Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Assyria » Israel condemned for trusting to
For they have gone up to Assyria, like a wild donkey wandering alone. Ephraim has hired lovers for himself.
"When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his wound, Then Ephraim went to Assyria, and sent to king Jareb: but he is not able to heal you, neither will he cure you of your wound.
"Ephraim is like an easily deceived dove, without understanding. They call to Egypt. They go to Assyria.
false Confidence » In man
There is no king saved by the multitude of an army. A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.
"When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his wound, Then Ephraim went to Assyria, and sent to king Jareb: but he is not able to heal you, neither will he cure you of your wound.
"Ephraim is like an easily deceived dove, without understanding. They call to Egypt. They go to Assyria.
Surely men of low degree are just a breath, and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than a breath.
Stop trusting in man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for of what account is he?
Thus says the LORD: "Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from the LORD.
It is better to take refuge in the LORD, than to put confidence in man.
Do not put your trust in princes, each a son of man in whom there is no help. His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.
the Simple » The simple deceived by
"Ephraim is like an easily deceived dove, without understanding. They call to Egypt. They go to Assyria.
I saw among the simple ones. I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding,
"How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools hate knowledge?
A prudent man sees danger, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.