Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Estrangement » From God » General references to
being darkened in understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance [that] is in them, because of the hardness of their heart,
Verse Concepts
Spiritual DeathDarkness, As A Symbol Of SinFall Of Man, Consequences OfCommunicationGod, Revelation OfHardness Of HeartHeart, Fallen And RedeemedLonelinessReconciliation, Of The World To GodSalvation, Necessity And Basis OfStubbornness, Consequences OfUnbelief, Nature And Effects OfVeilsApathyCharacter Of WickedNations DescribedIgnorance Towards God, Leads ToInsensibilityEstrangement
The wicked are estranged from [the] womb. They go astray from [the] belly, speaking lies.
that you were at that time apart from Christ, alienated from the citizenship of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, not having hope, and without God in the world.
Thus says Yahweh: "What injustice did your ancestors find in me that they were far from me, and they went after the vanity, and they became vain?
so that [I may] take hold of the house of Israel by their heart, [those] who are estranged from me, all of them, through their idols.'
{But} the Levites who removed themselves from me {at the going astray of Israel}, who went astray from me [and went] after their idols, as a result they will bear their guilt.
'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far, far away from me,
Idolatry » They who practice » Are estranged from God
so that [I may] take hold of the house of Israel by their heart, [those] who are estranged from me, all of them, through their idols.'