Thematic Bible: Cement


Thematic Bible



Then they shall take new stones and replace the [contaminated] stones, and he shall take plaster and replaster the house. Verse ConceptsClayBricksPlasterBuilding Stones Rejected

He shall tear down the house—its stones and its timber and all the plaster of the house—and shall take everything outside the city to an unclean place. Verse ConceptsDestruction Of HousesOutside The CityUnclean Things

Her prophets have smeared whitewash for them, seeing false visions and divining lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord God’—when the Lord has not spoken. Verse ConceptsVisionsWhiteDivinationWhitewashingFalse VisionsProphesying LiesProphets Who Were Not SentFalse Apostles, Prophets And Teachers


Draw water for a [long, continued] siege!
Strengthen your fortresses!
Go down to the clay pits, trample the mortar!
Prepare the brick kiln [to burn bricks for the rampart]!
Verse ConceptsBricksClayClay, UsesDrinking WaterThe Nations Attacked

They said one to another, “Come, let us make bricks and fire them thoroughly [in a kiln, to harden and strengthen them].” So they used brick for stone [as building material], and they used tar (bitumen, asphalt) for mortar. Verse ConceptsBricksequipping, physicalBakingBuilding

They made their lives bitter with hard labor in mortar, brick, and all kinds of field work. All their labor was harsh and severe. Verse ConceptsBricksOppression, Examples OfTroubling Groups Of PeopleBitternessSuccess And Hard Work