Thematic Bible: Failure of


Thematic Bible



Be ashamed, you farmers,
wail, you vinedressers,
over the wheat and the barley,
because the harvest of the field has perished.
Verse ConceptsGrainHarvestOccupationsDestroying VineyardsPloughmenNot Reaping What You Sow

So I join with Jazer
to weep for the vines of Sibmah;
I drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears.
Triumphant shouts have fallen silent
over your summer fruit and your harvest.
Verse ConceptsGod, Suffering OfHarvestDestroying VineyardsI Mourn CatastropheSummer Fruit

For you have forgotten the God of your salvation, and you have failed to remember the rock of your strength; therefore you will plant beautiful plants and set out cuttings from exotic vines. On the day that you plant, you will help them to grow, and in the morning you will help your seed to sprout, [but] the harvest will vanish on the day of disease and incurable pain.

For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting. Verse ConceptsTwo YearsFive YearsTilling The SoilNot Reaping What You SowIdentity

I also withheld the rain from you
while there were still three months until harvest.
I sent rain on one city
but no rain on another.
One field received rain
while a field with no rain withered.
Verse Conceptsdrought, physicalHarvestRainWeather, As God's JudgmentTwo To Four MonthsVariety Of Form

What the devouring locust has left,
the swarming locust has eaten;
what the swarming locust has left,
the young locust has eaten;
and what the young locust has left,
the destroying locust has eaten.
Verse ConceptsInsectsFamine, Causes OfCaterpillarsLocustsSuffering, Nature OfSymbolsDestruction Of PlantsGathering FoodRemaining Food

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