Thematic Bible: Amusements of
Thematic Bible
Children » Amusements of
They will send forth their children as a flock, and their children will leap.
Verse Concepts
And the broad places of the city shall be filled with boys and girls playing in her broad places.
Verse Concepts
To what shall I liken this generation I it is like little boys sitting in market-places, and calling to their companions, And saying, We played the flute to you, and ye moved not; we lamented to you and ye lamented not.
For behold, I raise up a shepherd in the land, he shall not review those being concealed; the youth he shall not seek, and he shall not heal the broken, and he shall not nourish the standing firmly: and he shall eat the flesh of the fading, and he shall break their hoofs. Wo! to the empty shepherd forsaking the sheep; the sword upon his arm, and upon his right eye: and his arm being dried up, shall be dried up, and his right eye being dim, shall be dim.
And the Lord said, To whom shall I liken the men of this generation? and to whom are they like? They are like children sitting in the market-place, and calling to one another, and saying, We played the flute to you, and ye danced not; we lamented to you, and ye wept not.