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their roaring shall be like a lioness, they shall roar like young lions; yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and carry it away safe, and there shall be none to deliver.

Verse ConceptsHunting

And they shall roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold, darkness and distress; and the light is darkened in the clouds thereof.

Verse ConceptsDarkness, And God's JudgmentBlackSeaColors, BlackRoar Of NationsOvertaken By DarknessSea, Metaphorical ReferencesEclipse

I will send him against a profane nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

Verse ConceptsPlunderingGodlessnessNationalismTrampling People

For he hath said, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I have understanding: and I have removed the bounds of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures, and like a valiant man I have brought down them that sit on thrones :

Verse ConceptsPride, Examples OfWisdom, Human NatureFalse WisdomActing For Oneself

Therefore will the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory there shall be kindled a burning like the burning of fire.

Verse ConceptsFire Emanating From God

And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

Verse ConceptsCowsFeedingStrawBearsYoung AnimalDeliverance From LionsNoting What Animals Eatcats

And there shall be a highway for the remnant of his people, that shall remain, from Assyria; like as there was for Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsHighwayRoadsThe Prophecy Towards AssyriaMaking RoadsSurvivors FavouredHighways

All they shall answer and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?

Verse ConceptsBecoming Like People

But thou art cast forth away from thy sepulchre like an abominable branch, clothed with the slain, that are thrust through with the sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a dead body trodden under foot.

Verse ConceptsThe DeadCovering The BodyPitsWicked Described AsUnburied BodiesPits As A Term For Graves

Wherefore my heart soundeth like a harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-heres.

Verse ConceptsGod, Suffering OfHarps

Ah, the uproar of many peoples, that roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters!

Verse ConceptsSeaThings Like The SeaSea, Metaphorical References

The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but he shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like the whirling dust before the storm.

Verse ConceptsChaffWindWhirlwindsLight As ChaffRoar Of NationsGod Requite Them!

For thus hath Jehovah said unto me, I will be still, and I will behold in my dwelling-place, like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.

Verse ConceptsdewHeatHoly Spirit, Types OfHot WeatherGod Seeing All The EarthHerbsSunshine

In that day shall the Egyptians be like unto women; and they shall tremble and fear because of the shaking of the hand of Jehovah of hosts, which he shaketh over them.

Verse ConceptsHand Of GodPowerlessnessEffeminacyGod's HandWaving The HandGroups TremblingWeak WomenTerror Of GodGod's Hands In Opposition

And Jehovah said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and a wonder concerning Egypt and concerning Ethiopia;

Verse ConceptsIndecencyBarefeetMinistry, Nature OfNakednessAfricaThree Years

Behold, Jehovah, like a'strong man, will hurl thee away violently; yea, he will wrap thee up closely.

Verse ConceptsThrowing People

He will surely wind thee round and round, and toss thee like a ball into a large country; there shalt thou die, and there shall be the chariots of thy glory, thou shame of thy lord's house.

Verse ConceptsTrusting In ChariotsRollingShame Has Come

The earth shall stagger like a drunken man, and shall sway to and fro like a hammock; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it, and it shall fall, and not rise again.

Verse ConceptsStaggeringGod Making DrunkThings Fallingrebelliondrunkards

Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain and crieth out in her pangs; so we have been before thee, O Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsWomen's Strengthchildbearing

For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.

Verse ConceptsChaosCities Under AttackEmpty CitiesChaos As JudgmentHomestead

But the multitude of thy foes shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be in an instant suddenly.

Verse ConceptsChaffSuddenlyLight As ChaffCreatures Returning To DustProtection From EnemiesEnemy Attacksdust

For a Topheth is prepared of old; yea, for the king it is made ready; he hath made it deep and large; the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of Jehovah, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.

Verse ConceptsPitsTheophanyBrimstonePreparation For BurialSulphurA Place Prepared

The land mourneth and languisheth; Lebanon is confounded and withereth away; Sharon is like a desert; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves .

Verse ConceptsdrynessThe Prophecy Towards LebanonMourning Due To Catastrophe

until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards.

Verse ConceptsLand ProducingSimilar Items

My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me as a shepherd's tent: I have rolled up, like a weaver, my life; he will cut me off from the loom: From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

Verse ConceptsCraftsmenLife, HumanPhysical LifeSpinning And WeavingPeople EndedLife Cut ShortLife Being Temporary

Like a swallow or a crane, so did I chatter; I did moan as a dove; mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed, be thou my surety.

