the gradual development from
polytheism to monotheism. On the contrary, this is an ancient pre-Israelite
expression which was employed in Babylonia and Canaan even with a
singular verb. Thus in Akkadian the plural word ilanu ("gods") could be
used in homage to a particular god, like the moon-god Sin, to express the worshipers view
that he is the highest God, in whom the whole pantheon is represented. In the
Amarna letters, Canaanite vassals addressed the defied pharaoh as ilania ("my
gods")..."
- Introduction to the Old Testament, Robert H. Pfeiffer, p. 95 -
" To avoid the utterance of the name Yahweh,
both before and after the adoption of the qere, other devices were employed. In some
cases adonay was written in the text (so in Dan. 9:9 where the Babylonians wrote YHWH); in
Pss. 42-83 elohim (deity) is substituted for Yahweh; in Am. 5:16 adonay
(missing in the LXX) and in Pss. 59:5 (H. 59:6); 80:4, 19 (H. 80:5, 20); 84:8 (H.
84:9) elohim are interlinear substitutes for YHWH, which were mechanically
copied into the text...
Long after the introduction of the qere "Lord" for YHWH (6,823 times in
the Old Testament according to the Masorah), but before A. D. 500, vulgar expressions in
the text, as we have seen, were REMOVED by substituting a euphemism in
the reading (qere)."
- The Encyclopaedia Americana International Edition, Vol. 16, p. 13 -
" After the Babylonian Exile in the 6th century B.C., Adonai ("My Lord") and Elohim ("God") were gradually substituted for "Yahweh,"..."
- The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible, p. 817 -
" IN THE OT. 1. Daimonism. a. Daimon. The
Hebrew equivalent of "demon" (daimon) in the original sense is simply 
[el] or 
[elohim].
commonly rendered "god.""
- The Encyclopaedia Judaica, 1972,
Keter Publishing House, P.O.B. 7145, Jerusalem, Israel, Vol. 7, p. 679 -
" ‘Eloha, ‘Elohim. The word ‘eloha "God" and its plural
‘elohim, is apparently a lengthened form of El...The plural form ‘elohim
is used not only of pagan "gods" (e.g..Ex. 12:12; 18:11;20:3),
but also of an individual pagan "god" (Judg. 11:24; II Kings
1:2ff.) and even of a "goddess" (I Kings 11:5..."
Yahshua (Joshua) 23:6-7
6 Therefore, be very strong to carefully obey and do all that is
written in the Book of the Law of Mosheh, without turning aside either to the
right or to the left;
7 By not mingling with these nations that are left with you; BY NOT
PRONOUNCING THE NAMES OF THEIR GODS, NOR CAUSING ANYONE TO ADMINISTER A VOW IN THEIR NAMES...
Yeremyah (Jeremiah) 12:16-17
16 And it will come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of My
people, to vow by My Name, SAYING; AS SURELY AS YAHWEH LIVES--As
they once taught My people to vow by Baal then they will be established in the midst of My
people.
17 But if they do not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation,
says Yahweh.
ORIGINALLY the Name of Yahweh STOOD ALONE in the Torah
- The Meaning Of The Qumran Scrolls For The Bible, p. 164 -
"...These confusions in the text of the scroll thoroughly
substantiate the traditional use of divine nominal surrogates as early as the second
century B.C. (23)
(23). Actually this practice was much earlier, for one of the frequent discrepancies
between the Masoretic and the presumed Hebrew Vorlage of the Septuagint is whether to read
in a given passage Yahweh alone, or Yahweh Adonai. This inconsistency was occasioned by
the fact that ORIGINALLY YAHWEH DID STAND ALONE, but that Adonai tended
to be introduced alongside the Tetragrammaton by way of making explicit the surrogate.
This was not understood by the Masorites, however, who FELT COMPELLED to
vocalize both words. Neither was it understood by the scribes of the Qumran Scrolls, nor
even by still earlier translators of the LXX. THAT YAHWEH ORIGINALLY STOOD
ALONE IN MOST SUCH PASSAGES IS SUPPORTED BY THE FACT THAT, IN HEBREW POETRY, THE DOUBLE
DESIGNATION OF THE DEITY USUALLY ADDS EXCESSIVE LENGTH TO THE POETIC STICH. The
same sort of variations from the Masoretic text in the use of the single or the double
name are frequently attested in the ancient scrolls..."
