Thematic Bible: As a power, was
Thematic Bible
Assyria » As a power, was » Proud and haughty
Whom have thou defied and blasphemed? And against whom have thou exalted thy voice and lifted up thine eyes on high? [Even] against the Holy One of Israel. By thy messengers thou have defied LORD, and have said, With the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon. And I will cut down the tall cedars of it, and the choice f I have dug and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet I will dry up all the rivers of Egypt.
Assyria » As a power, was » An instrument of God's vengeance
Ho, Assyrian, the rod of my anger, the staff in whose hand is my indignation! I will send him against a profane nation, and against the people of my wrath. I will give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that LORD will whistle for the fly that is in the outermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
Assyria » As a power, was » Unfaithful, &c
And Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came to him, and distressed him, but did not strengthen him. For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of LORD, and out of the house of the king and of the rulers, and gave it to the king of Assyria, but it did not help him.
Assyria » As a power, was » Most formidable
Behold, LORD has a mighty and strong one. As a tempest of hail, a destroying storm, as a tempest of mighty waters overflowing, he will cast down to the earth with the hand.
Assyria » As a power, was » Cruel and destructive
However he does not so reason, nor does his heart so think, but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few.
Assyria » As a power, was » Intolerant and oppressive
There is no assuaging of thy hurt. Thy wound is grievous. All who hear the report of thee clap their hands over thee, for upon whom has not thy wickedness passed continually?
Assyria » As a power, was » Selfish and reserved
For they have gone up to Assyria [like] a wild donkey alone by himself. Ephraim has hired lovers.
Babylon » As a power, was » Cruel and destructive
who made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities of it, who did not let loose his prisoners to their home?
I was angry with my people. I profaned my inheritance, and gave them into thy hand. Thou showed them no mercy. Upon the aged thou have laid thy yoke very heavily.
Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, says LORD, which destroys all the earth. And I will stretch out my hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.
For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, who march through the breadth of the earth to possess dwelling-places that are not theirs. They are fearful and dreadful. Their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.
Babylon » As a power, was » An instrument of God's vengeance on other nations
Babylon has been a golden cup in LORD's hand, that made all the earth drunken. The nations have drunk of her wine, therefore the nations are mad.
I was angry with my people. I profaned my inheritance, and gave them into thy hand. Thou showed them no mercy. Upon the aged thou have laid thy yoke very heavily.
Babylon » As a power, was » Grand and stately
Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans. For thou shall no more be called tender and delicate.
Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans, for thou shall no more be called The mistress of kingdoms.
Babylon » As a power, was » Arrogant
And thou said in thy heart, I will ascend into heaven. I will exalt my throne above the stars of God, and I will sit upon the mount of congregation, in the outermost parts of the north. I will ascend above the heights of the clouds. I will make myself like the Most High.
Babylon » As a power, was » Covetous
O thou who dwell upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end has come, the measure of thy covetousness.
Babylon » As a power, was » Secure and self-confident
And thou said, I shall be mistress forever, so that thou did not lay these things to thy heart, nor remembered the latter end of it. Now therefore hear this, thou who are given to pleasures, who sit securely, who say in thy heart, I am, and there is none else besides me. I shall not sit as a widow, nor shall I know the loss of sons.
Babylon » As a power, was » Oppressive
that thou shall take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, How has the oppressor ceased, the golden city ceased!
Egypt » As a power, was » Treacherous
Behold, thou trust upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man leans, it will go into his hand, and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust on him.
And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel. When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou broke, and tore all their shoulders. And when they leaned upon thee, thou broke, and made all their loins to be at a stand [still].
Egypt » As a power, was » Proud and arrogant
Speak, and say, Thus says lord LORD: Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lays in the midst of his rivers, that has said, My river is my own, and I have made it for myself.
Thus says LORD: They also who uphold Egypt shall fall, and the pride of her power shall come down. From the tower of Seveneh they shall fall in it by the sword, says lord LORD.
Egypt » As a power, was » Ambitious of conquests
Egypt rises up like the Nile, and his waters toss themselves like the rivers. And he says, I will rise up. I will cover the earth. I will destroy cities and the inhabitants thereof.
Egypt » As a power, was » Pompous
By the swords of the mighty I will cause thy multitude to fall. They are all the terrible of the nations. And they shall bring to nothing the pride of Egypt, and all the multitude of it shall be destroyed.
Egypt » As a power, was » Mighty
who set out to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth, to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to take refuge in the shadow of Egypt! Therefore the strength of Pharaoh shall be your shame, and the refuge in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.