Thematic Bible: Against God, condemned


Thematic Bible




“Woe (judgment is coming) to the rebellious children,” declares the Lord,
“Who carry out a plan, but not Mine,
And make an alliance [by pouring out a libation], but not of My Spirit,
In order to add sin to sin;
Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfAliancesFalse ConfidenceChildren, attitudes towardsGuidance, Need For God'sPlansRebellion, Of IsraelEvil PlansObstinacy Against GodDenunciationsConcealment, Of SinWoe To Israel And JerusalemTrusting God's PlanWeedrebellionapostasy

“Son of man, you live among a rebellious house, who have eyes to see but do not see, who have ears to hear but do not hear; for they are a rebellious people. Verse ConceptsSpiritual Blindness, In UnbelieversLack Of DiscernmentHearingIndifferenceSensitivityApathyDullnessSpiritual DeafnessNot Seeing Spiritual ThingsUnhearingrebellion


“For rebellion is as [serious as] the sin of divination (fortune-telling),
And disobedience is as [serious as] false religion and idolatry.
Because you have rejected the word of the Lord,
He also has rejected you as king.”
Verse ConceptsRejecting God's WordPride, Evil OfRejection Of GodRejection Of God, Results OfSin, Nature OfArrogance, Punishment OfSelf WillGod Abandoning IndividualsConsequences Of Forsaking GodArrogantly Like GodIdolatryNature Of IdolatryDeposingFinal RevoltRebellion against GodSorcerycancermagicdisobediencearrogancerebellionwitches


“They refused to listen and obey,
And did not remember Your wondrous acts which You had performed among them;
So they stiffened their necks and [in their rebellion] appointed a leader in order to return them to slavery in Egypt.
But You are a God of forgiveness,
Gracious and merciful and compassionate,
Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness;
And You did not abandon them.
Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfAngerAggressionAnger Of God, DescriptionListeningRestraintSin, And God's CharacterLoving Kindness Of GodSelf WillGod Not ForsakingMaking SlavesA Forgiving GodSpeed Of God's AngerAnger And Forgiveness

You have been rebellious against the Lord from the [first] day that I knew you. Verse ConceptsRebellion against God

And He said to me, “I am sending you, son of man, to the children of Israel, to a rebellious people [in both the north and the south] that have rebelled against Me; they and their fathers have sinned and revolted against Me to this very day. Verse ConceptsAttitudes Of RebellionMissionaries, Call OfSon Of ManAncestorsFalse Religion To This DayGod Sending ProphetsLeaders SinningDisunityrebellion



“I will go to the great [men]
And speak to them,
For they [must] know the way of the Lord,
The ordinance of their God.”
But [I found the reverse to be true, that] they too had all alike broken the yoke [of God’s law]
And had burst the bonds [of obedience to Him].
Verse ConceptsYokesEscaping From GodBreaking Chains