Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Bread » Staff of life
Son of man, if a land shall sin against me to cover a transgression, and I stretched forth my hands upon it, and I broke to it the staff of bread, and sent famine upon it, and I cut off from it man and cattle:
In my sending the evil arrows of famine upon them which were for destruction, which I shall send to destroy you: and I will add famine upon you, and I broke to you the staff of bread.
And he will say to me, Son of man, behold me breaking the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they ate bread by weight and with fear; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment
Bread » In times of scarcity, sold by weight
In my breaking to you the rod of bread, and ten women baked your bread in one oven, and they returned your bread by weight: and ye ate, and ye shall not be satisfied.
And he will say to me, Son of man, behold me breaking the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they ate bread by weight and with fear; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment
Bread » Called the staff of life
Son of man, if a land shall sin against me to cover a transgression, and I stretched forth my hands upon it, and I broke to it the staff of bread, and sent famine upon it, and I cut off from it man and cattle:
In my sending the evil arrows of famine upon them which were for destruction, which I shall send to destroy you: and I will add famine upon you, and I broke to you the staff of bread.
And he will say to me, Son of man, behold me breaking the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they ate bread by weight and with fear; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment
overmuch Care » Sent as a punishment to the wicked
And he will say to me, Son of man, behold me breaking the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they ate bread by weight and with fear; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment
And say to the people of the land, Thus said the Lord Jehovah to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to the land of Israel: they shall eat their bread with dread, and they shall drink their waters with astonishment, that her land shall be laid waste from her fulness from the violence of all dwelling in her.
Famine » Threatened as the result of sin
In my breaking to you the rod of bread, and ten women baked your bread in one oven, and they returned your bread by weight: and ye ate, and ye shall not be satisfied.
And he will say to me, Son of man, behold me breaking the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they ate bread by weight and with fear; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment
And thou atest the fruit of thy belly, the flesh of thy sons and thy daughters, which Jehovah thy God gave to thee, in the distress and in the straitness which thine enemy shall press upon thee:
And the people which they are prophesying to them shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem, from the face of the famine and the sword; and none to them burying them, their wives and their sons and their daughters; and I poured their evil upon them.
A third of thee in death shall die, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third shall fall by the sword round about thee; and the third I will scatter to every wind, and I will draw out the sword after them.
He being far off, in death shall he die; and he being near shall fall by the sword; and he remaining and he being besieged shall die by famine: and I finished my wrath upon them.
Therefore in one day shall her blows come, death, and grief, and famine; and she shall be burned down in fire: for strong the Lord God judging her.
Famine » Provisions sold by weight during
And he will say to me, Son of man, behold me breaking the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they ate bread by weight and with fear; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment
Instruction » Eating bread mixed with dung
And thou, take to thee wheat, and barley, and the bean, and lentiles, and millet, and spelt, and give them into one vessel, and make them to thee for bread, the number of days which thou didst lie upon thy side; three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat it An thy food which thou shalt eat by weight, twenty shekels for a day: from time even to time shalt thou eat it. And water by measure shalt thou drink, the sixth of the bin: from time even to time shalt thou drink. read more.
And thou shalt eat it cakes of barley, and it shall be baked with dung coming forth of man, before their eyes. And Jehovah will say, Like this shall the sons of Israel eat their defiled bread among the nations where I shall thrust them away there. And saying, Ah, Lord Jehovah behold, my soul not being defiled: and a carcass and the torn in pieces I ate not from my youth and even till now; there came not flesh of uncleanness into my mouth. And he will say to me, See, I gave to thee the dung of oxen instead of man's dung, and make thy bread upon them. And he will say to me, Son of man, behold me breaking the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they ate bread by weight and with fear; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment So that they shall want bread and water, and they were astonished, a man and his brother, and they were melted in their iniquity.
And thou shalt eat it cakes of barley, and it shall be baked with dung coming forth of man, before their eyes. And Jehovah will say, Like this shall the sons of Israel eat their defiled bread among the nations where I shall thrust them away there. And saying, Ah, Lord Jehovah behold, my soul not being defiled: and a carcass and the torn in pieces I ate not from my youth and even till now; there came not flesh of uncleanness into my mouth. And he will say to me, See, I gave to thee the dung of oxen instead of man's dung, and make thy bread upon them. And he will say to me, Son of man, behold me breaking the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they ate bread by weight and with fear; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment So that they shall want bread and water, and they were astonished, a man and his brother, and they were melted in their iniquity.
Measures » Illustrative » (drinking water, by measure) of severe famine
And he will say to me, Son of man, behold me breaking the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they ate bread by weight and with fear; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment
And water by measure shalt thou drink, the sixth of the bin: from time even to time shalt thou drink.
Symbols and similitudes » Ceremonially unclean food
And thou, take to thee wheat, and barley, and the bean, and lentiles, and millet, and spelt, and give them into one vessel, and make them to thee for bread, the number of days which thou didst lie upon thy side; three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat it An thy food which thou shalt eat by weight, twenty shekels for a day: from time even to time shalt thou eat it. And water by measure shalt thou drink, the sixth of the bin: from time even to time shalt thou drink. read more.
And thou shalt eat it cakes of barley, and it shall be baked with dung coming forth of man, before their eyes. And Jehovah will say, Like this shall the sons of Israel eat their defiled bread among the nations where I shall thrust them away there. And saying, Ah, Lord Jehovah behold, my soul not being defiled: and a carcass and the torn in pieces I ate not from my youth and even till now; there came not flesh of uncleanness into my mouth. And he will say to me, See, I gave to thee the dung of oxen instead of man's dung, and make thy bread upon them. And he will say to me, Son of man, behold me breaking the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they ate bread by weight and with fear; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment So that they shall want bread and water, and they were astonished, a man and his brother, and they were melted in their iniquity.
And thou shalt eat it cakes of barley, and it shall be baked with dung coming forth of man, before their eyes. And Jehovah will say, Like this shall the sons of Israel eat their defiled bread among the nations where I shall thrust them away there. And saying, Ah, Lord Jehovah behold, my soul not being defiled: and a carcass and the torn in pieces I ate not from my youth and even till now; there came not flesh of uncleanness into my mouth. And he will say to me, See, I gave to thee the dung of oxen instead of man's dung, and make thy bread upon them. And he will say to me, Son of man, behold me breaking the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they ate bread by weight and with fear; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment So that they shall want bread and water, and they were astonished, a man and his brother, and they were melted in their iniquity.
Weights » Provisions were sold by, in times of scarcity
In my breaking to you the rod of bread, and ten women baked your bread in one oven, and they returned your bread by weight: and ye ate, and ye shall not be satisfied.
And he will say to me, Son of man, behold me breaking the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they ate bread by weight and with fear; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment
An thy food which thou shalt eat by weight, twenty shekels for a day: from time even to time shalt thou eat it.