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For LORD will plead their cause, and despoil of life those who despoil them.

Verse ConceptsExploitationsGod DefendingGod Suing

Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.

Verse ConceptsUnder The SunDespair

Do not allow thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin, nor say thou before the [heavenly] agent, that is was an error. Why should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?

Verse ConceptsGod DestroyingMistakesGod Angry With IndividualsErrorGuiltMaking MistakesSpeechjoking

Say thou not, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? For thou do not inquire wisely concerning this.

Verse ConceptsHaving A Good DayThe Pastpastwise

Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor, [so] a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

Verse ConceptsFliesflyingbugs

I would lead thee, [and] bring thee into my mother's house, who would instruct me. I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine, of the juice of my pomegranate.

Thou who dwell in the gardens, the companions hearken for thy voice. Cause me to hear it.

Thy rulers are rebellious, and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards. They judge not the fatherless, nor does the cause of the widow come to them.

Verse ConceptsGiftsBribery, Results OfExploitationsWicked RulersOppression, Nature OfOrphansReward, HumanRiches, Dangers OfRulersStealingLeadershipRulers, WickedCovetousness, Example OfEvil AssociationsCompanionshipNot Helping Widows

For those who lead this people cause them to err, and those who are led by them are destroyed.

Verse ConceptsGuidance, Need For God'sBeing MisleadMisleading ChildrenLeaders

And LORD will utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea. And with his scorching wind he will wave his hand over the River, and will smite it into seven streams, and cause men to march over dry shod.

Verse ConceptsdrynessRivers And StreamsWindThe Prophecy Towards EgyptSeven ThingsGod Drying Things UpOther References To The Red SeaRiver Euphrates

For the stars of heaven and the constellations of it shall not give their light. The sun shall be darkened in its going forth, and the moon shall not cause its light to shine.

Verse ConceptsConstellationsAstronomyMoonEclipsesSheddingOrionDarkening Sun Moon And StarsDarkness At The EndAstronomical SignsCosmic Disturbances

who make a man an offender in [his] cause, and lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate, and turn aside the just with a thing of nothing.

Verse ConceptsInjustice, Examples OfTrapUncharitablenessBusiness At The GatewayMan Trapping

You get out of the way. Turn aside out of the path. Cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.

Verse ConceptsConfrontationUnhearing

And LORD will cause his glorious voice to be heard, and will show the coming down of his arm with the indignation of [his] anger, and the flame of a devouring fire, with a blast and tempest and hailstones.

Verse ConceptsGod, Majesty OfThunderWeather, As God's JudgmentArm Of GodFire Of God's AngerPaying Attention To GodLightning Used MetaphoricallyThunder Expressing God's Judgment

For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice profaneness, and to utter error against LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfMind, The HumanMorality, And CreationSin, Nature OfHypocrites, Description OfMischiefBeing MisleadStingy PeopleErrorHypocrisy

For LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.

Verse ConceptsThe Day Of JudgementGod Executes VengeanceRevengezion

Behold, I will put a spirit in him, and he shall hear news, and shall return to his own land. And I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.

Verse ConceptsRumoursSpirit, Emotional Aspects OfKilling Will Happenrumors

Behold, I will cause the shadow on the steps, which has gone down on the dial of Ahaz with the sun, to return backward ten steps. So the sun returned ten steps on the dial on which it had gone down.

Verse ConceptsAstronomyLight, NaturalShadowsStairwaysThe SunSun DialsTen ThingsStepsMoving OnRecoveryEclipseSolar Eclipse

Distil, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open that it may bring forth salvation, and let it cause righteousness to spring up together. I, LORD, have created it.

Verse Conceptsdrought, spiritualRainWeather, As God's JudgmentOpening HeavenCreationFreedomChange And GrowthSolar EclipseSpilling Your Seed On The Groundcloudswaterfallsrevival

Thus says thy lord LORD, and thy God who pleads the cause of his people: Behold, I have taken out of thy hand the cup of staggering, even the bowl of the cup of my wrath. Thou shall no more drink it again.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahStaggeringGod Making DrunkGod SuingThe Coming Day Of God's Wrathrelentless

For thus says lord LORD, My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there. And the Assyrian has oppressed them without cause.

Verse ConceptsBeginningOppression, Nature Of

For as the earth brings forth its bud, and as the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth, so lord LORD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.

Verse ConceptsPlantsSprouting PlantsGod Doing RightDoing RightSproutingPraise The Lord!GardensGrowingSpilling Your Seed On The Groundspringtimeanniversarysowing

They have grown fat. They shine. Yea, they overflow in deeds of wickedness. They do not plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper. And they do not judge the right of the needy.

Verse ConceptsOpposition, To Sin And EvilOrphansFat PeopleNot Helping The Poorprospering

Thus says LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.

Verse ConceptsReformation

then I will cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers from of old even for evermore.

Verse ConceptsGod Gave The Land

Then I will cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, for the land shall become a waste.

Verse ConceptsBridegroomBridesMarriage, Customs ConcerningVoicesWeddingsCessationStopping RejoicingLack Of Rejoicing

Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? Or can the heavens give showers? Are not thou he, O LORD our God? Therefore we will wait for thee, for thou have made all these things.

Verse ConceptsFaith, Origins Ofdrought, physicalHope, In GodRainSkyWaiting On GodGod Sending RainGod Controlling The Rain

And I will cause them to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsMade A Horror

LORD said, Truly I will strengthen thee for good. Truly I will cause the enemy to make supplication to thee in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.

Verse ConceptsProtection From EnemiesGetting Through Hard Times

For thus says LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place, before your eyes and in your days, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the brid

Verse ConceptsBridegroomBridesVoicesCessationStopping RejoicingLack Of Rejoicing

Therefore, behold, I will cause them to know, this once I will cause them to know my hand and my might, and they shall know that my name is LORD.

Verse ConceptsInstruction

And thou, even of thyself, shall discontinue from thy heritage that I gave thee, and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou know not. For ye have kindled a fire in my anger which shall burn forever.

Verse ConceptsFaultsLand, As A Divine GiftLossUnknown ThingsAbandoning ThingsServing GroupsInheritanceIdentityculture

Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.

Verse ConceptsProperty, HousesPotter

And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place. And I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those who seek their life. And I will give their dead bodies to be food for

Verse ConceptsGuidance, Need For God'sPlansAnimals Eating PeopleEating CorpsesKilling Israelites

And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters. And they shall eat each one the flesh of his friend, in the siege and in the distress with which their enemies, and those who seek their life, s

Verse ConceptsBad ChildrenCannibalismAttacks On Jerusalem Foretold

But, O LORD of hosts, who tries the righteous, who sees the heart and the mind, let me see thy vengeance on them, for to thee I have revealed my cause.

Verse ConceptsCommitment, to GodVisionHow Jesus Knows The HeartGod, All knowingGod Testing PeopleGod And The HeartGod Knowing the Human HeartRevengeTests

Who think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbor, as their fathers forgot my name for Baal.

Verse ConceptsMisleading Dreams

Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams, says LORD, and tell them. And cause my people to err by their lies, and by their vain boasting. Yet I sent them not, nor commanded them, neither do they profit this people at al

Verse ConceptsLiesMisleading DreamsBeing MisleadGod Not SendingDreams And False Prophets

For thus says LORD, the God of Israel, to me: Take this cup of the wine of wrath at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.

Verse ConceptsBeverages, FigurativeWineThe Coming Day Of God's Wrath

For thus says LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Let not your prophets who are in the midst of you, and your diviners, deceive you, nor hearken ye to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.

Verse Conceptsencouragement, examples ofWarnings Against DeceptionFalse Doctrines, AvoidanceMisleading DreamsAvoiding DeceitWicked ProphetsDeceptionprophetsattention

For, lo, the days come, says LORD, that I will turn again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, says LORD, and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.

Verse ConceptsProphecy, Methods Of OtRestoring NationsGod Gave The Land

There is none to plead thy cause, that thou may be bound up; thou have no healing medicines.

Verse ConceptsNo HealingSuing GodRecoveryHealth And HealingHope And Healing

And their prince shall be of themselves, and their ruler shall proceed from the midst of them. And I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach to me. For who is he who has had boldness to approach to me? says LORD.

Verse ConceptsRulersBeing StrongBoldnessrisk

Thus says LORD: The people who were left of the sword found favor in the wilderness, even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.

Verse ConceptsBlessing In The WildernessSurvivalRestFavor

They shall come with weeping. And I will lead them with supplications. I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they shall not stumble. For I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

Verse ConceptsGod, Fatherhood OfAdoption, nature ofFirstbornIntimacyPeople Of God, In OtSpring Of WaterWeepingAnswered PromisesSpiritual AdoptionFirstborn SonsStraight PathsNot StumblingBrookssupplication

And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through [the fire] to Molech, which I did not command them, nor did it come into my mind, that th

Verse ConceptsAbominationsFalse GodsChild sacrificeHigh PlacesAbsence Of ThoughtShrinesValleys

Behold, I will gather them out of all the countries where I have driven them in my anger, and in my wrath, and in great indignation. And I will bring them again to this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely.

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfBanishmentGathering IsraelGod Will Keep SafeEzekiel Invasion

And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them as at the first.

Verse ConceptsRestoring Nationsisraelrebuilding

In those days, and at that time, I will cause a Branch of righteousness to grow up to David, and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.

Verse ConceptsKingship, HumanLast DaysChrist, Names ForChrist Our RighteousnessRighteousness Of Christ

then I will also cast away the seed of Jacob, and of David my servant, so that I will not take of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will cause their captivity to return, and will have mercy on

Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfServants Of The Lord

Behold, I will command, says LORD, and cause them to return to this city. And they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire. And I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.

Verse ConceptsWasteEmpty CitiesBurning JerusalemActual Attacks On JerusalemCapturing Cities

And concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah thou shall say, Thus says LORD: Thou have burned this roll, saying, Why have thou written in it, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to ceas

Verse ConceptsLand Becoming EmptyBoth Men And Animals KilledKings of judah

And now hear, I pray thee, O my lord the king. Let my supplication, I pray thee, be presented before thee, that thou not cause me to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.

Verse ConceptsPossibility Of Death

And they shall bring out all thy wives and thy sons to the Chaldeans. And thou shall not escape out of their hand, but shall be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon. And thou shall cause this city to be burned with fire.

Verse ConceptsBurning JerusalemNo EscapeTransferring Wives

then thou shall say to them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house to die there.

Verse ConceptsImportunity, Towards People

And I will grant you mercy, that he may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land.

Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfGod Will Show Mercy

Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, says LORD, him who offers in the high place, and him who burns incense to his gods.

Verse ConceptsShrinesNo IncensePeople EndedSacrificing On The High Places

Therefore, behold, the days come, says LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and it shall become a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire. Then Israel shall pos

Verse ConceptsArchaeologyBurning CitiesTrumpets For Battle

And I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before those who seek their life. And I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, says LORD. And I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them.

Verse Conceptsend

For, lo, I will stir up and cause to come up against Babylon a company of great nations from the north country, and they shall set themselves in array against her. From there she shall be taken. Their arrows shall be as of an exper

Verse ConceptsAliancesSkillOut Of The North

Their Redeemer is strong. LORD of hosts is his name. He will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.

Verse Conceptsdefence, divineRedemption, In OtStrength Of GodGod DefendingHis Name Is The LordGod Is Strong

Set ye up a standard in the land. Blow the trumpet among the nations. Prepare the nations against her. Call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a marshal against her. Cause the horses to come u

Verse ConceptsCaterpillarsTrumpetTrumpets For BattleFlags

Therefore thus says LORD: Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee. And I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry.

Verse Conceptsdrynessdefence, divineWellsGod Drying Things UpGod DefendingWells, Figurative UseFamineRevenge

to subvert a man in his cause, LORD does not approve.

Verse ConceptsGod Requite Them!

They have chased me grievously like a bird, those who are my enemies without cause.

Verse ConceptsHuntingBirds, Figurative Userelentless

O LORD, thou have seen my wrong. Judge thou my cause.

Verse ConceptsWronging Other People

And he said to me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then I ate it, and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.

