Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Armies » Exercised savage cruelties on the vanquished
This is what the LORD says: "For three transgressions of the Ammonites and now for a fourth I will not turn away; because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to enlarge their national borders.
They grab bow and spear. They're cruel and show no mercy. Their sound roars like the sea, as they ride on horses deployed like men ready for battle against you, daughter of Babylon.
They have raped women in Zion, young women in the towns of Judah. Princes they have hung by their hands; elders they have disrespected. Our young men must grind grain with a millstone; our youths stumble under the weight of wood.
Captive » Cruelty to » Ravished
They have raped women in Zion, young women in the towns of Judah. Princes they have hung by their hands; elders they have disrespected. Our young men must grind grain with a millstone; our youths stumble under the weight of wood.
I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem, to lay siege against it. The city will be captured, the houses will be ransacked, the women raped, and half of the city will go into exile, but the remaining people will not be cut off from the city.
hands » Criminals often » Hung by
Princes they have hung by their hands; elders they have disrespected.
Old age » Disrespect for pleasure-seeking » Prodigality
Later, Elisha left there to go up to Bethel, and as he was traveling along the road, some insignificant young men came from the city and started mocking him. They told him, "Get on up, baldy! Get on up, baldy!"
"But now they mock me; men who are far younger than I, whose fathers I would have hated to entrust with my own sheep dogs.
Princes they have hung by their hands; elders they have disrespected.
War » Often attended by » Cruelty
Therefore, make their children undergo famine, and deliver them over to death in time of war. May their women be childless widows! May their men be slaughtered! May their young men be slain by the sword in battle!
They have raped women in Zion, young women in the towns of Judah. Princes they have hung by their hands; elders they have disrespected. Our young men must grind grain with a millstone; our youths stumble under the weight of wood. read more.
Our elders have ceased ruling at the gate; our young men have abandoned their music.
Our elders have ceased ruling at the gate; our young men have abandoned their music.
sins of Youth » Special temptations of pleasure-seeking » Prodigality
Later, Elisha left there to go up to Bethel, and as he was traveling along the road, some insignificant young men came from the city and started mocking him. They told him, "Get on up, baldy! Get on up, baldy!"
"But now they mock me; men who are far younger than I, whose fathers I would have hated to entrust with my own sheep dogs.
Princes they have hung by their hands; elders they have disrespected.