Verse ConceptsdovesdiscouragementPrayer In DiscouragementSwallowsCauses of failure in

To whom then will ye liken me, that I should be equal to him ? saith the Holy One.

Verse ConceptsGod, Holiness OfUniquenessLikeningBeyond CompareLikening God

Jehovah will go forth as a mighty man; he will stir up his zeal like a man of war: he will cry, yea, he will shout aloud; he will do mightily against his enemies.

Verse ConceptsBattlesMessianic AgeVictory, Over Spiritual ForcesZealWarriorsShout Of GodGod As A WarriorGod OvercomingWarBattleheroes

I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry out like a travailing woman; I will gasp and pant together.

Verse ConceptsGod, Patience OfGod, Suffering OfSilenceLabour PainsGod Being Silent

To whom will ye like me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?

Verse ConceptsLikeningComparisonsBeyond CompareLikening God

Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me;

Verse ConceptsDoubt, Dealing WithHistoryRememberingNo One Is Like GodNo Other Is GodEverything Happening For A ReasonThe Pastpast

thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the grains thereof: his name would not be cut off nor destroyed from before me.

Verse ConceptsNames Blotted OutSand And Gravel

and he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me: and he hath made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he kept me close:

Verse ConceptsHand Of GodMouthsQuiversShadowsSharpnessShadow Of GodGod Hiding PeopleSpeaking As From GodArrows

Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith Jehovah, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all as with an ornament, and gird thyself with them, like a bride.

Verse ConceptsBridesWeddingsMarriage, The BrideLooking At God's Worksjewelry

For the Lord Jehovah will help me; therefore have I not been confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame.

Verse ConceptsFlintNot AshamedProtection, From GodSteadfastness, Examples OfDeterminationWhole HeartednessGod HelpsDisappointmentStaying Strong During Hard Times

For Jehovah hath comforted Zion; he hath comforted all her waste places, and hath made her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of Jehovah; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

Verse ConceptsGarden Of Eden, TheHorticultureJoy, Of IsraelLand, Spiritual Aspects OfRuinsThanksgivingAfflictions, Consolation DuringArchaeologyEdenWaste Places RestoredBlessing In The WildernessThose Singing PraiseGod Will ComfortFree Of ChargeGardensPeace And ComfortzionFinding Comfort In God

Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment; and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.

Verse ConceptsFailture, God Will Nevereternity, nature ofAstronomyInsectsEarth, Destruction OfSmokeEcological ConcernsImputed RighteousnessSalvation, Described AsEternal DeliveranceThe Universe DestroyedDisappearanceThings Wearing OutLooking At God's WorksAbrasionSmoke Used Poetically

For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool; but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation unto all generations.

Verse ConceptsAnimals, Types OfClothingGod, Righteousness OfInsectsWoolSalvation, Described AsWicked Described AsMothsPeople Eaten By WormEternal DeliverancePeople Wearing Outclosureworms

Like as many were astonished at thee (his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men),

Verse ConceptsAtonementHumiliationMessianic PropheciesBlemished PeopleAppearances ofrecognitionscarsJesus Eyes

But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.

Verse ConceptsTroubleSeaWicked Described AsUnrestThings Like The SeaSea, Metaphorical ReferencesUnclean Things

Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and declare unto my people their transgression, and to the house of Jacob their sins.

Verse ConceptsHesitationShoutingMinisters, Way They Should TeachTrumpets For SignallingWhat Sin?EmotionsrebellionDishonoring God

We grope for the wall like the blind; yea, we grope as they that have no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the twilight; among them that are lusty we are as dead men.

Verse ConceptsSpiritual Blindness, Consequences OfGuidance, Need For God'sWallsTwilightPeople StumblingAfflicted To Death

We roar all like bears, and moan sore like doves: we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.

Verse ConceptsdovesRumblingBird SoundsFar From OneNo JusticeThose Not Saved

Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winevat?

Verse ConceptsColors, ScarletRed ClothesGarmentsColor

The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox; and dust shall be the serpent's food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsLambsLionsMessianic AgeMillenniumRenewal, Of Natural OrderRest, EternalSnakesStomachsStrawAbstaining From MeatsDeliverance From LionsPower Over SnakesWolvesNoting What Animals EatAnimals Going To HeavenSleeping Peacefully

For thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream: and ye shall suck thereof ; ye shall be borne upon the side, and shall be dandled upon the knees.

