Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



The people of Israel went to Assyria. They were like wild donkeys wandering off alone. The people of Ephraim sold themselves to their lovers. Verse ConceptsActing AloneWild DonkeysNorthern Kingdom Of Israel

When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, Ephraim went to Assyria and sent to King Jareb. He is not able to heal you, neither will he cure you of your wound. Verse ConceptsUnreliabilityFalse ConfidenceTrusting In Man, Warnings AgainstGentile RulersNo HealingHealing Cancer

Ephraim, you are like a simpleminded, senseless dove. You call to Egypt and run to Assyria for help. Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfFolly, Examples OfFolly, Effects OfdovesLeaders, PoliticalFalse ConfidenceFoolishness Of Men

When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, Ephraim went to Assyria and sent to King Jareb. He is not able to heal you, neither will he cure you of your wound. Verse ConceptsUnreliabilityFalse ConfidenceTrusting In Man, Warnings AgainstGentile RulersNo HealingHealing Cancer


When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, Ephraim went to Assyria and sent to King Jareb. He is not able to heal you, neither will he cure you of your wound. Verse ConceptsUnreliabilityFalse ConfidenceTrusting In Man, Warnings AgainstGentile RulersNo HealingHealing Cancer

Ephraim, you are like a simpleminded, senseless dove. You call to Egypt and run to Assyria for help. Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfFolly, Examples OfFolly, Effects OfdovesLeaders, PoliticalFalse ConfidenceFoolishness Of Men

Common people are only a vapor in the wind. Important people are only a delusion. When all of them are weighed on a scale, they amount to nothing. They are less than a vapor in the wind. Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceWeighingLight As ChaffComparative MeasuresMere Menbalancegirlfriends




Do not trust in princes, in mortal man, in whom there is no salvation. His spirit (Hebrew: ruach, breath, life) departs, he returns to the earth; in that very day his thoughts perish (come to an end).

The idol will be carried off to Assyria as tribute to the great emperor. The people of Israel will be disgraced and put to shame because of the advice they followed. Verse ConceptsdisgraceIdolatry, Objections ToShameTaxationAssyria, Prophecies OfCarrying IdolsGentile RulersShame Of Idolatry

When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, Ephraim went to Assyria and sent to King Jareb. He is not able to heal you, neither will he cure you of your wound. Verse ConceptsUnreliabilityFalse ConfidenceTrusting In Man, Warnings AgainstGentile RulersNo HealingHealing Cancer

You go to Egypt for help without asking for my advice. You want Egypt to protect you. You put your trust in Egypt's military might. Verse ConceptsForbidden AlliancesTrusting In Man, Warnings AgainstGod's Counsel


When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, Ephraim went to Assyria and sent to King Jareb. He is not able to heal you, neither will he cure you of your wound. Verse ConceptsUnreliabilityFalse ConfidenceTrusting In Man, Warnings AgainstGentile RulersNo HealingHealing Cancer



When you trust Egypt, you trust a broken stick for a staff. If you lean on it, it stabs your hand and goes through it. This is what Pharaoh king of Egypt is like for everyone who trusts him. Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceReedsStaffTrusting In Man, Warnings AgainstTrusting Other People


The Egyptians are humans, not God. Their horses are flesh and blood, not spirit. Jehovah will stretch out his powerful hand (extend his power). The one who gives help will stumble. The one who receives help will fall. Both will die together. Verse ConceptsGod, As SpiritAliancesStumblingTrusting In Man, Warnings AgainstGod's HandLimitations Of The BodyGod's Hands Stretched OutDanger From MenNatural Disasters


When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, Ephraim went to Assyria and sent to King Jareb. He is not able to heal you, neither will he cure you of your wound. Verse ConceptsUnreliabilityFalse ConfidenceTrusting In Man, Warnings AgainstGentile RulersNo HealingHealing Cancer

Why do you still want to be beaten? Why do you continue to rebel? Your whole head is infected. Your whole heart is sick. From the bottom of your feet to the top of your head there is no healthy spot left on your body. You have only bruises, sores, and fresh wounds. They have not been cleansed, bandaged, or soothed with oil.

You go to Egypt for help without asking for my advice. You want Egypt to protect you. You put your trust in Egypt's military might. Verse ConceptsForbidden AlliancesTrusting In Man, Warnings AgainstGod's Counsel


When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, Ephraim went to Assyria and sent to King Jareb. He is not able to heal you, neither will he cure you of your wound. Verse ConceptsUnreliabilityFalse ConfidenceTrusting In Man, Warnings AgainstGentile RulersNo HealingHealing Cancer



When you trust Egypt, you trust a broken stick for a staff. If you lean on it, it stabs your hand and goes through it. This is what Pharaoh king of Egypt is like for everyone who trusts him. Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceReedsStaffTrusting In Man, Warnings AgainstTrusting Other People


The Egyptians are humans, not God. Their horses are flesh and blood, not spirit. Jehovah will stretch out his powerful hand (extend his power). The one who gives help will stumble. The one who receives help will fall. Both will die together. Verse ConceptsGod, As SpiritAliancesStumblingTrusting In Man, Warnings AgainstGod's HandLimitations Of The BodyGod's Hands Stretched OutDanger From MenNatural Disasters