There will be A PLACE Yahweh WILL CHOOSE to establish His Name--A place where His People WILL KNOW and USE His Name according to the 613 Laws as they are WRITTEN
Debarim (Deuteronomy) 28:9-10
9 Yahweh will establish you as His holy people unto
Himself, as He promised you on oath, if you will keep the Laws of Yahweh your Father, and
walk in all His ways.
10 Then all the people on the earth will see you are called by the
Name of Yahweh, and they will fear you.
Melakim (I Kings) 8:43
43 Hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do all which the foreigner calls to You, so that all the peoples of the earth may know your Name and reverence You, just as Your own people Israyl, and may know that this House (Bayit) I have built is called by Your Name (Yahweh).
Yeshayah (Isaiah) 52:6
6 ...MY PEOPLE WILL KNOW MY NAME; Therefore they will know in that day that I am He who speaks. Behold it is I!
Yahyl (Joel) 2:32 [Heb. 3:5]
32 (5) And whoever will call with the Name of Yahweh will be delivered; for in Mount Zion in Yerusalem there will be deliverance, as Yahweh has said, among the remnant whom Yahweh calls.
Tehellim (Psalm) 22:22 [Heb. 22:23]
22 (23) I WILL DECLARE YOUR NAME to My brothers! In the
midst of the congregation I will Praise You!
Debarim (Deuteronomy) 28:58-61
58 IF YOU DO NOT CAREFULLY OBSERVE AND DO ALL THE
WORDS OF THE LAW, THAT ARE WRITTEN IN THIS BOOK, in order that you may reverence this
glorious and reverent Name: YAHWEH
59 Then YAHWEH WILL BRING UPON YOU AND YOUR DESCENDANTS FEARFUL PLAGUES,
HARSH AND PROLONGED DISASTERS, AND SEVERE AND LINGERING ILLNESSES.
60 He will also bring back upon you all THE DISEASES OF EGYPT which you were
afraid of, and they WILL CLING TO YOU;
61 Every other sickness and every other disaster, which is not written in
this Book of the Law, Yahweh will also bring upon you, UNTIL YOU ARE DESTROYED.
There is NO DENYING THE IMPORTANCE of the Name of Yahweh, to Yahweh's
people. The simple fact is that if we are not, or will not become, WILLING TO INVOKE
AND BE CALLED WITH Yahweh's Name, we have NO HOPE at all for any SALVATION. The Holy
Men of Old, we supposedly look to as our teachers and examples, called with the Name of
Yahweh. Why then are we still so STUBBORN? We must obey Yahweh's every word
and heed the examples of the Holy People of Old, to CALL WITH YAHWEH'S NAME!
A true "devout" Israylite or worshiper of Yahweh will NOT MENTION the names of
PAGAN GODS, but will ONLY call on YAHWEH.
- The Jewish Encyclopaedia, Vol. 9, p. 160 -
"The devout Israelite will not take the name of a false god upon his lips (Ex. xxiii. 13, Josh. xxiii. 7; Hosea ii. 16-17; Ps. xvi. 4). To make mention of YHWH's name is to asse, confidence in His strength and present and efficient aid. The name excites emotions of love, joy, and praise (Ps. v. 11; vii. 17; ix. 2; xx. 1, 7). That name is, therefore, especially connected with the altar or sanctuary, the place which Yahweh records His name (Ex. xx. 24), or "the place which Yahweh shall choose out of all your tribes to put His name there" (Deut. xii. 5; comp. I Kings viii. 16, 29; ix. 3; Jer. vii. 12). The Temple is the place the name of Yahweh of hosts, the mount Zion." (Isa. xviii. 7)."
- The Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 23, p. 867 -
"This presence and power of Yahweh is stressed in the frequent biblical phrase "Yahweh Sabaoth," "Yahweh of hosts," those hosts both earthly and heavenly which Yahweh uses to establish his sovereignty over Israel, and through Israel over the whole world. The name of Yahweh was thus for the FAITHFUL Israelite a never-failing source of confidence, power and joy.
- The Jewish Encyclopaedia, Vol. 9, p. 162 -
"...Like other Hebrew proper names, the name of YHWH is more than a mere distinguishing title. It represents the Hebrew conception of the divine nature or character and of the relation of YHWH to His people. It represents YHWH as He is known to His worshipers, and stands for all those attributes which He bears in relation to them and which are revealed to them through His activity on their behalf.
