Thematic Bible: Cruel and destructive
Thematic Bible
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.
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.