Thematic Bible




Thematic Bible




She said to them, “Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

“For the arrows of the Almighty are within me,
Their poison my spirit drinks;
The terrors of God are arrayed against me.

“I was at ease, but He shattered me,
And He has grasped me by the neck and shaken me to pieces;
He has also set me up as His target.

You brought us into the net;
You laid an oppressive burden upon our loins.

For we have been consumed by Your anger
And by Your wrath we have been dismayed.

For I have eaten ashes like bread And mingled my drink with weeping Because of Your indignation and Your wrath, For You have lifted me up and cast me away.

“Son of man, behold, I am about to take from you the desire of your eyes with a blow; but you shall not mourn and you shall not weep, and your tears shall not come.



She said to them, “Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

“For the arrows of the Almighty are within me,
Their poison my spirit drinks;
The terrors of God are arrayed against me.

“I was at ease, but He shattered me,
And He has grasped me by the neck and shaken me to pieces;
He has also set me up as His target.

You brought us into the net;
You laid an oppressive burden upon our loins.

For we have been consumed by Your anger
And by Your wrath we have been dismayed.

For I have eaten ashes like bread And mingled my drink with weeping Because of Your indignation and Your wrath, For You have lifted me up and cast me away.

“Son of man, behold, I am about to take from you the desire of your eyes with a blow; but you shall not mourn and you shall not weep, and your tears shall not come.


“For the arrows of the Almighty are within me,
Their poison my spirit drinks;
The terrors of God are arrayed against me.

My soul is among lions;
I must lie among those who breathe forth fire,
Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows
And their tongue a sharp sword.

God brings him out of Egypt,
He is for him like the horns of the wild ox.
He will devour the nations who are his adversaries,
And will crush their bones in pieces,
And shatter them with his arrows.

I will heap misfortunes on them;
I will use My arrows on them.

I will make My arrows drunk with blood,
And My sword will devour flesh,
With the blood of the slain and the captives,
From the long-haired leaders of the enemy.’

For, behold, the wicked bend the bow,
They make ready their arrow upon the string
To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

For You will make them turn their back;
You will aim with Your bowstrings at their faces.


Your arrows are sharp;
The peoples fall under You;
Your arrows are in the heart of the King’s enemies.

Let them flow away like water that runs off;
When he aims his arrows, let them be as headless shafts.


Sharp arrows of the warrior,
With the burning coals of the broom tree.

Flash forth lightning and scatter them;
Send out Your arrows and confuse them.

Like a club and a sword and a sharp arrow
Is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.

He bent His bow And set me as a target for the arrow. He made the arrows of His quiver To enter into my inward parts.

When I send against them the deadly arrows of famine which were for the destruction of those whom I will send to destroy you, then I will also intensify the famine upon you and break the staff of bread.

Sun and moon stood in their places;
They went away at the light of Your arrows,
At the radiance of Your gleaming spear.


“For the arrows of the Almighty are within me,
Their poison my spirit drinks;
The terrors of God are arrayed against me.



“For the arrows of the Almighty are within me,
Their poison my spirit drinks;
The terrors of God are arrayed against me.



She said to them, “Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

“For the arrows of the Almighty are within me,
Their poison my spirit drinks;
The terrors of God are arrayed against me.

“I was at ease, but He shattered me,
And He has grasped me by the neck and shaken me to pieces;
He has also set me up as His target.

You brought us into the net;
You laid an oppressive burden upon our loins.

For we have been consumed by Your anger
And by Your wrath we have been dismayed.

For I have eaten ashes like bread And mingled my drink with weeping Because of Your indignation and Your wrath, For You have lifted me up and cast me away.

“Son of man, behold, I am about to take from you the desire of your eyes with a blow; but you shall not mourn and you shall not weep, and your tears shall not come.