Verse ConceptsAffluenceKneelingPeace, Promised ToKneesJerusalem In Millennial KingdomRiversHealing And ComfortPeace And ComfortPeace And StrengthFloodsBlessings And ProsperityWealth And Prosperitybreasts

And ye shall see it , and your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like the tender grass: and the hand of Jehovah shall be known toward his servants; and he will have indignation against his enemies.

Verse ConceptsGod's IndignationGrassPromised JoyGod's HandProvision For The Bodymotheringrejuvenation

For, behold, Jehovah will come with fire, and his chariots shall be like the whirlwind; to render his anger with fierceness, and his rebuke with flames of fire.

Verse ConceptsChariotsChariots Of GodPunishment, By GodWheelsWhirlwindsGod RidingHeavenly ChariotsGod Appearing In FireFire Of God's AngerGod Angry With The NationsAutomobilesHurricanesThe Second Comingrebuking

In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

Verse ConceptsChastisementIndifferenceLionsResponseAfflictions Of The WickedAdmonition, RecievingSmitten CheeksKilling ProphetsUseless Labour

Circumcise yourselves to Jehovah, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

Verse ConceptsForeskinsCircumcision, spiritualFire Of God's AngerTrue CircumcisionLake Of Fire

And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore hath Jehovah our God done all these things unto us? then shalt thou say unto them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served foreign gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.

Verse ConceptsForeignersForsaking GodRenunciationUnfaithfulness, To GodIdolatry Consists OfSuffering From ForeignersNo Earthly InheritanceServing GroupsWhy Does God Do This?

They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea, and they ride upon horses, every one set in array, as a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Zion.

Verse Conceptsdaughtersequipping, physicalenemies, of Israel and JudahBackMercy, HumanSeaThings Like The SeaRoar Of NationsOppressorsSea, Metaphorical ReferencesPeople Without Mercy

Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken, that he may declare it? wherefore is the land perished and burned up like a wilderness, so that none passeth through?

Verse ConceptsWisdom, Human NatureWhy Does This Happen?

They are like a palm-tree, of turned work, and speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good.

Verse ConceptsFutilityFruitResponseUnreliabilityUprightnessDisdainImpotence Of IdolsObelisksCarrying IdolsDumbnessGood Or BadDumbChristmas Treestatues

Who should not fear thee, O King of the nations? for to thee doth it appertain; forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their royal estate, there is none like unto thee.

Verse ConceptsGod, Sovereignty OfGod, Wisdom OfReverence, And God's NatureGod, All knowingNo One Is Like GodGod Is WorthyGod Is To Be Fearedroyalty

The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: Jehovah of hosts is his name.

Verse ConceptsCreation, Origin OfGod, Power OfJacob, The PatriarchPeople Of God, In OtUniverseNot Like IdolsGod As A Warrior

But I was like a gentle lamb that is led to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me,'saying , Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.

Verse ConceptsLambsBeing Killed Like An AnimalForgetting PeopleNames Blotted OutAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleKilled Like An Animal

But thou, O Jehovah, knowest me; thou seest me, and triest my heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.

Verse ConceptsSheepHeart, Known To GodBeing Killed Like An AnimalGod Testing PeopleKilled Like An Animal

And the wild asses stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.

Verse ConceptsFamine, Characteristics OfHaving No BreathWild Donkeys

For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh, but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited.

Verse ConceptsWicked Described AsDry PlacesLiving In The WildernessEmpty By NatureSourness

O house of David, thus saith Jehovah, Execute justice in the morning, and deliver him that is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

Verse ConceptsMorningFire Of God's AngerSaving PeopleEvery MorningRobbing People

Concerning the prophets. My heart within me is broken, all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of Jehovah, and because of his holy words.

Verse ConceptsBrokennessAlcoholdefeatWineIndividuals TremblingBroken Heartsheartbroken

Is not my word like fire? saith Jehovah; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?

Verse ConceptsToolsCarpentry ToolsHammersSplitting RocksFire Of God's WordThe Word Of Godcrushes

One basket had very good figs, like the figs that are first-ripe; and the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.

Verse ConceptsBad Items

Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: Like these good figs, so will I regard the captives of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans, for good.

Wail, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow in ashes , ye principal of the flock; for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are fully come, and ye shall fall like a goodly vessel.

Verse ConceptsWeeping

then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.

