Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Blasphemy » The wicked addicted to
Remember this, O Lord, the enemy has scoffed,
And a foolish and impious people has spurned Your name.
But now, what do I have here,” declares the Lord, “seeing that My people have been taken away without reason? Those who rule over them howl [with taunting and mockery of salvation],” declares the Lord, “and My name is continually blasphemed all day long.
For people will be lovers of self [narcissistic, self-focused], lovers of money [impelled by greed], boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy and profane,
“And merchants of the earth will weep and grieve over her, because no one buys their cargo (goods, merchandise) anymore—
Then a single powerful angel picked up a boulder like a great millstone and flung it into the sea, saying, “With such violence will Babylon the great city be hurled down [by the sudden, spectacular judgment of God], and will never again be found.