Thematic Bible: Illustrative of the


Thematic Bible



Yes, the Lord has this to say to the people of Judah and Jerusalem: "Like a farmer breaking up hard unplowed ground, you must break your rebellious will and make a new beginning; just as a farmer must clear away thorns lest the seed is wasted, you must get rid of the sin that is ruining your lives. Verse ConceptsPloughingNot SowingMetaphorical PloughingFallow Landa new beginningBreakupsFarmingSpilling Your Seed On The Groundsowingtransition

Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap unfailing love. Break up the unplowed ground for yourselves, for it is time to seek the Lord, until he comes and showers deliverance on you. Verse ConceptsBeing PreparedPresent, TheRighteousness, Of BelieversSeedSeeking GodHoly Spirit, Types OfFruits Of RighteousnessSowing GoodReapingFallow LandBreakupsReaping What You SowPlanting SeedsSeedsSowing Seedssowing




He wears his desire for justice like body armor, and his desire to deliver is like a helmet on his head. He puts on the garments of vengeance and wears zeal like a robe. Verse ConceptsArmor of GodBreastplatesCloaksSalvation, Illustrations OfThe Helmet Of SalvationFervourGod's ClothingClothed With RighteousnessHelmetsGod Executes VengeanceRevengePassionarmor

But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice together with all of you. Verse ConceptsFaith, Nature OfGenerosity, Humandrink offeringSacrifice, Nt Fulfilment OfSelf SacrificeTypesMaintaining FaithMaking Cereal Offerings And LibationsRight SacrificesSacrifice

So I will assign him a portion with the multitudes, he will divide the spoils of victory with the powerful, because he willingly submitted to death and was numbered with the rebels, when he lifted up the sin of many and intervened on behalf of the rebels." Verse ConceptsBeing BetrayedHumiliationPrayer, For OthersCarrying SinForetelling Christ's DeathJesus PrayingDividing The SpoilMessianic Prophecies

After all of this I will pour out my Spirit on all kinds of people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your elderly will have revelatory dreams; your young men will see prophetic visions. Verse ConceptsdaughtersGirlsBaptism, significance ofDreamsGuidance, Receiving God'sSonsPouringVisionsInspiration Of The Holy Spirit, Nature OfProphetessHope For Old PeopleVisions From GodChildren BlessedProphesying In The ChurchMan's Relation To God

Though these people make an uproar as loud as the roaring of powerful waves, when he shouts at them, they will flee to a distant land, driven before the wind like dead weeds on the hills, or like dead thistles before a strong gale. Verse ConceptsChaffWindWhirlwindsLight As ChaffRoar Of NationsGod Requite Them!

when what you dread comes like a whirlwind, and disaster strikes you like a devastating storm, when distressing trouble comes on you. Verse ConceptsStormsWhirlwindsSudden DestructionPeople AppalledHurricanesOvercoming AdversityBeing OverwhelmedThe Storms Of Life

Indeed, they are barely planted; yes, they are barely sown; yes, they barely take root in the earth, and then he blows on them, causing them to dry up, and the wind carries them away like straw. Verse ConceptsBreath Of GodRootsWhirlwindsPeople WitheredMetaphorical Planting

Just watch! The wrath of the Lord will come like a storm. Like a raging storm it will rage down on the heads of those who are wicked. Verse ConceptsStormsWhirlwindsHurricanesGod Controls Storms

Before the kindling is even placed under your pots, he will sweep it away along with both the raw and cooked meat. Verse ConceptsWhirlwindsThornsGod Not DelayingWeed

You will winnow them and the wind will blow them away; the wind will scatter them. You will rejoice in the Lord; you will boast in the Holy One of Israel. Verse ConceptsWinnowingDirection

The Lord who rules over all says, 'Disaster will soon come on one nation after another. A mighty storm of military destruction is rising up from the distant parts of the earth.' Verse ConceptsStormsWhirlwindsPeople Possibly Doing EvilThe Storms Of Life

Just watch! The wrath of the Lord will come like a storm. Like a raging storm it will rage down on the heads of those who are wicked. Verse ConceptsStormsWhirlwindsHurricanesGod Controls Storms

Their arrows are sharpened, and all their bows are prepared. The hooves of their horses are hard as flint, and their chariot wheels are like a windstorm. Verse ConceptsFlintArrows, Described AsHorsesWheelsWhirlwindsSharpnessSharp ToolsHardnessGod Dispensing WindArrows

Look! The enemy is approaching like gathering clouds. The roar of his chariots is like that of a whirlwind. His horses move more swiftly than eagles." I cry out, "We are doomed, for we will be destroyed!" Verse ConceptsChariotsHorsesEaglesWhirlwindsWoeHeavenly ChariotsSpeedAutomobilesHurricanes

For look, the Lord comes with fire, his chariots come like a windstorm, to reveal his raging anger, his battle cry, and his flaming arrows. Verse ConceptsChariotsChariots Of GodPunishment, By GodWheelsWhirlwindsGod RidingHeavenly ChariotsGod Appearing In FireFire Of God's AngerGod Angry With The NationsAutomobilesHurricanesThe Second Comingrebuking

They sow the wind, and so they will reap the whirlwind! The stalk does not have any standing grain; it will not produce any flour. Even if it were to yield grain, foreigners would swallow it all up. Verse Conceptsevil, warnings againstDebaucherySowing And ReapingUnfruitfulnessWeather, As God's JudgmentWhirlwindsWindFruits Of SinReapingNot Reaping What You SowSuffering From ForeignersHurricanesReaping What You Sowsowing


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