Thematic Bible
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Abomination » The abomination that makes desolate
For all the evil of the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah which they did to irritate me, they, their kings, their chiefs, their priests, and their prophets, and the man Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And they will turn to me the neck and not the face: and teaching them, and rising early and teaching, and they not hearing to receive instruction. And they will set their abominations in the house which my name was called upon it, to defile it read more.
And they will build the heights of Baal which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through to Molech, which I commanded them not; and it came not up upon my heart to do this abomination to cause Judah to sin. And now for this, thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, to this city of which ye are saying, It was given into the hand of the king of Babel by sword and by famine, and by death.
And they will build the heights of Baal which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through to Molech, which I commanded them not; and it came not up upon my heart to do this abomination to cause Judah to sin. And now for this, thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, to this city of which ye are saying, It was given into the hand of the king of Babel by sword and by famine, and by death.
And he said to me, Son of man, lift up now thine eyes the way of the north. And I lifter up mine eyes the way of the north, and behold, from the north at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entrance. And he said to me, Son of man, west thou what they are doing, the great abominations which the house of Israel are doing here, to go far off from my holy place? And thou shalt yet turn back, thou shalt see great abominations.
And the he goat of the goats increased even greatly: and in his being strong the great horn was broken; and there will come up the vision of four underneath it to the four winds of the heavens. And from one of them came forth one horn of a little thing, and it will be great exceedingly to the south to the sunrisings, and to the glories. And it will be great even to the army of the heavens; and it will cast to the earth from the army, and from the stars, and it will tread them down. read more.
And even to the chief of the army was he magnified, and from him the continuance was lifted up, and the foundation of his holy place was cast down. And an army will be given upon the continuance by transgression, and it will cast down truth to the earth; and it did and it succeeded. And I shall hear one holy one speaking, and one holy one will say to a certain one, speaking, How long the vision of the continuance, and the transgression laying waste, to be? and the holy place and the army being trodden down? And he will say to me, Even to evening morning, two thousand and three hundred; and the holy place was justified
And even to the chief of the army was he magnified, and from him the continuance was lifted up, and the foundation of his holy place was cast down. And an army will be given upon the continuance by transgression, and it will cast down truth to the earth; and it did and it succeeded. And I shall hear one holy one speaking, and one holy one will say to a certain one, speaking, How long the vision of the continuance, and the transgression laying waste, to be? and the holy place and the army being trodden down? And he will say to me, Even to evening morning, two thousand and three hundred; and the holy place was justified
Seventy seventy were divided upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to close the transgression, and to seal up sins, and to expiate iniquity, and to bring in eternal justice, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the holy of holies. And thou shalt know and understand, from the going forth of the word to turn back and to build Jerusalem even to Messiah the leader, seventy weeks, and sixty and two weeks: and the street shall turn back and be built, and the ditch, in the trouble of the times. And after sixty and two weeks, Messiah shall be cut off, and not for him: and the people of the leader coming shall destroy the city and the holy place; and its end with an overflowing, and even to the end of the war desolations were determined. read more.
And he made strong the covenant to many one week: and half the week he shall cause the sacrifice and gift to cease, and upon the wing of abominations laying waste, even to the completion, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolation.
And he made strong the covenant to many one week: and half the week he shall cause the sacrifice and gift to cease, and upon the wing of abominations laying waste, even to the completion, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolation.
And there stood up upon his place he causing a task-master to pass through the glory of his kingdom: and in some days he shall be broken, and not in anger and not in war. And there stood up upon his place he being despised; and they gave not upon him the strength of the kingdom: and he came in tranquillity, and he took the kingdom by flatteries. And with the arms of an overflowing they shall overflow from his face, and they shall be broken; and also the leader of the covenant. read more.
