Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Ingratitude to God » Prosperity likely to produce
because after I've brought them to the land flowing with milk and honey that I promised to their ancestors by an oath, they'll eat, grow fat, and then they'll turn to other gods and serve them, while despising me and breaking my covenant.
Jacob dined until satisfied; Jeshurun grew fat and kicked. He grew fat, coarse, and gross, so that he abandoned the God who made him and spurned the Rock that was his salvation.
Why should I forgive you? Your sons have forsaken me, and you have sworn by those who aren't gods. When I gave them enough food to satisfy them, they committed adultery and marched to the prostitute's house. They were well-fed, lusty stallions, each one neighing after his neighbor's wife. "Should I not punish them for these things?" asks the LORD, "And on a nation like this, should I not seek retribution?" read more.
"Go through her rows of vines and destroy them, but don't completely destroy them. Strip away her branches, because they aren't the LORD's. For both the house of Israel and the house of Judah have been utterly unfaithful to me," declares the LORD.
"Go through her rows of vines and destroy them, but don't completely destroy them. Strip away her branches, because they aren't the LORD's. For both the house of Israel and the house of Judah have been utterly unfaithful to me," declares the LORD.
national Sins » Denunciations against
"Oh, you stubborn children," declares the LORD, "who carry out plans but they are not mine, and who make alliances but not by my Spirit, piling sin upon sin.
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies, the one who is Israel's Mighty One, declares: "Now I'll get relief from his enemies and avenge myself on his foes.
"Should I not punish them for these things?" asks the LORD, "And on a nation like this, should I not seek retribution?"
"I've made you an assayer of my people, as well as a fortress. You know how to test their way." All of them are very rebellious, going around as slanderers. They're bronze and iron, and all of them are corrupt. The bellows blow fiercely to consume the lead with the fire. The assayer keeps on refining, but the impurities aren't separated out. read more.
They're called reject silver, because the LORD has rejected them.
They're called reject silver, because the LORD has rejected them.