Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Afflictions of the The Wicked » Their persecution of saints, a cause of
Jehovah your God will inflict all these curses on your enemies and on those who hate you and who persecute you.
God will listen and answer them. The one who has sat enthroned from the beginning will deal with them. They never change. They never respect God.
Behold! I will shake my hand (power) over them, and they will be a spoil to those who served them. Then you will know that Jehovah of Hosts has sent me.
It is a righteous thing for God to repay with affliction (great suffering and distress) those who afflict you.
Judgments » Delayed
God will listen and answer them. The one who has sat enthroned from the beginning will deal with them. They never change. They never respect God.
He says to himself: Nothing can shake me. I will never face trouble.
When you did these things, I remained silent. That made you think I was like you. I will argue my point with you and lay it all out for you to see.
Punishment » Delayed
God will listen and answer them. The one who has sat enthroned from the beginning will deal with them. They never change. They never respect God.
When you did these things, I remained silent. That made you think I was like you. I will argue my point with you and lay it all out for you to see.
I called you! I stretched out my hand to you. You paid no attention to me. You have ignored all my counsel. You accept no correction. I also will laugh at your trouble. I will mock when your fear comes. read more.
Trouble and distress will surround you like a whirlwind, like a great storm. You will ask for my help, but I will not listen. You will search, but you will not find me. You have no use for knowledge and you refuse to respect Jehovah. You rejected my advice and paid no attention when I warned you.
Trouble and distress will surround you like a whirlwind, like a great storm. You will ask for my help, but I will not listen. You will search, but you will not find me. You have no use for knowledge and you refuse to respect Jehovah. You rejected my advice and paid no attention when I warned you.
Sentence against an evil deed is not executed quickly. Therefore the hearts of the sons of men are fully committed to do evil. Though a sinner does evil a hundred times, and he lives a long life, yet I know that it will be well with those who respect (reverence) God and worship him. Things will not go well with the wicked. He will not prolong his days. His days are like a shadow. He does not respect God.
How long, O Jehovah (YHWH), will I call for help and you do not hear? I cry out to you, save me from violence! And yet you do not save. Why do you make me see wickedness and immorality? Destruction and violence are before me. Strife exists and contention arises. The law is paralyzed and justice is never delivered. The wicked surround the righteous and deliver perverted justice.