And from being joined to him he shall do deceit: and he came up and was strong with a small nation. And in security and in fatnesses of the province shall he come; and he did what his fathers did not, and the fathers of his fathers; the prey and spoil and property shall he scatter to them: and against the fortifications he shall reckon his purposes, and even to a time. And his strength shall rouse up and his heart against the king of the south with great force; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to war with a great and strong force, even exceedingly; and he shall not stand, for they shall reckon purposes against him. And they eating his dainties shall break him, and his force shall overflow: and many fell wounded. And they two kings, their heart for doing evil, and at one table they will speak falsehood; and it shall not prosper: for yet the end at the appointment And he shall turn back to his land with great property; and his heart against the holy covenant; and he did, and turned back to his land. At the appointment he shall turn back, and come into the south; and it shall not be as the first, and as the last. And the inhabitants of the desert, the Chittims came against him: and he was dejected, and he turned back, and was angry against the holy covenant: and he did, and turned back; and he shall understand for those forsaking the holy covenant And seed from him shall stand up, and they profaned the holy place of strength, and they removed the Continuance, and they gave the abomination laying waste.
And from being joined to him he shall do deceit: and he came up and was strong with a small nation. And in security and in fatnesses of the province shall he come; and he did what his fathers did not, and the fathers of his fathers; the prey and spoil and property shall he scatter to them: and against the fortifications he shall reckon his purposes, and even to a time. And his strength shall rouse up and his heart against the king of the south with great force; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to war with a great and strong force, even exceedingly; and he shall not stand, for they shall reckon purposes against him. And they eating his dainties shall break him, and his force shall overflow: and many fell wounded. And they two kings, their heart for doing evil, and at one table they will speak falsehood; and it shall not prosper: for yet the end at the appointment And he shall turn back to his land with great property; and his heart against the holy covenant; and he did, and turned back to his land. At the appointment he shall turn back, and come into the south; and it shall not be as the first, and as the last. And the inhabitants of the desert, the Chittims came against him: and he was dejected, and he turned back, and was angry against the holy covenant: and he did, and turned back; and he shall understand for those forsaking the holy covenant And seed from him shall stand up, and they profaned the holy place of strength, and they removed the Continuance, and they gave the abomination laying waste.
And I Daniel saw, and behold, two others standing, one hence upon the lip of the river, and one thence upon the lip of the river. And he will say to the man clothed with linen garments which was above to the waters of the river, Till when the end of the wonders? And I shall hear the man clothed with linen garments, who was above to the waters of the river, and he will lift up his right hand and his left to the heavens, and swear by him living forever, that for an appointment of appointments and a half; in the scattering of the hand of the holy people being finished, all these shall be finished. read more.
And I heard, and I shall not understand: and saying, O my lord, what the last of these things? And he will say, Go, Daniel: for the words being shut up and sealed even to the time of the end. And many shall be separated and become white, and be tried; and the unjust did evil: and all the unjust shall not understand; and the intelligent shall understand. And from the time of removing the continuance, and to give the abomination laying waste, a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
And I heard, and I shall not understand: and saying, O my lord, what the last of these things? And he will say, Go, Daniel: for the words being shut up and sealed even to the time of the end. And many shall be separated and become white, and be tried; and the unjust did evil: and all the unjust shall not understand; and the intelligent shall understand. And from the time of removing the continuance, and to give the abomination laying waste, a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
Therefore, when ye see the abomination of devastation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place, (let him reading, understand:) Then let them in Judea flee to the mountain; He upon the house-tops, let him not come down to take away anything out of his house: read more.
And he in the field, let him not turn back to take up his garments:
And he in the field, let him not turn back to take up his garments:
And when ye see the abomination of desolation, that spoken by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him reading understand,) then let them in Judea flee to the mountains: And he upon the house, let him not come down into the house, nor let him come in, to take any thing away out of his house: And he being in the field, let him not turn back to take up his garment.
Temptation » A test
By faith Abraham had brought near Isaac, being tried: and he having received the promises brought near the only born,
And know thou with thy heart that as a man will chastise his son, Jehovah thy God chastises thee.
And I brought the third through fire, and I purified them as purifying silver, and I tried them as trying gold: he shall call on my name and I will answer him: I said, He is my people; and he shall say, Jehovah my God.
