Thematic Bible




Thematic Bible




‘Because of your raging against Me,
And because your arrogance and complacency have come up to My ears,
I will put My hook in your nose,
And My bridle in your lips,
And I will turn you back [to Assyria] by the way that you came.


“As for Your terror,
The pride and arrogance of your heart have deceived you,
O you who live in the clefts of the rock (Sela also called Petra),
Who hold and occupy the height of the hill.
Though you make your nest as high as the eagle’s,
I will bring you down from there,” says the Lord.


“Though they dig into Sheol [to hide in the deepest pit],
From there My hand will take them [for judgment];
And though they climb up to heaven [to hide in the realm of light],
From there will I bring them down [for judgment].


Let those be ashamed and humiliated together who rejoice at my distress;
Let those be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves over me.


In this way I will punish the world for its evil
And the wicked for their wickedness [their sin, their injustice, their wrongdoing];
I will also put an end to the arrogance of the proud
And will abase the arrogance of the tyrant.


“I will depose you from your office,
And you will be pulled down from your position [of importance].


And Moab will spread out his hands in the middle of the filth
As a swimmer spreads out his hands to swim,
But the Lord will humiliate his pride in spite of the [skillful] movements of his hands.


“For He has thrown down the [arrogant] ones who dwell on high, the lofty and inaccessible city;
He lays it low, He lays it low to the ground, He hurls it to the dust.

And I will bring an everlasting disgrace on you and a perpetual humiliation (shame) which will not be forgotten.”


‘They will bring you down to the pit [of destruction],
And you will die the death of all those who die
In the heart of the seas.

Therefore, thus says the Lord God,

“An adversary (Assyria), even one surrounding the land,
Shall pull down your strength from you
And your fortresses will be looted.”


Now when Moses saw that the people were out of control—for Aaron had let them get out of control to the point of being an object of mockery among their enemies—


My dishonor is before me all day long,
And humiliation has covered my face,

and I said, “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, for our wrongdoings have risen higher than our heads and our guilt has grown to the heavens.


He said, “I heard the sound of You [walking] in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.”

And I will bring an everlasting disgrace on you and a perpetual humiliation (shame) which will not be forgotten.”

“The princes of the north are there also, all of them, and all the Sidonians, who in spite of the terror resulting from their power, have gone down in shame with the slain. So they lay down uncircumcised with those slain by the sword and bore their disgrace with those who go down to the pit.


“Those who hate you will be clothed with shame,
And the tents of the wicked will be no longer.”


Now when Moses saw that the people were out of control—for Aaron had let them get out of control to the point of being an object of mockery among their enemies—


My dishonor is before me all day long,
And humiliation has covered my face,

and I said, “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, for our wrongdoings have risen higher than our heads and our guilt has grown to the heavens.


He said, “I heard the sound of You [walking] in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.”

And I will bring an everlasting disgrace on you and a perpetual humiliation (shame) which will not be forgotten.”

“The princes of the north are there also, all of them, and all the Sidonians, who in spite of the terror resulting from their power, have gone down in shame with the slain. So they lay down uncircumcised with those slain by the sword and bore their disgrace with those who go down to the pit.


“Those who hate you will be clothed with shame,
And the tents of the wicked will be no longer.”


Now when Moses saw that the people were out of control—for Aaron had let them get out of control to the point of being an object of mockery among their enemies—


My dishonor is before me all day long,
And humiliation has covered my face,

and I said, “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, for our wrongdoings have risen higher than our heads and our guilt has grown to the heavens.


He said, “I heard the sound of You [walking] in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.”

And I will bring an everlasting disgrace on you and a perpetual humiliation (shame) which will not be forgotten.”

“The princes of the north are there also, all of them, and all the Sidonians, who in spite of the terror resulting from their power, have gone down in shame with the slain. So they lay down uncircumcised with those slain by the sword and bore their disgrace with those who go down to the pit.


“Those who hate you will be clothed with shame,
And the tents of the wicked will be no longer.”