Debarim (Deuteronomy) 28:9-10
9 Yahweh will establish you as His Holy People unto Himself, as He has promised
you on oath, IF you will KEEP THE LAWS of Yahweh your Father, AND WALK IN
ALL HIS WAYS.
10 THEN all the people on the earth will SEE THAT YOU ARE CALLED BY THE NAME OF
YAHWEH, and they will fear you.
It is a FACT that we are NOT called by the Name of Yahweh, in fact Yahweh's
Name is NOT even uttered, because we have been taught that it is NOT ACCEPTABLE to do
so. We are taught that we must NOT PRONOUNCE the Holy Name of our Creator and
Father--YAHWEH--the Name Chosen of Yahweh that He will be known by--the Name those who are
delivered will call upon! We are instructed by our teachers that: Yahweh's Name is
too Holy to pronounce; therefore we are to call Him "Adonai" and
"Elohim."
This teaching has been fully ingrained in the minds of nearly all Israylites and converts
to the point that EXTREME HATRED is shown toward anyone who openly speaks or writes the
ONE AND ONLY True Name of the Creator! Remember this, because the Holy Prophets both spoke
and wrote the True Name. As a result, the Name of Yahweh has been FORGOTTEN (in effect,
PROFANED or brought to nothing), and the Names of the Baalim are REMEMBERED and PROCLAIMED
worldwide! This is exactly what the Prophet Yeremyah was inspired to prophesy, in:
Yeremyah 23:26-27
26 How long will this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies? Yes,
they are prophets of the deceit of their own minds;
27 Who DEVISE; plan and scheme, to cause My people to forget My Name
through their dreams, which they tell every man to his neighbor, just as their fathers
have forgotten My Name for Baal.
YES it is a fact that our teachers in NOT STUDYING the WRITTEN LAWS and in promoting ORAL LAWS --THE TRADITIONS OF MEN have taught AGAINST YAHWEH!
- Jewish Encyclopaedia of 1901, Vol. 1, p. 201-202 -
" ... Formerly they used to greet each other with the Ineffable Name; WHEN THE TIME OF THE DECLINE OF THE STUDY OF THE LAW CAME the elders mumbled the Name...."
Yeremyah (Jeremiah) 9:13-14 [Heb. 9:12-13]
13(12) And Yahweh says; Because they have forsaken My Law
that I set before them, and have not obeyed My voice, nor walked in accordance with it;
14(13) But in stead have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and
walked after the Baalim which their fathers taught them.
Notice THE DAYS ARE COMING when the people will no longer call upon these shudim (demons) but will CALL WITH THE NAME OF YAHWEH!
Hosheyah (Hosea) 2:17 [Heb. 2:19]
17(19) For I will take away the names of the Baalim out of her mouth,
and their names will no longer be called upon!
Micahyah (Micah) 4:5
5 For all people walk each in the name of his god, but we
will walk in the Name of Yahweh...
Debarim (Deuteronomy) 28:9-10
9 Yahweh will establish you as His Holy People unto Himself, as He has promised
you on oath, IF you will KEEP THE LAWS of Yahweh your Father, AND WALK IN
ALL HIS WAYS.
10 THEN all the people on the earth will SEE THAT YOU ARE CALLED BY THE NAME OF
YAHWEH, and they will fear you.
These scriptures show that all the people of the earth will SEE that Yahweh's Holy People (those who walk in all of Yahweh's ways) are KNOWN BY THE NAME OF YAHWEH. There has NEVER been an Inspired Scripture written in the Torah or by the Prophets telling us that Yahweh's Holy People would ever be called (known) by ANY OTHER NAME! In fact, the Prophet Yahyl was inspired to write a wonderful prophecy concerning everyone who CALLS WITH THE NAME of Yahweh who keep ALL OF THE 613 LAWS. Notice:
Yahyl (Joel) 2:32 [Heb. 3:5]
32(5) And WHOEVER WILL CALL WITH THE NAME OF YAHWEH WILL BE DELIVERED;
for in Mount Zion in Yerusalem THERE WILL BE deliverance, as
Yahweh has said, among the remnant whom Yahweh calls.
YAHWEH:
The Name Above All NamesYHWH
Consonants Or Vowels?