Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Backsliders » Worldly success
And it will be after Amaziah came from the smiting of the Edomites, and he will bring the gods of the sons of Seir, and he will set them up to him for gods, and worship before them, and burn incense to them.
And they will draw back, and they will transgress as their fathers: they were turned as a bow of deceit
What shall I do to thee, O Ephraim? What shall I do to thee, O Judah? and your kindness as the cloud of the morning, and as the dew being early went away.
And those departing from after Jehovah, and who sought not Jehovah, and asked not for him.
Backsliding » God is displeased at
And they will draw back, and they will transgress as their fathers: they were turned as a bow of deceit
God heard and he will overflow, and he will greatly contemn in Israel.
Bow » Figurative
And they will draw back, and they will transgress as their fathers: they were turned as a bow of deceit
And I saw and behold a white horse: and he sitting upon him having a bow; and a crown was given to him: and he went forth conquering, and that he might conquer.
And his bow will dwell in strength, and the seed of his hands will be firm by the hands of the mighty one of Jacob; from whence the shepherd, the stone of Israel
His multitudes will surround upon me, he will cleave my reins asunder, and not spare; he will pour my gall upon the earth.
My glory new with me, and my bow will be changed in my hand.
In nakedness thou shalt raise thy bow, the oaths of the tribes, he said. Silence. Thou wilt divide the earth with rivers.
the Bow » Illustrative » (when deceitful,) of the hypocrite
And they will draw back, and they will transgress as their fathers: they were turned as a bow of deceit
They will turn back not to the Highest: they were as a bow of deceit: their chiefs shall fall by the sword from the wrath of their tongue: this their derision in the land of Egypt