Thematic Bible: Amusements of
Thematic Bible
Children » Amusements of
And the broad places of the city shall be filled with boys and girls playing in her broad places.
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.