Happy the man who endures temptation: for being tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to them loving him.
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Thus in the chiefs of Babel interceding, sending to him to seek out the sign which was in the land, God left him, to try him, to know all in his heart
And it shall be after these words, and God tried Abraham, and he will say to him, Abraham: and he will say, Behold, here I. And he will say, Take now thy son, thine only, whom thou didst love, Isaak, and go by thyself to the land of Moriah; and carry him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains of which I told thee. And Abraham will rise early in the morning, and will saddle his ass, and will take two of his boys with him, and Isaak his son, and he will cleave the wood for the burnt offering, and will rise up and go to the place God spake to him. read more.
In the third day, Abraham will lift up his eyes and will see the place from far And Abraham will say to his boys, Sit ye here in this place with the ass; I and the boy will go even there and worship, and will turn back to you. And Abraham will take the wood of the burnt offering, and put upon Isaak his son; and will take in his hand the fire and the knife, and they will go, they two together. And Isaak will say to Abraham his father, and he will say, My father: and he will say, Behold, me, my son: And he will say, Behold the fire and the wood, and where the sheep for a burnt offering? And Abraham will say, God will see to himself the sheep for a burnt-offering my son: and they will go, they two together. And they will come to the place which God said to him; and Abraham will build an altar there, and put in order the wood: and he will find Isaak his son, and put him upon the altar, upon the wood. And Abraham will stretch out the hand and will take the knife to slaughter his son. And the messenger of Jehovah will call to him out of the heavens, and will say, Abraham, Abraham. And he will say, Behold me. And he will say, Thou shalt not put forth thy hand upon the boy, and thou shalt do nothing to him; for now I know that thou feared God, and thou didst not spare thy son thine only, from me. And Abraham will lift up his eyes, and will see and behold a ram behind, being held in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham will come and take the ram and bring it for a burnt offering instead of his son. And Abraham will call the name of that place, Jehovah will see: which shall be said to this day, Jehovah will see in the mountain
In the third day, Abraham will lift up his eyes and will see the place from far And Abraham will say to his boys, Sit ye here in this place with the ass; I and the boy will go even there and worship, and will turn back to you. And Abraham will take the wood of the burnt offering, and put upon Isaak his son; and will take in his hand the fire and the knife, and they will go, they two together. And Isaak will say to Abraham his father, and he will say, My father: and he will say, Behold, me, my son: And he will say, Behold the fire and the wood, and where the sheep for a burnt offering? And Abraham will say, God will see to himself the sheep for a burnt-offering my son: and they will go, they two together. And they will come to the place which God said to him; and Abraham will build an altar there, and put in order the wood: and he will find Isaak his son, and put him upon the altar, upon the wood. And Abraham will stretch out the hand and will take the knife to slaughter his son. And the messenger of Jehovah will call to him out of the heavens, and will say, Abraham, Abraham. And he will say, Behold me. And he will say, Thou shalt not put forth thy hand upon the boy, and thou shalt do nothing to him; for now I know that thou feared God, and thou didst not spare thy son thine only, from me. And Abraham will lift up his eyes, and will see and behold a ram behind, being held in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham will come and take the ram and bring it for a burnt offering instead of his son. And Abraham will call the name of that place, Jehovah will see: which shall be said to this day, Jehovah will see in the mountain
And remember thou all the way which Jehovah thy God caused thee to go this forty years in the desert in order to humble thee, to try thee, to know what is in thy heart, whether thou shalt watch his commands or not
When there shall arise in the midst of you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and he gave to thee a sign or a wonder, And the sign or the wonder come which he spake to thee, saying, We will go after other gods which we know not, and we will serve them, Thou shalt not hear to the words of that prophet or to that dreamer of dreams: for Jehovah thy God tries you to know whether ye are loving Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
By which ye are transported with joy, now for a little, (if it is necessary,) having grieved in various temptations: That the proof of your faith, much more precious than perishing gold, and being tried by fire, might be found to praise and honour and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ:
Deem all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various trials; Knowing that the proof of your faith works patience.
