Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Armies » Exercised savage cruelties on the vanquished
Thus says the Lord,
“For three transgressions of the children of
I will not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it,
Because the Ammonites have ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead,
That they might enlarge their border.
“They seize their bow and spear;
They are cruel and have no compassion.
They sound like the roaring of the sea;
They ride on horses,
Every man equipped like a man [ready] for the battle
Against you, O Daughter of Babylon.
They ravished the women in Zion, the virgins in the cities of Judah. They hung princes by their hands; the persons of elders were not respected. Young men carried millstones, and boys fell [staggering] under [burdens of] wood.
Captive » Cruelty to » Ravished
They ravished the women in Zion, the virgins in the cities of Judah. They hung princes by their hands; the persons of elders were not respected. Young men carried millstones, and boys fell [staggering] under [burdens of] wood.
For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city will be captured and the houses plundered and the women ravished; and half of the city will be exiled, but the rest of the people will not be cut off from the city.
hands » Criminals often » Hung by
Princes were hung by their hands;
Elders were not respected.
Old age » Disrespect for pleasure-seeking » Prodigality
Then Elisha went up from Jericho to Bethel. On the way, young boys came out of the city and mocked him and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!”
Whose fathers I refused to put with the sheepdogs of my flock.
Princes were hung by their hands;
Elders were not respected.
War » Often attended by » Cruelty
Therefore, give their children over to the famine;
Give them over to the power of the sword.
And let their wives become childless and widowed;
Let their men meet death [by virulent disease],
Their young men be struck down by the sword in battle.
They ravished the women in Zion, the virgins in the cities of Judah. They hung princes by their hands; the persons of elders were not respected. Young men carried millstones, and boys fell [staggering] under [burdens of] wood. read more.
The elders have ceased from [congregating at] the city's gate, the young men from their music.
The elders have ceased from [congregating at] the city's gate, the young men from their music.
sins of Youth » Special temptations of pleasure-seeking » Prodigality
Then Elisha went up from Jericho to Bethel. On the way, young boys came out of the city and mocked him and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!”
Whose fathers I refused to put with the sheepdogs of my flock.
Princes were hung by their hands;
Elders were not respected.