Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Afflictions made beneficial » In leading us to seek God in prayer
And the sons of Israel cried to Jehovah, for he had nine hundred chariots of iron. And he mightily oppressed the sons of Israel twenty years.
I have surely heard Ephraim mourning to himself, saying, You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bull not broken in; turn me, and I shall be turned. For You are Jehovah my God.
Jehovah has done what He has purposed; He has fulfilled His Word which He commanded from the days of old. He has thrown down and not pitied. And He caused your hater to rejoice over you; He has set up the horn of your foes. Their heart cried to Jehovah. O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a torrent day and night; give yourself no rest. Let not the daughter of your eye cease. Arise, cry out in the night. At the beginning of the watches, pour out your heart like water before the face of Jehovah. Lift up your hands toward Him for the life of your children who are faint for hunger in the head of every street.
For I will be to Ephraim as a lion, and as a strong lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear and go away. I will take away, and none shall rescue him. I will go; I will return to My place until they confess their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will seek Me diligently.
Backsliding » Afflictions sent to heal
I will go; I will return to My place until they confess their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will seek Me diligently.
Confession of sin » God requires
I will go; I will return to My place until they confess their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will seek Me diligently.
And it shall be when he is guilty in one of these, he shall confess that in which he has sinned.