And Jehovah will say to the adversary, Didst thou set thy heart to my servant Job? for none like him in the earth; a man blameless and upright, fearing God and departing from evil. And the adversary will answer Yehovah and say, Did Job fear God gratuitously? Didst thou, not hedge about him and about his house, and about all that is to him from round about? Thou didst bless the work of his hands, and his possession spread abroad in the earth. read more.
But send forth now thy band and tough upon all which is to him, if he will not bless thee upon thy face. And Jehovah will say to the adversary, Behold, all that is to him in thy hand: only upon him thou shalt not send. forth thy hand. And the adversary will go forth from the face of Jehovah. And the day will be and his sons and daughters will be eating and drinking wine in the house of their brother, the first-born: And a messenger came to Job; and he will say, The oxen were ploughing, and the he asses were feeding upon their hands. And Sheba will fall and take them; they struck the young men by the month of the sword; and only shall escape, I alone, to announce to thee.. This one yet speaking, and this came, and he will say, The fire of God. fell from the heavens, and it will burn upon the sheep and upon the young men, and it will devour them; and I shall escape, only I alone, to announce to thee. This one yet speaking, and this came, and he will say, The Chaldeans set three heads, and they invaded upon the camels, and they will take them, and they struck the young men with the mouth of the sword; and I shall escape, only I alone, to announce to thee. This yet speaking, and this came, and he will say, Thy sons and thy daughters Were eating and drinking wine in the house of their brother, the first-born: And behold, a great wind came from beyond the desert., and it will touch upon the four corners of the house, and fall upon the young men, and they will die; and I shall escape, I only, to announce to thee. And Job will rise and rend his covering, and shave his head, and fall to the earth and worship. And he will say, Naked I came forth from my mother's womb, and naked shall I turn back there: Jehovah gave, and Jehovah took; the name of Jehovah shall be blessed. In all this Job sinned not, and gave not folly to God.
But send forth now thy band and tough upon all which is to him, if he will not bless thee upon thy face. And Jehovah will say to the adversary, Behold, all that is to him in thy hand: only upon him thou shalt not send. forth thy hand. And the adversary will go forth from the face of Jehovah. And the day will be and his sons and daughters will be eating and drinking wine in the house of their brother, the first-born: And a messenger came to Job; and he will say, The oxen were ploughing, and the he asses were feeding upon their hands. And Sheba will fall and take them; they struck the young men by the month of the sword; and only shall escape, I alone, to announce to thee.. This one yet speaking, and this came, and he will say, The fire of God. fell from the heavens, and it will burn upon the sheep and upon the young men, and it will devour them; and I shall escape, only I alone, to announce to thee. This one yet speaking, and this came, and he will say, The Chaldeans set three heads, and they invaded upon the camels, and they will take them, and they struck the young men with the mouth of the sword; and I shall escape, only I alone, to announce to thee. This yet speaking, and this came, and he will say, Thy sons and thy daughters Were eating and drinking wine in the house of their brother, the first-born: And behold, a great wind came from beyond the desert., and it will touch upon the four corners of the house, and fall upon the young men, and they will die; and I shall escape, I only, to announce to thee. And Job will rise and rend his covering, and shave his head, and fall to the earth and worship. And he will say, Naked I came forth from my mother's womb, and naked shall I turn back there: Jehovah gave, and Jehovah took; the name of Jehovah shall be blessed. In all this Job sinned not, and gave not folly to God.
And Jehovah will say to the adversary, Didst thou set thy heart to my servant Job, that none like him in the earth, a man blameless and upright, fearing God and departing from evil? And yet he holding fast upon his integrity, and thou wilt stimulate me to destroy him without cause. And the adversary will answer Jehovah and say, Skin for skin, and all which is to a man he will give for his soul. But send forth now thy hand and touch upon his bone and upon his flesh, if he will not bless thee to thy face. read more.
