Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
death » Sought as a relief from trouble sought » Despair lead men to
But if you are going to deal with me like this, then kill me immediately. If I have found favor in your sight then do not let me see my trouble."
while he went a day's journey into the desert. He went and sat down under a shrub and asked the Lord to take his life: "I've had enough! Now, O Lord, take my life. After all, I'm no better than my ancestors."
to those who wait for death that does not come, and search for it more than for hidden treasures,
so that I would prefer strangling, and death more than life.
However, I will leave some of these wicked people alive and banish them to other places. But wherever these people who survive may go, they will wish they had died rather than lived," says the Lord who rules over all.
So now, Lord, kill me instead, because I would rather die than live!"
In those days people will seek death, but will not be able to find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them.
death » Desired
However, I will leave some of these wicked people alive and banish them to other places. But wherever these people who survive may go, they will wish they had died rather than lived," says the Lord who rules over all.
In those days people will seek death, but will not be able to find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them.
Despair » Leads men to desire death
But if you are going to deal with me like this, then kill me immediately. If I have found favor in your sight then do not let me see my trouble."
while he went a day's journey into the desert. He went and sat down under a shrub and asked the Lord to take his life: "I've had enough! Now, O Lord, take my life. After all, I'm no better than my ancestors."
to those who wait for death that does not come, and search for it more than for hidden treasures,
so that I would prefer strangling, and death more than life.
However, I will leave some of these wicked people alive and banish them to other places. But wherever these people who survive may go, they will wish they had died rather than lived," says the Lord who rules over all.
So now, Lord, kill me instead, because I would rather die than live!"
In those days people will seek death, but will not be able to find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them.
Idolatry » Punishment of » Banishment
However, I will leave some of these wicked people alive and banish them to other places. But wherever these people who survive may go, they will wish they had died rather than lived," says the Lord who rules over all.
O Samaria, he has rejected your calf idol! My anger burns against them! They will not survive much longer without being punished, even though they are Israelites! That idol was made by a workman -- it is not God! The calf idol of Samaria will be broken to bits. They sow the wind, and so they will reap the whirlwind! The stalk does not have any standing grain; it will not produce any flour. Even if it were to yield grain, foreigners would swallow it all up. read more.
Israel will be swallowed up among the nations; they will be like a worthless piece of pottery.
Israel will be swallowed up among the nations; they will be like a worthless piece of pottery.
You will pick up your images of Sikkuth, your king, and Kiyyun, your star god, which you made for yourselves, and I will drive you into exile beyond Damascus," says the Lord. He is called the God who commands armies!
Moon » Worshipping of » Jews punished for
The Lord says, "When that time comes, the bones of the kings of Judah and its leaders, the bones of the priests and prophets and of all the other people who lived in Jerusalem will be dug up from their graves. They will be spread out and exposed to the sun, the moon and the stars. These are things they adored and served, things to which they paid allegiance, from which they sought guidance, and worshiped. The bones of these people will never be regathered and reburied. They will be like manure used to fertilize the ground. However, I will leave some of these wicked people alive and banish them to other places. But wherever these people who survive may go, they will wish they had died rather than lived," says the Lord who rules over all.