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Just as one gathers silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin into the furnace to blow fire on them and melt them, so I will gather you in My anger and wrath, put you inside, and melt you. Verse ConceptsIronTinMeltingGathered By GodFurnaces

“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me. All of them are copper, tin, iron, and lead inside the furnace; they are the dross of silver. Verse ConceptsCopperdrossIronTinWicked Described AsFurnacesThings Like SilverUseless People


I will break down your strong pride. I will make your sky like iron and your land like bronze, Verse ConceptsAttitudes Of PrideIronPride, Evil OfStubbornness, Consequences OfPride, OriginBrassThe Proud Will Be AbasedPride

20 gold bowls worth 1,000 gold coins, and two articles of fine gleaming bronze, as valuable as gold. Verse ConceptsCoinageHoly VesselsBrassWeights Of Gold

His bones are bronze tubes;
his limbs are like iron rods.
Verse ConceptsBeamsBronzeBodies Of AnimalsThings Like Bronze

He made the camels kneel beside a well of water outside the town at evening. This was the time when the women went out to draw water. Verse ConceptsWaterCamelsDrawing WaterPutting Animals Down

An oracle about the animals of the Negev:

Through a land of trouble and distress,
of lioness and lion,
of viper and flying serpent,
they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys
and their treasures on the humps of camels,
to a people who will not help them.
Verse ConceptsenvoyBackSnakesBeastsflying


The guards were so shaken from fear of him that they became like dead men. Verse ConceptsGuardsFear, Of UnknownGuilty FearShakingGroups Trembling

For the living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything. There is no longer a reward for them because the memory of them is forgotten. Verse ConceptsHow Death Is InevitableForgetting PeopleState Of The DeadThose Who Were IgnorantDeathConsciousness After DeathDeath ofLife After Death

Their love, their hate, and their envy have already disappeared, and there is no longer a portion for them in all that is done under the sun. Verse ConceptsNot HatingUnder The SunUnlovingNot Sharing

It is not the dead who praise the Lord,
nor any of those descending into the silence of death.
Verse ConceptsDeath, Description OfAfterlifeNot Praising GodState Of The DeadDeathPraise And Worship

For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead. Verse ConceptsSpirit, Nature OfSpiritsThe Human BodyThe Spirit Of ManFaith That WorksWorks Of FaithDeathTrust In Relationships

My dove, in the clefts of the rock,
in the crevices of the cliff,
let me see your face,
let me hear your voice;
for your voice is sweet,
and your face is lovely.
Verse ConceptsdovesAttractionNames And Titles For The ChurchhidingBeautiful Women

My dove, in the clefts of the rock,
in the crevices of the cliff,
let me see your face,
let me hear your voice;
for your voice is sweet,
and your face is lovely.
Verse ConceptsdovesAttractionNames And Titles For The ChurchhidingBeautiful Women

M How beautiful you are, my darling.
How very beautiful!
Your eyes are doves.
Verse ConceptsBeautifulThe Beauty Of Nature


While you lie among the sheepfolds,
the wings of a dove are covered with silver,
and its feathers with glistening gold.
Verse ConceptsdovesGoldSleep, PhysicalWingsSheepfoldsWings Of BirdsStock Keeping

You could not possibly do such a thing: to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. You could not possibly do that! Won’t the Judge of all the earth do what is just?” Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeBeing Born In SinGod, Righteousness OfJudgesJustification, Necessity OfPredestinationPunishment, By GodPunishment, Nature OfRetributionSuffering, Of The InnocentAge Of AccountabilityGod KillingLack Of DiscriminationGod Doing RightDoing RightFar Be It!God Kills

Therefore the wicked will not survive the judgment, and sinners will not be in the community of the righteous. For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to ruin.

Such is the generation of those who seek Him,
who seek the face of the God of Jacob.Selah
Verse ConceptsFace Of GodGenerationsJacob, The PatriarchPsalm InterjectionsPurityseeking

He will be like a tree planted by water:
it sends its roots out toward a stream,
it doesn’t fear when heat comes,
and its foliage remains green.
It will not worry in a year of drought
or cease producing fruit.
Verse ConceptsColors, GreenSpring Of WaterUnfading LifeThe Source Of FruitRiver BanksWater For PlantsHot WeatherGreenWater, As A Symbol Of LifeRiversOlive TreesAnxiety And FearWorrying

For day and night Your hand was heavy on me;
my strength was drained
as in the summer’s heat.Selah
Verse ConceptsAffliction Day And NightdefeatSummerGod's HandHot WeatherGod's Hands In OppositionNo Strength LeftPsalm Interjections

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