And Jehovah will say to the adversary, Behold him in thy hand, but watch his soul And the adversary will go forth from the face of Jehovah, and he will strike Job with an evil burning sore, from the sole of his foot even to his crown. And he will take to him a pot sherd to scrape himself with it, and he will sit in the midst of the ashes. And his wife will say to him, Yet thou art holding fast upon thine integrity: praise God and die. And he will say to her, According to the word of one of the foolish women thou wilt speak. Shall we also receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this. Job sinned not with his lips.
And Jehovah will say to the adversary, Behold him in thy hand, but watch his soul And the adversary will go forth from the face of Jehovah, and he will strike Job with an evil burning sore, from the sole of his foot even to his crown. And he will take to him a pot sherd to scrape himself with it, and he will sit in the midst of the ashes. And his wife will say to him, Yet thou art holding fast upon thine integrity: praise God and die. And he will say to her, According to the word of one of the foolish women thou wilt speak. Shall we also receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this. Job sinned not with his lips.
For thou didst try us, O God, thou didst prove us as purifying of silver. Thou broughtest us into the net; thou didst set a heavy burden upon our loins. Thou didst cause men to ride upon our head; we went through fire and through water: and thou wilt bring us forth to abundance. read more.
I will go into thine house with 'burnt-offerings: I will repay to thee my vows,
I will go into thine house with 'burnt-offerings: I will repay to thee my vows,
And many shall be separated and become white, and be tried; and the unjust did evil: and all the unjust shall not understand; and the intelligent shall understand.
Understanding » Who is void of understanding
Therefore this I say, and testify in the Lord, that ye no more walk as also the rest of the nations, in the vanity of their mind, Being darkened in understanding, alienated from the life of God by ignorance being in them, by the hardness of their heart; Who no longer having had feeling delivered themselves to licentiousness, to the work of all uncleanness in overreaching.
He working his earth shall be filled with bread: and he pursuing vain things wanted heart.
He committing adultery with a woman lacked a heart: destroying his soul he will do it.
Wherefore having known God, not as God did they honour or return thanks; but were rendered vain in their conversations, and their heart without understanding was darkened. Declaring themselves to be wise, they were fools, And they changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of flying things, and of creeping things, and of quadrupeds.
They forming a carved image all of them emptiness; and their delights shall not profit, and they are their witnesses; they will not see and they will not know, so that they shall be ashamed. Who formed a god and a carved molten image, profiting for nothing? Behold, all his associates shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they from man, they shall be gathered together, all of them; they shall stand, they shall tremble, they shall be ashamed together. read more.
The workman of iron with an axe also worked with coal, and he will cleave it with hammers, and will work with the arm of his strength: also he hungered and no strength: he drank not water and was wearied. The workman of woods stretched out the line; he will delineate it with an awl, he will do it with chisels, and he will delineate it with a compass, and he will make it according to the image of a man, according to the beauty of man; to dwell in the house To cut down for him cedars, and he will take the fir tree and the oak, and he will strengthen for himself among the trees of the forest: he planted an ash and the rain will cause to grow. And it was for a man to burn: and he will take from them and he will be warmed; also he will kindle, and bake bread; also he will make a god, and he will worship; he made it a carved image, and he will fall down to them. Half of it he burnt in the fire; upon half of it he will eat flesh; he will roast roast, and he will be satisfied: also he will be warm, and he will say, Aha, I was warm, I saw the light And its remainder he made for a god, for his carved image: he will fall down to it, and he will worship and pray to it, and say, Deliver me, for thou my god. They will not know, and they will not discern: he spread over their eyes from seeing; their heart from considering. And none will set to his heart; and not knowledge, and not understanding to say, Half of it I burnt in the fire; and also I baked bread upon its coals; I will roast flesh and eat: and its remainder shall I make for an abomination? shall I fall down to a trunk of wood?
