Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Assyria » Israel condemned for trusting to
For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass thinking only of himself; Ephraim has hired lovers.
And Ephraim shall see his sickness and Judah his wound; then Ephraim shall go to the Assyrian and shall send to King Jareb; yet he shall not be able to heal you, nor cure you of your wound.
Ephraim also was like a deceived dove, without understanding; they shall call to Egypt, they shall go to Assyria.
false Confidence » In man
The king is not saved by the multitude of the army; the mighty man does not escape by much strength.
And Ephraim shall see his sickness and Judah his wound; then Ephraim shall go to the Assyrian and shall send to King Jareb; yet he shall not be able to heal you, nor cure you of your wound.
Ephraim also was like a deceived dove, without understanding; they shall call to Egypt, they shall go to Assyria.
Surely the sons of Adam are vanity, and the sons of nobles are a lie; to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
Cease from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for of what is he to be accounted of?
Thus hath the LORD said; Cursed be the man that trusts in man and makes flesh his arm and whose heart departs from the LORD.
It is better to wait upon the LORD than to wait upon man.
Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man in whom there is no salvation. His spirit shall go forth, he shall return to his earth; in that very day all his thoughts shall perish.
the Simple » The simple deceived by
Ephraim also was like a deceived dove, without understanding; they shall call to Egypt, they shall go to Assyria.
and beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and the fools hate knowledge?
A prudent man foresees the evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and receive hurt.