{"id":10927,"date":"2022-09-30T17:40:35","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T21:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/?p=10927"},"modified":"2022-09-30T17:40:36","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T21:40:36","slug":"woe-worth-the-day-by-john-asquith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/30\/woe-worth-the-day-by-john-asquith\/","title":{"rendered":"Woe Worth the Day by John Asquith"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a class=\"\">Dr. John M. Asquith<\/a><\/li><li><ul><li>5 hours ago<\/li><li><\/li><li>2 min read<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Woe Worth the Day<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\t<em>Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe worth the day!, Ezekiel 30:2<\/em>.  <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\tAs we sat reading our bibles in a motel room, my wife looked up from her morning reading and asked, &#8220;What does woe worth the day mean?&#8221;.  I mumbled a few things based on the context and then realized that I had never stopped to consider the phrase.  In its context there can be no doubt that it&#8217;s telling you that the day in question will be a terrible day of woe.  But, now that I stopped and considered the phrase, &#8220;<strong>woe worth the day<\/strong>&#8220;, it intrigued me.  The word &#8220;worth&#8221; was used differently here than anywhere else in the bible.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\tA young person today who is taught to read a King James Bible is in reality given a portal into time.  He can read the past, he can see the future and he can better understand the present.  He is immersed in a dialog between God and man prepared over 400 years ago.  He can gain a feel for other times as he savours wording that in some instances has escaped our current culture, and at other times such as &#8220;skin of my teeth&#8221;, he can partake in the timelessness of the language.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\tWoe worth was once a well understood phrase amongst the English public.  A popular Scottish folk song began with that phrase:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Woe worth the tyme and eik the place<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>That shee wes to me knowne,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For sine I did behold her face,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>My hart wes never my owne,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>my owne jo my owne,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>My hart wes never my owne<\/strong>.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\tEnglish Poet Stephen Hawes used the phrase liberally:<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Woe worth sin without repentance!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Woe worth bondage without release!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Woe worth man without good governance!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Woe worth infinal pain and distress!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Woe worth vice put far in press!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Woe worth sovereignty having disdain!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Woe worth pity that doth refrain!<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\tThere are many dictionaries online which understand the phrase.  The Oxford English Dictionary has this to say when looking up &#8220;worth&#8221; as a verb:<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Obsolete except in woe worth (a person or thing); a. intransitive. To come to be, come to pass, come about, happen, take place<\/strong>.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\tBeing linked to a history and a culture bigger than our present reality is a good thing.  I was once babysat by a woman who was born in 1872.  When inspecting us, she would grab our ears and exclaim, &#8220;there&#8217;s enough dirt in there to grow potatoes&#8221;.  Who grabbed her ears when she was a child and said that same thing?  Was it someone born in the 1700s?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\tI read the phrase &#8220;woe worth the day&#8221; for over 40 years without even thinking about it.  Its meaning was obvious in context.  I missed something there.  I missed a link to being part of a continuous culture stretching back for centuries.  How rich to teach our children this timeless heritage! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.purecambridgetext.com\/blog\/categories\/word-studies\">Word Studies<\/a><\/li><li>\u2022<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.purecambridgetext.com\/blog\/categories\/john-asquith\">John Asquith<\/a><\/li><li>\u2022<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.purecambridgetext.com\/blog\/categories\/history\">History<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. John M. Asquith 5 hours ago 2 min read Woe Worth the Day Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe worth the day!, Ezekiel 30:2. 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