The workman of iron with an axe also worked with coal, and he will cleave it with hammers, and will work with the arm of his strength: also he hungered and no strength: he drank not water and was wearied. The workman of woods stretched out the line; he will delineate it with an awl, he will do it with chisels, and he will delineate it with a compass, and he will make it according to the image of a man, according to the beauty of man; to dwell in the house To cut down for him cedars, and he will take the fir tree and the oak, and he will strengthen for himself among the trees of the forest: he planted an ash and the rain will cause to grow. And it was for a man to burn: and he will take from them and he will be warmed; also he will kindle, and bake bread; also he will make a god, and he will worship; he made it a carved image, and he will fall down to them. Half of it he burnt in the fire; upon half of it he will eat flesh; he will roast roast, and he will be satisfied: also he will be warm, and he will say, Aha, I was warm, I saw the light And its remainder he made for a god, for his carved image: he will fall down to it, and he will worship and pray to it, and say, Deliver me, for thou my god. They will not know, and they will not discern: he spread over their eyes from seeing; their heart from considering. And none will set to his heart; and not knowledge, and not understanding to say, Half of it I burnt in the fire; and also I baked bread upon its coals; I will roast flesh and eat: and its remainder shall I make for an abomination? shall I fall down to a trunk of wood?
Men of evil shall not understand judgment: and they seeking Jehovah shall understand all.
And many shall be separated and become white, and be tried; and the unjust did evil: and all the unjust shall not understand; and the intelligent shall understand.
Understanding » Who understands
The slow to anger of much understanding: and the short of spirit exalts folly.
He driving away instruction despised his soul: and he hearing reproof obtained a heart
The beginning of wisdom is the fear of Jehovah: a good understanding to all doing them: his praise stands forever.
Thou shalt strike him mocking, and the simple will be crafty: and reprove to him understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and wilt hide my commands with thee; To attend to wisdom thou wilt incline thine ear, thy heart to understanding; For if thou will call to understanding, wilt give thy voice to understanding read more.
If thou wilt seek her as silver, and dig for her as hidden treasure; Then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, and thou shalt find the knowledge of God. For Jehovah will give wisdom: from his mouth knowledge and understanding. He treasured up deliverance for the upright: a shield to those going in uprightness: To guard the paths of judgment, and he will watch the way of his godly ones. Then thou shalt understand justice and judgment and uprightness; every good track.
If thou wilt seek her as silver, and dig for her as hidden treasure; Then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, and thou shalt find the knowledge of God. For Jehovah will give wisdom: from his mouth knowledge and understanding. He treasured up deliverance for the upright: a shield to those going in uprightness: To guard the paths of judgment, and he will watch the way of his godly ones. Then thou shalt understand justice and judgment and uprightness; every good track.
Men of evil shall not understand judgment: and they seeking Jehovah shall understand all.
Also the foolish one being silent shall be thought wise: and he shutting his lips, understanding.
And many shall be separated and become white, and be tried; and the unjust did evil: and all the unjust shall not understand; and the intelligent shall understand.
Forever, O Jehovah, thy word was set in the heavens. To generation and generation thy faithfulness: thou didst prepare the earth and it will stand. They stood according to thy judgments this day, for all are thy servants. read more.
Unless thy law was my delight I perished in mine affliction. Forever will I not forget thy charges, for in them thou didst make me live. I am to thee; save me; for I sought thy charges. The unjust waited for me to destroy me: I shall understand thy testimonies. I saw the end to all perfection: thy command is exceeding broad. How I loved thy law I all the day it is my meditation. Above mine enemies thou wilt make me wise from thy commands, for It is forever to me. Above all those teaching me I understood, for thy testimonies a meditation to me. I shall understand above the old men, for I watched thy charges.
Unless thy law was my delight I perished in mine affliction. Forever will I not forget thy charges, for in them thou didst make me live. I am to thee; save me; for I sought thy charges. The unjust waited for me to destroy me: I shall understand thy testimonies. I saw the end to all perfection: thy command is exceeding broad. How I loved thy law I all the day it is my meditation. Above mine enemies thou wilt make me wise from thy commands, for It is forever to me. Above all those teaching me I understood, for thy testimonies a meditation to me. I shall understand above the old men, for I watched thy charges.