Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Animals » Suffer under divine judgments, sent upon man
Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: “Look, My anger—My burning wrath—is about to be poured out on this place, on man and beast, on the tree of the field, and on the produce of the land. My wrath will burn and not be quenched.”
Verse Concepts
and the grass of every field wither?
Because of the evil of its residents,
animals and birds have been swept away,
for the people have said,
“He cannot see what our end will be.”
I will strike the residents of this city, both man and beast. They will die in a great plague.
Verse Concepts
“Son of man, if a land sins against Me by acting faithlessly, and I stretch out My hand against it to cut off its supply of bread, to send famine through it, and to wipe out both man and animal from it,
Verse Concepts
“Or if I bring a sword against that land and say: Let a sword pass through it, so that I wipe out both man and animal from it,
Verse Concepts
"Or if I send a plague into that land and pour out My wrath on it with bloodshed to wipe out [both] man and animal from it, even [if] Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live"-the declaration of the Lord God -"they could not deliver [their] son or daughter. They would deliver [only] themselves by their righteousness. "For this is what the Lord God says: How much worse will it be when I send My four devastating judgments against Jerusalem-sword, famine, dangerous animals, and plague-in order to wipe out [both] man and animal from it!
How the animals groan! The herds of cattle wander in confusion since they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep suffer punishment. I call to You, Lord, for fire has consumed the pastures of the wilderness, and flames have devoured all the trees of the countryside. Even the wild animals cry out to You, for the river beds are dried up, and fire has consumed the pastures of the wilderness.
Swords » Illustrative » Of severe and heavy calamities
“Or if I bring a sword against that land and say: Let a sword pass through it, so that I wipe out both man and animal from it,
Verse Concepts
You are to burn up a third of it in the city when the days of the siege have ended; you are to take a third and slash it with the sword all around the city; and you are to scatter a third to the wind, for I will draw a sword to chase after them.
Verse Concepts
“Son of man, prophesy: This is what the Lord says! You are to proclaim:
A sword! A sword is sharpened
and also polished.
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and also polished.