Thematic Bible: Fort
Thematic Bible
Fort » Figurative » Of God's care
Be to me for a rock -- a habitation, To go in continually, Thou hast given command to save me, For my rock and my bulwark art Thou.
A tower of strength is the name of Jehovah, Into it the righteous runneth, and is set on high.
Jehovah is my rock, and my bulwark, And my deliverer, My God is my rock, I trust in Him: My shield, and a horn of my salvation, My high tower.
Verse Concepts
God, As SaviorFortressesFortificationsComfortingenemies, of believersDeliverance, Source OfGod, The RockHornsKnowledge, Of GodProtectionRefugeReliabilityShieldsSongsSymbolsSalvation, Illustrations OfRelying Upon GodGod Being Our RefugeGod Being Our DefenceGod Being Our Fortress
God Being Our ShieldBrokenheartedYou Are Our GodStrengthfaith and strengthStaying StrongHope And StrengthStrength, God Is OurLove And StrengthGod's ProtectionStrength And FaithProtection From EnemiesProtection And SafetyStrength And LoveProtection From DangersheltercrusadesstrenghDivine ProtectionTrusting God's Will
He is saying of Jehovah, 'My refuge, and my bulwark, my God, I trust in Him,'
My kind one, and my bulwark, My tower, and my deliverer, My shield, and in whom I have trusted, Who is subduing my people under me!
Good is Jehovah for a strong place in a day of distress. And He knoweth those trusting in Him.
Jehovah liveth, and blessed is my Rock, And exalted is my God -- The Rock of my salvation.
and he saith: 'Jehovah is my rock, And my bulwark, and a deliverer to me, My God is my rock -- I take refuge in Him; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, My high tower, and my refuge! My Saviour, from violence Thou savest me!
For my rock and my bulwark art Thou, For Thy name's sake lead me and tend me.
Fort » Erected in vineyards and herding grounds
'Hear ye another simile: There was a certain man, a householder, who planted a vineyard, and did put a hedge round it, and digged in it a wine-press, and built a tower, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad.
and he buildeth towers in the wilderness, and diggeth many wells, for he had much cattle, both in the low country and in the plain, husbandmen and vine-dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel; for he was a lover of the ground.
And he fenceth it, and casteth out its stones, And planteth it with a choice vine, And buildeth a tower in its midst, And also a wine press hath hewn out in it, And he waiteth for the yielding of grapes, And it yieldeth bad ones!
And he began to speak to them in similes: 'A man planted a vineyard, and put a hedge around, and digged an under-wine-vat, and built a tower, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad;
And he began to speak unto the people this simile: 'A certain man planted a vineyard, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad for a long time,
Fort » Field fortifications
And it cometh to pass, in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth of the month, come hath Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, he and all his force, against Jerusalem, and encampeth against it, and buildeth against it a fortification round about.
Thy daughters in the field by sword he slayeth, And he hath made against thee a fort, And hath poured out against thee a mount, And hath raised against thee a buckler.
and hast placed against it a siege, and builded against it a fortification, and poured out against it a mount, and placed against it camps, yea, set thou against it battering-rams round about.
When thou layest siege unto a city many days, to fight against it, to capture it, thou dost not destroy its trees to force an axe against them, for of them thou dost eat, and them thou dost not cut down -- for man's is the tree of the field -- to go in at thy presence in the siege. Only, the tree, which thou knowest that it is not a fruit-tree, it thou dost destroy, and hast cut down, and hast built a bulwark against the city which is making with thee war till thou hast subdued it.
And not with a great force, and with a numerous assembly, Doth Pharaoh maintain him in battle, By pouring out a mount, and in building a fortification, To cut off many souls.
Fort » Caves used for
and the hand of Midian is strong against Israel, from the presence of Midian have the sons of Israel made for themselves the flowings which are in the mountains, and the caves, and the strongholds.
He high places doth inhabit, Strongholds of rock are his high tower, His bread hath been given, his waters stedfast.
Fort » Defenses of cities
And he maketh in Jerusalem inventions -- a device of an inventor -- to be on the towers, and on the corners, to shoot with arrows and with great stones, and his name goeth out unto a distance, for he hath been wonderfully helped till that he hath been strong.
And the fortress of the high place of thy walls He hath bowed down -- He hath made low, He hath caused it to come to the earth, -- unto dust.
Related Topics
- Attacks On Jerusalem Foretold
- Comforting
- Excavation
- Farming
- Fortifications
- Fortresses
- Forts
- God Being Our Fortress
- God Being Our Refuge
- God's Protection
- God, As Savior
- God, The Rock
- Guidance And Strength
- Hope And Strength