Thematic Bible: Cruel and destructive


Thematic Bible



But this is not what is in his mind, and this is not his design; but his purpose is destruction, and the cutting off of more and more nations.


Who made the world a waste, overturning its towns; who did not let his prisoners loose from the prison-house.

I was angry with my people, I put shame on my heritage, and gave them into your hands: you had no mercy on them; you put a cruel yoke on those who were old;

See, I am against you, says the Lord, O mountain of destruction, causing the destruction of all the earth: and my hand will be stretched out on you, rolling you down from the rocks, and making you a burned mountain.

For see, I am sending the Chaldaeans, that bitter and quick-moving nation; who go through the wide spaces of the earth to get for themselves living-places which are not theirs. They are greatly to be feared: their right comes from themselves.


Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain