Thirty six [36] OT verses which define the word “olam.” as eternal.
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Psa 37:28
(28) For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: [ עולם/olam] but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
In this vs. “preserved olam” is contrasted with “the wicked shall be cut off,””age(s),”a finite period, is not opposite of “the wicked shall be cut off,” “for ever” is.
Your argument is quite unintelligible. Perhaps you could restate it with proper grammar, logic & sentences so it makes sense.
If you are trying to say that the "opposite" of "cut off" is "forever", that is incorrect. The opposite of "cut off" is not "for ever", but rather "desegregate, integrate, reintegrate":
https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cutoff
The verse does not say the wicked shall be cut off, but their seed shall be. That refers to what happens in this world. So the reference to the saints may be interpreted that they are preserved for life(olam) & their seed will not be cut off. Similarly we see in Exo.21:6 that olam means "for life": "then his master must take him before the judges. He shall take him to the door or the doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he will be his servant for life" (NIV, etc). Furthermore, you yourself have stated that Psalm 37 does not refer to eternal destinies, so how can you say olam means "for ever" in Psa.37:28? You said Psalm 37
"is not about man's eternal fate. The people of Israel cannot see into eternity they will look for their enemies here in this world but their enemies will be gone" and " This psalm is not about man's eternal fate but what happens to Israels enemies, in this world" and "Psa 37 is not about the eternal fate of mankind but what happens to those who attack Israel."
NET Bible
28For the LORD promotes justice, and never abandons his faithful followers. They are permanently secure, but the children of evil men are wiped out. (Psa.37:28)
28 For Yahweh is loving right judgment, And He shall not forsake His benign ones. The iniquitous will be exterminated for the eon, And the seed of the wicked, it will be cut off. (CLV)
28 For Jehovah is loving judgment, And He doth not forsake His saintly ones, To the age they have been kept, And the seed of the wicked is cut off. (YLT)
28 For, Yahweh, loveth justice, and will not forsake his men of lovingkindness, Unto times age-abiding, have the perverse been destroyed,—and the seed of the lawless, been cut off. (RO)
https://studybible.info/version/
28....into the eon...[eon = the Greek word AION, age]
(Greek-English Interlinear of LXX, translated by Hebrew scholars)
https://studybible.info/ABP_Strongs/Psalms 37
Psalm 72
11Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.
12For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
13He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.
14He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
Psalm 86
9All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.
10For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.
13For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
Psalm 33
8Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
Psalm 90
2Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
3Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
4For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
Psalm 66
Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:
2Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious.
3Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.
4All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah.
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Jer 23:40
(40) I will bring on you everlasting disgrace [ עולם]—everlasting shame [ עולם] that will not be forgotten."
In this vs. “olam disgrace and shame” is paired with “will not be forgotten.” “age(s) a finite period, does not equate to “will not be forgotten,””everlasting” does.
The verse doesn't say their shame will "never" be forgotten, or will not be forgotten forever. Neither does the verse say how long it will be "not forgotten". If the olam disgrace refers to a finite period, then the "not be forgotten" can be interpreted as restricted within that finite period. So your "proof text" for a definition of olam as "eternal" fails in Jer.23:40.
Furthermore, olam is equivalent to the Greek aionion. Isaiah 54:4 LXX refers to aionion shame that is finite:
4 You should not fear that you were disgraced, nor should you feel ashamed that you were berated. For shame everlasting(aionios) you shall forget; and the scorn of your widowhood in no way shall you remember any longer (Apostolic Bible Polygot, LXX)
The same phrase, and Greek words, for "shame everlasting"(aionios) in Isa.54:4 occur again at Dan.12:2 LXX, which i have higlighted within the brackets:
Dan.12:2 καὶ πολλοὶ τῶν καθευδόντων ἐν γῆς χώματι ἐξεγερθήσονται οὗτοι εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον καὶ οὗτοι εἰς ὀνειδισμὸν καὶ εἰς [αἰσχύνην αἰώνιον]
Isa.54:4 μὴ φοβοῦ ὅτι κατῃσχύνθης μηδὲ ἐντραπῇς ὅτι ὠνειδίσθης ὅτι [αἰσχύνην αἰώνιον] ἐπιλήσῃ καὶ ὄνειδος τῆς χηρείας σου οὐ μὴ μνησθήσῃ
Kata Biblon Wiki Lexicon - ??????? - shame/disgrace/dishonor (n.)
Strong's Greek: 152. ??????? (aischuné) -- shame
In Isa.54:4 aionios/eonian is finite: "For shame everlasting[eonian] you shall forget"
In that light we might consider that the exact same phrase from the LXX scholars, "shame everlasting [eonian]" in Dan.12:2, may also be finite.
Also, there is no "will not be forgotten" in any of these more literal translations of Jer.23:40:
39 Therefore, lo, I--I have taken you utterly away, And I have sent you out, And the city that I gave to you, And to your fathers, from before My face, 40 And I have put on you reproach eonian, And shame eonian that is not forgotten!" (CLV)
39 Therefore, lo, I—I have taken you utterly away, And I have sent you out, And the city that I gave to you, And to your fathers, from before My face, 40 And I have put on you reproach age-during, And shame age-during that is not forgotten! (YLT)
Even John Gill suggests olam in Jer.23:40 may be finite:
"contempt, and that for ever, or at least a long time, even for a series of ages; which has been their case ever since their destruction by the Romans, and still is; for this cannot be restrained to the short captivity of seventy years in Babylon; though this reproach began then, and they never recovered their former honour and glory;" [Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible]
Furthermore:
"No one can doubt that this passage speaks of the Jews, and predicts a punishment which God was to inflict upon them as a nation....not to be cast into hell or endless misery, but to be cast out of Judea, and from God's worship and service, and dispersed among the heathen or gentile nations."
"....and to this day the ruins of Jerusalem, and the dispersed Jews afford evidence of its truth...as their fathers were, when God cast them out from His presence in their seventy years' captivity in Babylon" and the destruction of the temple & Jerusalem in 70 AD. [p.163-164 @ The Universalist Preacher, Volumes 1-2]
https://books.google.ca/books?id=5d... shame, which shall not be forgotten&f=falsep.
156ff at An Inquiry Into the Scriptural Import of the Words Sheol, Hades, Tartarus ...
By Walter Balfour
https://books.google.ca/books?id=vs...l shame, which shall not be forgotten&f=false
Jeremiah 24:9
I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a reproach, a byword, a taunt, and a curse in all the places where I shall drive them.
https://www.openbible.info/labs/cross-references/search?q=Jeremiah+23:40
http://stjohnstmarymagdalene.org/rf/bible/refverse/JER:23:40/2
http://bibleapps.com/r/reproach.htm
And yet Israel shall be saved:
Mt.1:21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sins.
Mt.2:6b ...my people Israel.
Rom.11:26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
Isa.45:21Tell ye, and bring
them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time?
who hath told it from that time?
have not I the LORD? and
there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour;
there is none beside me.
22Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I
am God, and
there is none else.
23I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth
in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
24Surely, shall
one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength:
even to him shall
mencome; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.
25In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.
