Thematic Bible: Guilt and consequences of


Thematic Bible




That is why lions from the forest will kill them. Wolves from the desert will tear them to pieces, and leopards will prowl through their towns. If those people go out, they will be torn apart because their sins are numerous and time after time they have turned from God. Verse ConceptsForestsLeopardCarnivorousnessWolvesIn Danger From Lions

The Amalekites and Canaanites are there. You will die in battle. Now that you have turned away from Jehovah, he will not be with you. Verse ConceptsConversion, God's demands forKilled With The Sword

Jehovah will lead those who turn away from their crooked ways with the workers of iniquity. Israel will have peace. Verse ConceptsBacksliding, CausesBanishmentCrookednessEvildoersTwisted Ways


That is why justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light and we walk in darkness. We hope for brightness but we walk in gloom. We grope like blind men along a wall. We grope like people without eyes. We stumble at noon as if it were evening. We are like dead people among the living. We all growl like bears. We coo like doves. We hope for justice, but there is none. We hope for salvation, but it is far from us.

The people of Jerusalem turned away from me without ever returning. They still cling to deceit. They refuse to return. Verse ConceptsConversion, God's demands forUnceasingContinual SinMen DeceivingBackslidersapostasy

You left me, declares Jehovah. You turned your back on me. So I will stretch out my hand against you (use my power against you) and destroy you. I am tired of showing compassion to you. Verse ConceptsForsaking God, Illustrated ByForsaking GodHand Of GodRejection Of GodRejection Of God, Results OfUnfaithfulness, To GodGod's HandGod DestroyingBackwardsGod's Hands Stretched OutGod Without MercyBacksliderstiredFalling Away From God