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Dry Dried Drieth
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types
or Numbers 11:6 (a) This is the experience of the soul when disappointed and disgusted with conditions, and there is no refreshing thought in the soul to keep the heart happy.
2 Kings 19:24 (a) The boastful King of Assyria uses this figure to describe how he has conquered other countries, hindered their water supply, and cut off their living. (See also Isaiah 37:25).
Job 18:16 (a) The figure used here by Bildad represents the complete cutting off of the blessings of life when one lives a sinful life, and is an enemy of GOD.
Job 28:4 (a) Job uses this figure to describe the utter sorrow and lack of blessing that comes in the life of one who, as he, had lost everything in life except his own personal life.
Psalm 22:15 (a) Our Lord in this passage indicates that His whole body is filled with utter weakness and every human blessing had been taken from Him, including His physical strength. He was drained of His Blood which left Him utterly helpless from the physical standpoint.
Psalm 63:1 (a) The emptiness of a hungry heart and the disappointment of a soul when present blessings fail are compared to a dry, barren desert.
Psalm 107:33, Psalm 107:35 (a) This is a beautiful picture of the way our Lord is able to take all the pleasure and joy out of a life, or to give the sweetest joys possible to a human life. He can both give and take away, so that the soul and the heart are either radiant or barren.
Proverbs 17:22 (a) Just as the bones supply the blood with invaluable ingredients, so a happy heart supplies the spirit and the soul with radiance, vigor and vision. When the bones are actually not operating sufficiently through the marrow, the whole body suffers with anemia.
Isaiah 44:3 (a) That person who is filled with sadness and sorrow, and in whom there is no joy or peace is referred to in this passage. GOD is able to give that one the living water in abundance, so that his life will become radiant and fragrant.
Isaiah 53:2 (a) By this type we understand the poverty of the parents of JESUS, and also the destitute condition of the nation of Israel who were slaves of Rome. The Lord JESUS, who is the Lily of the valleys, came out of those unhappy conditions. The unsaved see no beauty whatever in CHRIST, and some Christians see very little of His value.
Ezekiel 19:13 (a) This is a picture of the nation of Israel as they are scattered throughout the nations of the world where they have no king, no prince, no priest, no temple, and no sacrifice.
Ezekiel 37:2 (a) This figure represents the spiritual and national condition of Israel today. There is nothing about them that reveals the life of GOD, or that they belong to the Lord, or that they are GOD's people. Their constant conversation is about money, society, pleasure and health, but no desire for GOD.
Hosea 9:16 (a) The foundations of the very national existence in Israel (Ephraim), were destroyed by the enemy through the will of GOD so that they cease to be a national power. (See also Hosea 13:15).
Joel 1:10 (b) This refers to the absence of any blessings to fill the heart with joy.
Zechariah 11:17 (b) This expression is used to illustrate the fact that the leaders of GOD's people because of their apostasy would be unable to serve or work acceptably.
Matthew 12:43 (b) An evil spirit when not permitted to work in a human heart is quite unhappy and distressed by his lack of human cooperation. Demons must work through human beings.
Luke 11:24 (a) Evidently this refers to the fact that demons are not "at home" outside the human body. This evil spirit left the man of his own accord. He was not cast out by the power of GOD. Evidently when Satan sees that a person is in soul trouble, he leaves that person for a season in order that that one may clean up his habits, add some religious ways, and try to make himself fit for Heaven without CHRIST, and without the Blood. This man becomes religious, joins the church, quits his filthy ways and evil habits, so that the world thinks he is a converted man. After some time, Satan returns to this man. He finds that his old habitation is empty, for CHRIST has not entered, nor is the Spirit of GOD there. He finds that the man has taken on some beautiful and attractive ways called "garnish." Since the house is empty he has no trouble re-entering and again controlling the actions and the life of that person. The unlearned Christian and the worldling say, "See, that man was gloriously converted, and now he is a lost man." The man never was converted, he was only polished, cleaned up and made religious.
Luke 23:31 (b) The word here contrasts the time when JESUS was on earth, the Scriptures were available, and the sanctuary of GOD was still standing, with the time when all religious freedom will be denied and only Satan's influence and power will be seen in the earth. When Satan rules, there is no blessing from GOD.
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Watson, Walter. Entry for 'Dry Dried Drieth'. Wilson's Dictoinary of Bible Types. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/wdt/d/dry-dried-drieth.html. 1957.
