Thematic Bible: Artificial, a sign of mourning


Thematic Bible



Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, made his army do hard work against Tyre, and the hair came off every head and every arm was rubbed smooth: but he and his army got no payment out of Tyre for the hard work which he had done against it. Verse ConceptsBaldnessBare ArmsThose Who Toiled

And in that day the Lord, the Lord of armies, was looking for weeping, and cries of sorrow, cutting off of the hair, and putting on the clothing of grief: Verse ConceptsGesturesBaldness, UnnaturalBaldnessHairsMourning

Death will overtake great as well as small in the land: their bodies will not be put in a resting-place, and no one will be weeping for them or wounding themselves or cutting off their hair for them: Verse ConceptsThe DeadBaldnessHairsKnivesUnburied BodiesNo BurialsGreat And SmallGashing BodiesNot Mourning

And they will have the hair of their heads cut off because of you, and will put haircloth on their bodies, weeping for you with bitter grief in their souls, even with bitter sorrow. Verse ConceptsBaldnessSackcloth And AshesBitternessgrievingbranding

Your feasts will be turned into sorrow and all your melody into songs of grief; everyone will be clothed with haircloth, and the hair of every head will be cut; I will make the weeping like that for an only son, and the end of it like a bitter day. Verse ConceptsBaldness, Figurative UseBaldnessHairsHeadsMourningSorrowWeepingThe Only ChildNo MusicMourning DeathOnly Child Of PeopleFestivals DisregardedMourning Due To CatastropheBitterness

Let your head be uncovered and your hair cut off in sorrow for the children of your delight: let the hair be pulled from your head like an eagle's; for they have been taken away from you as prisoners. Verse ConceptsBaldnessHairsHeadsKnivesMourningBarbersBirds, Types Of BirdsEaglesExile In ProspectHair

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