Verse ConceptsThe House Of God At Shiloh

Why hast thou prophesied in the name of Jehovah, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate, without inhabitant? And all the people were gathered unto Jeremiah in the house of Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsEmpty CitiesThe House Of God At Shiloh

thus saith Jehovah of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so bad.

Verse ConceptsFamine Coming From GodBad Items

and of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captives of Judah that are in Babylon, saying, Jehovah make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;

Verse ConceptsBurning PeopleLike Bad PeopleCursing The Ungodly

Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.

Verse ConceptsTroubleTribulation PeriodUnique EventsGod Saves The NeedyWoe For DisasterIsrael In TribulationOvercoming Hard TimesGetting Through Hard Times

And it shall come to pass that, like as I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down and to overthrow and to destroy and to afflict, so will I watch over them to build and to plant, saith Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsRootsWatchfulness, DivinePlucking OutMetaphorical Planting

For thus saith Jehovah: Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them.

Verse ConceptsGod Doing GoodGod Harmed ThemCalamity

Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah, who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire; and there were added besides unto them many like words.

Verse ConceptsProphecy, Methods Of OtAdding To GodBooks Of ProphecyOld Testament Claims InspirationJournalizing

My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die in the place where he is, because of the famine; for there is no more bread in the city.

Verse ConceptsHunger, Examples OfDungeonsAfflicted To DeathFamine Killing

Who is this that riseth up like the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the rivers?

Verse ConceptsChaosRiver NileFloods

Egypt riseth up like the Nile, and his waters toss themselves like the rivers: and he saith, I will rise up, I will cover the earth; I will destroy cities and the inhabitants thereof.

Verse ConceptsLike A Flood

As I live, saith the King, whose name is Jehovah of hosts, surely like Tabor among the mountains, and like Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.

Also her hired men in the midst of her are like calves of the stall; for they also are turned back, they are fled away together, they did not stand: for the day of their calamity is come upon them, the time of their visitation.

Verse ConceptsHiringVisitation

The sound thereof shall go like the serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.

Verse ConceptsFugitivesAxesSnakesFelling TreesThings Like SnakesSound

Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.

Verse ConceptsFugitivesTamarisklonliness

O ye inhabitants of Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock; and be like the dove that maketh her nest over the mouth of the abyss.

Verse ConceptsNestsdovesCavesRocksCaves As Places Of Refuge

Therefore my heart soundeth for Moab like pipes, and my heart soundeth like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: therefore the abundance that he hath gotten is perished.

Verse ConceptsFlutesLamentingRiches, Nature OfMusical Instruments, types ofRiches, Description OfWailing

On all the housetops of Moab and in the streets thereof there is lamentation every where; for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein none delighteth, saith Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsRoofBreaking ContainersRooftop

Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoso is chosen, him will I appoint over it: for who is like me? and who will appoint me a time? and who is the shepherd that will stand before me?

Verse ConceptsChallengesShepherds, As Kings And LeadersInadequate ShepherdingGod Like A LionWho Is Like God?The Region Of JordanLeadership Qualities

They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, every one set in array, as a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.

Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalenemies, of Israel and JudahMercy, HumanSeaRoar Of NationsOppressorsSea, Metaphorical ReferencesPeople Without Mercy

Behold, the enemy'shall come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoso is chosen, him will I appoint over it: for who is like me? and who will appoint me a time? and who is the shepherd that can stand before me?

Verse ConceptsChallengesShepherds, As Kings And LeadersInadequate ShepherdingGod Like A LionWho Is Like God?The Region Of Jordan

The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: Jehovah of hosts is his name.

Verse ConceptsHeirsAxesNot Like IdolsHis Name Is The Lord

For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing-floor at the time when it is trodden; yet a little while, and the time of harvest shall come for her.

Verse ConceptsdaughtersHarvestSicklesSowing And ReapingThreshing Floor

Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath, like a monster, swallowed me up, he hath filled his maw with my delicacies; he hath cast me out.

Verse ConceptsConfusionSnakesStomachsEmpty People

They shall roar together like young lions; they shall growl as lions whelps.

Verse ConceptsBabylonLionsLike Creatures

I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he-goats.

Verse ConceptsBeing Killed Like An AnimalKilled Like An Animal

For Jehovah layeth Babylon waste, and destroyeth out of her the great voice; and their waves roar like many waters; the noise of their voice is uttered:

Verse ConceptsSilenceDestruction Of BabylonBabylon DestroyedSoundRoar Of Nations