Thematic Bible: Correction despised


Thematic Bible



and you have forgotten the divine word of encouragement which is addressed to you as sons,

My son, do not make light of the discipline of the Lord,
And do not lose heart and give up when you are corrected by Him;
Verse ConceptsAfflicted Saintsdiscipline, divineAssurance in the life of faithChastisementRebukeDespisersBelievers As Sons Of GodUnderestimationForgetting ThingsGod UrgingLosing CourageGod Requite Them!Discipline Child


Yet the people do not turn back [in repentance] to Him who struck them,
Nor do they seek the Lord of hosts [as their most essential need].
Verse ConceptsPrayerlessnessGod Is TruthfulAfflictions Of The WickedNot Returning To GodGod Beating PeopleNot Seeking God


“In vain I have punished your people [with the consequences of their disobedience];
They received no insight from correction [and refused to change].
Your [own] sword has devoured your prophets
Like a destroying lion.
Verse ConceptsChastisementIndifferenceLionsResponseAfflictions Of The WickedAdmonition, RecievingSmitten CheeksKilling ProphetsUseless Labour


“I wounded you with blight [from the hot, blasting east wind] and with mildew;
And the caterpillar devoured
Your many gardens and vineyards, your fig trees and your olive trees;
Yet you have not returned to Me [in repentance],” says the Lord.
Verse ConceptsFig treeGarden, NaturalBlightHorticultureLocustsMildewOlivesDestroying VineyardsNot Returning To GodScorching

and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their anguish and their sores (abscesses, boils); and they did not repent of what they had done nor hate their wickedness. Verse ConceptsHardened HeartsHell, As An ExperiencePhysical PainBlasphemyPleasurablenessrevelationdeeds


Why should you be stricken and punished again [since no change results from it]?
You [only] continue to rebel.
The whole head is sick
And the whole heart is faint and sick.
Verse ConceptsSinful HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedRebellion Against God, Shown InOther References To The HeartPersistence


Therefore He poured out on Israel the heat of His anger
And the fierceness of battle;
And engulfed him in fire,
Yet he did not recognize [the lesson of repentance which the Assyrian conquest was intended to teach];
It burned him, but he did not take it to heart.
Verse ConceptsHardened HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedChastisementSensitivityInsensibilityBurning PeopleStrength In Battle


O Lord, do not Your eyes look for truth?
You [have seen their faithless heart and] have stricken them,
But they did not weaken;
You have consumed them,
But they refused to take correction or instruction.
They have made their faces harder than rock;
They have refused to repent and return to You.
Verse ConceptsIndifferenceMineralsPrayerlessnessRepentance, Importance OfSensitivityStubbornness, Consequences OfAfflictions Of The WickedAdmonition, RecievingObstinacy Against GodSelf WillGod, All knowing


“I said, ‘Most certainly you will [reverently] fear Me;
Accept correction.’
So Jerusalem’s dwelling will not be cut off
In accordance with all that I have appointed concerning her [punishment],
But they were eager [even rising early] to make all their deeds corrupt.
Verse ConceptseagernessPunishment, By GodRashnessFear Of God, Results OfRising EarlyFear God!Roses