Verse ConceptsStomachsTasteSweetnessFilling PeopleBooks In Prophecy

And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp sword. [As] a barber's razor thou shall take it to thee, and shall cause it to pass upon thy head and upon thy beard. Then take thee balances to weigh and divide the hair.

Verse ConceptsBaldness, Figurative UseBarbersBaldnessBeardsArts And Crafts, Types ofRazorsWeighingCutting HairDividing Into Three ThingsHairbalance

Thus my anger shall be accomplished, and I will cause my wrath toward them to rest, and I shall be comforted. And they shall know that I, LORD, have spoken in my zeal, when I have accomplished my wrath upon them.

Verse ConceptsEmotions, Shown By GodRageAnger Subsidingventing

Then he cried in my ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause ye those who have charge over the city to draw near, each man with his destroying weapon in his hand.

Verse ConceptsExecutionersThose Who DestroyGod's VoiceGod Will Kill His People

If I cause evil beasts to pass through the land, and they ravage it, and it be made desolate, so that no man may pass through because of the beasts,

Verse ConceptsLand Becoming Empty

And they shall comfort you when ye see their way and their doings. And ye shall know that I have not done all that I have done in it, without cause, says lord LORD.

Verse ConceptsUseless LabourHuman Comfort

Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations,

Verse ConceptsConfrontationChallengesSin Made Known

And they shall burn thy houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women. And I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou shall also give no wage any more.

Verse ConceptsCessationStopping EvilBurning JerusalemSeeing Situations

So I will cause my wrath toward thee to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will no more be angry.

Verse ConceptsGod, Zeal OfAnger SubsidingGod Will No More Be Angry

Will thou judge them, son of man. Will thou judge them? Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers,

Verse ConceptsSins Of The FathersThings Revealed

And I will cause you to pass under the rod. And I will bring you into the bond of the covenant.

Verse ConceptsCovenant, the newAfflictions Resulting In GoodCovenant Made At Sinai

I will also smite my hands together, and I will cause my wrath to rest. I, LORD, have spoken it.

Verse ConceptsClappingGod Will No More Be Angry

And thou, son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says lord LORD concerning the sons of Ammon, and concerning their reproach. And say thou, A sword, a sword is drawn. It is polished for the slaughter, to cause it to devour, that it may

Verse ConceptsSparklingGod's Sword

Cause it to return into its sheath. In the place where thou were created, in the land of thy birth, I will judge thee.

Verse ConceptsPeople Beginning

And thou, son of man, will thou judge, will thou judge the bloody city? Then cause her to know all her abominations.

Verse ConceptsResponsibility For Blood ShedGiving Information

Thus I will cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do according to your lewdness.

Verse ConceptsCessationStopping EvilAvoid Immorality

That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have set her blood upon the bare rock, that it should not be covered.

Verse ConceptsHuman Blood ShedRevenge

that in that day he who escapes shall come to thee, to cause thee to hear it with thine ears?

Verse ConceptsFugitives

therefore, behold, I have stretched out my hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to the nations. And I will cut thee off from the peoples, and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries. I will destroy thee, and t

Verse ConceptsStrength Of God

therefore thus says lord LORD: Behold, I am against thee, O Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causes its waves to come up.

Verse ConceptsProphets, Role OfSeaThings Like The SeaSea, Metaphorical References

And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease, and the sound of thy harps shall no more be heard.

Verse ConceptsNoiseHarpsMusical Instruments, types ofCessationStopping RejoicingSilenceNo Musiccultureinstruments

and shall cause their voice to be heard over thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads. They shall wallow themselves in the ashes.

Verse ConceptsSorrowSprinklingVoicesDust On The HeadAshes Of Humiliation

And I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick to thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, with all the fish of thy rivers which stick to thy scales.

Verse ConceptsThings Stuck TogetherGod Lifting People

and I will bring back the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their birth. And they shall be a base kingdom there.

Verse ConceptsReturning to their land

In that day I will cause a horn to bud forth to the house of Israel, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them. And they shall know that I am LORD.

Verse ConceptsHornsThe Dumb Speaking

Thus says lord LORD: I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause the images to cease from Memphis. And there shall no more be a ruler from the land of Egypt. And I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of Satan's WorksFear Will ComeAbandoning IdolsNo King