Sorry ZaksDarlin, I misinterpreted your first post. I went ahead and addressed the verses you posted.
And I'm with Gabby. Personally, I find my solace and relaxation in Jesus alone, and don't see a need for marijuana. Marijuana is usless to me.
Ezekiel 34:29 is about food and hunger, ZaksDarlin, you've posted the KJV, here are other versions that might be clearer for you....
(NIV) I will provide for them a land renowned for its crops, and they will no longer be victims of famine in the land or bear the scorn of the nations.
(NASB) "I will establish for them a renowned planting place, and they will not again be victims of famine in the land, and they will not endure the insults of the nations anymore.
(Amplified Bible) And I will raise up for them a planting of crops for renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land nor bear the reproach of the nations any longer.
(CEV) I will make their fields produce large amounts of crops, so they will never again go hungry or be laughed at by foreigners.
What the word "herb" refers to has changed throughout time. At the time the KJV was written people did not refer to marijuana as "herb", that is a very recent and modern fad. Here I'll show you more...
Isaiah 18:4-5 is a figure of speech, again, the other versions...
(NIV) This is what the LORD says to me:
"I will remain quiet and will look on from my dwelling place,
like shimmering heat in the sunshine,
like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest."
(NASB)For thus the LORD has told me,
"I will look from My dwelling place quietly
Like dazzling heat in the sunshine,
Like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest."
(Amplified Bible) For thus the Lord has said to me: I will be still and I will look on from My dwelling place, like clear and glowing heat in sunshine, like a fine cloud of mist in the heat of harvest.
(CEV) The LORD said to me,
"I will calmly look down from my home above-- as calmly as the sun at noon or clouds in the heat of harvest season."
Do you see what I'm getting at ZaksDarlin? I'll only post one version for the Genesis verse for sake of brevity.
(CEV) I have provided all kinds of fruit and grain for you to eat. And I have given the green plants as food for everything else that breathes. These will be food for animals, both wild and tame, and for birds. God looked at what he had done. All of it was very good!
Gabby went into the actual Greek behind Revelation 9:20-21 and Revelation 21:8 to get a very accurate meaning of what the words really meant. We are to be fearful of "pharmakeus" and "pharmakeia" which both refer to drugs, spell-giving potions, poisoing, etc.
Feel free to go into the Hebrew and look up the words "herb" as translated by the KJV, but you'll find that they are refering to plants and food, not a drug.
And I'm with Gabby. Personally, I find my solace and relaxation in Jesus alone, and don't see a need for marijuana. Marijuana is usless to me.
Ezekiel 34:29 is about food and hunger, ZaksDarlin, you've posted the KJV, here are other versions that might be clearer for you....
(NIV) I will provide for them a land renowned for its crops, and they will no longer be victims of famine in the land or bear the scorn of the nations.
(NASB) "I will establish for them a renowned planting place, and they will not again be victims of famine in the land, and they will not endure the insults of the nations anymore.
(Amplified Bible) And I will raise up for them a planting of crops for renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land nor bear the reproach of the nations any longer.
(CEV) I will make their fields produce large amounts of crops, so they will never again go hungry or be laughed at by foreigners.
What the word "herb" refers to has changed throughout time. At the time the KJV was written people did not refer to marijuana as "herb", that is a very recent and modern fad. Here I'll show you more...
Isaiah 18:4-5 is a figure of speech, again, the other versions...
(NIV) This is what the LORD says to me:
"I will remain quiet and will look on from my dwelling place,
like shimmering heat in the sunshine,
like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest."
(NASB)For thus the LORD has told me,
"I will look from My dwelling place quietly
Like dazzling heat in the sunshine,
Like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest."
(Amplified Bible) For thus the Lord has said to me: I will be still and I will look on from My dwelling place, like clear and glowing heat in sunshine, like a fine cloud of mist in the heat of harvest.
(CEV) The LORD said to me,
"I will calmly look down from my home above-- as calmly as the sun at noon or clouds in the heat of harvest season."
Do you see what I'm getting at ZaksDarlin? I'll only post one version for the Genesis verse for sake of brevity.
(CEV) I have provided all kinds of fruit and grain for you to eat. And I have given the green plants as food for everything else that breathes. These will be food for animals, both wild and tame, and for birds. God looked at what he had done. All of it was very good!
Gabby went into the actual Greek behind Revelation 9:20-21 and Revelation 21:8 to get a very accurate meaning of what the words really meant. We are to be fearful of "pharmakeus" and "pharmakeia" which both refer to drugs, spell-giving potions, poisoing, etc.
Feel free to go into the Hebrew and look up the words "herb" as translated by the KJV, but you'll find that they are refering to plants and food, not a drug.