Thematic Bible: Glory of man, transient
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Ephraim will be like a bird; what they value will fly away. They will not bear children -- they will not enjoy pregnancy -- they will not even conceive!
For all flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of the grass; the grass withers and the flower falls off,
For he will take nothing with him when he dies; his wealth will not follow him down into the grave.
So Death will open up its throat, and open wide its mouth; Zion's dignitaries and masses will descend into it, including those who revel and celebrate within her.
For this is what the sovereign master has told me: "Within exactly one year all the splendor of Kedar will come to an end.
"And you, son of man, this is what will happen on the day I take from them their stronghold -- their beautiful source of joy, the object in which their eyes delight, and the main concern of their lives, as well as their sons and daughters:
The more the priests increased in numbers, the more they rebelled against me. They have turned their glorious calling into a shameful disgrace!
Listen to the howling of shepherds, because their magnificence has been destroyed. Listen to the roaring of young lions, because the thickets of the Jordan have been devastated.
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- Abrasion
- Beauty Of Nature
- Beauty, Temporal Nature Of
- Birth Not Being Possible
- Conception
- Condition Of The Body
- Death
- Death Of A Family Member
- Dying
- Family Death
- Futility Of Worldly Pursuits
- Grass Withered
- Grave, The
- Growth Of Evil
- Having A Baby
- Imminent Tomorrow
- Imperfection, Influence Of
- Inadequate Shepherding