Thematic Bible: Illustrative


Thematic Bible



He has prepared His deadly weapons;
He tips His arrows with fire.
Verse ConceptsArrows, Described AsGod's ArrowsWeapons Of GodArrowsinstruments

Instead, you will put them to flight
when you aim your bow at their faces.
Verse ConceptsGod's ArrowsTurning One's BackTargets

When I shoot deadly arrows of famine at them, arrows for destruction that I will send to destroy you, inhabitants of Jerusalem, I will intensify the famine against you and cut off your supply of bread. Verse ConceptsArrows, Figurative OfArrows, Described AsArchers, Likened To GodFamine Coming From God

I will pile disasters on them; I will use up My arrows against them. They will be weak from hunger, ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague; I will unleash on them wild beasts with fangs, as well as venomous snakes that slither in the dust. Outside, the sword will take their children, and inside, there will be terror; the young man and the virgin [will be killed], the infant and the gray-haired man. read more.
I would have said: I will cut them to pieces and blot out the memory of them from mankind, if I had not feared insult from the enemy, [or feared] that these foes might misunderstand and say: Our own hand has prevailed; it wasn't the Lord who did all this." Israel is a nation lacking sense with no understanding at all. If only they were wise, they would figure it out; they would understand their fate. How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the Lord had given them up? But their "rock" is not like our Rock; even our enemies concede. For their vine is from the vine of Sodom and from the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poisonous; their clusters are bitter. Their wine is serpents' venom, the deadly poison of cobras. "Is it not stored up with Me, sealed up in My vaults? Vengeance belongs to Me; I will repay. In time their foot will slip, for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly." The Lord will indeed vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that [their] strength is gone and no one is left-slave or free. He will say: "Where are their gods, the 'rock' they found refuge in? Who ate the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their drink offerings? Let them rise up and help you; let it be a shelter for you. See now that I alone am He; there is no God but Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal. No one can rescue [anyone] from My hand. I raise My hand to heaven and declare: As surely as I live forever, when I sharpen My flashing sword, and My hand takes hold of judgment, I will take vengeance on My adversaries and repay those who hate Me. I will make My arrows drunk with blood while My sword devours flesh- the blood of the slain and the captives, the heads of the enemy leaders."

But God will shoot them with arrows;
suddenly, they will be wounded.
Verse ConceptsArrows, Figurative OfWoundsArrowsGod's Will

Surely the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me;
my spirit drinks their poison.
God’s terrors are arrayed against me.
Verse ConceptsBeverages, FigurativeArrows, Figurative OfPoisonAnxiety, Examples OfThe AlmightySevere AfflictionsGod Appointed AfflictionsTerror Of GodArrows


The clouds poured down water. The storm clouds thundered; Your arrows flashed back and forth. The sound of Your thunder was in the whirlwind; lightning lit up the world. The earth shook and quaked.

A man giving false testimony against his neighbor
is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.
Verse ConceptsFalse Witnesses, Defined AsArrows, Figurative OfWitnesses, FalseSharpnessClubsArrows To Describe False Testimony

Then I will knock your bow from your left hand and make your arrows drop from your right hand. Verse ConceptsImpotence Of SatanEvil For The Right HandArrows

Their tongues are deadly arrows—
they speak deception.
With his mouth
a man speaks peaceably with his friend,
but inwardly he sets up an ambush.
Verse ConceptsFlatteryArrows, Figurative OfTongueTrapLack Of MeaningDeceitful TonguesArrowsDeception


He made my words like a sharp sword;
He hid me in the shadow of His hand.
He made me like a sharpened arrow;
He hid me in His quiver.
Verse ConceptsHand Of GodMouthsQuiversShadowsSharpnessShadow Of GodGod Hiding PeopleSpeaking As From GodArrows

There He shatters the bow’s flaming arrows,
the shield, the sword, and the weapons of war.Selah
Verse ConceptsArrows, Figurative OfWeaponsBreaking WeaponsPsalm Interjections

For look, the wicked string the bow;
they put the arrow on the bowstring
to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.
Verse ConceptsBow And Arrows, Illustrations OfArrows, Figurative OfDarkness Of EvilArrowsResolving Conflict

who sharpen their tongues like swords
and aim bitter words like arrows,
Verse ConceptsArrows, Described AsArrows, Figurative OfSharpeningArrows

Your arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s enemies;
the peoples fall under you.
Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfFeetArrows, Described AsArrows, Figurative OfGod's ArrowsSharp Tools

They have venom like the venom of a snake, like the deaf cobra that stops up its ears, that does not listen to the sound of the charmers who skillfully weave spells.


Indeed, the bed is too short to stretch out on,
and its cover too small to wrap up in.
Verse ConceptsCovering The BodyNarrownessAccommodationsSmall ThingsBeds

You have placed your bed
on a high and lofty mountain;
you also went up there to offer sacrifice.
Verse ConceptsSacrifice, In OtBedsSacrificing On The High PlacesInfidelity

He will enter into peace—
they will rest on their beds
everyone who lives uprightly.
Verse ConceptsPeace, Believers Experience OfRest, EternalThe Righteous PerishingDeath Of The RighteousSleeping Peacefully


If I await Sheol as my home,
spread out my bed in darkness,

We have escaped like a bird from the hunter’s net;
the net is torn, and we have escaped.
Verse ConceptsHuntingBirds, Figurative UseWorldly SnaresEscaping The TrapBirdsBreaking Chains

My son, if sinners entice you, don't be persuaded. If they say-"Come with us! Let's set an ambush and kill someone. Let's attack some innocent person just for fun! Let's swallow them alive, like Sheol, still healthy as they go down to the Pit. read more.
We'll find all kinds of valuable property and fill our houses with plunder. Throw in your lot with us, and we'll all share our money"- my son, don't travel that road with them or set foot on their path, because their feet run toward trouble and they hurry to commit murder. It is foolish to spread a net where any bird can see it,

until an arrow pierces its liver,
like a bird darting into a snare
he doesn’t know it will cost him his life.
Verse ConceptsLiversIgnorance Of EvilArrowsDeer

All the birds of the sky
nested in its branches,
and all the animals of the field
gave birth beneath its boughs;
all the great nations lived in its shade.
Verse ConceptsNestsAnimal ReproductionBirds

It’s the smallest of all the seeds, but when grown, it’s taller than the vegetables and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the sky come and nest in its branches.” Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturalSmall Things God UsesBig ThingsSmall ThingsPlants Growing UpHerbsBirdsPlanting SeedsChange And GrowthSeedssoaring


As he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and ate them up. Verse ConceptsSatan, Compared With AnimalsBirds EatingUsing RoadsAnimals EatingBirdsSeedsSowing Seedssowing

Like a bird fleeing,
forced from the nest,
the daughters of Moab
will be at the fords of the Arnon.
Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsArnonFordsRiver ArnonBirdswandering

A man wandering from his home
is like a bird wandering from its nest.
Verse ConceptsAbsent FathersNestsBirds, Figurative UseWanderersFruits Of SinAnimals Going AstrayBirds

For man certainly does not know his time: like fish caught in a cruel net or like birds caught in a trap, so people are trapped in an evil time as it suddenly falls on them. Verse ConceptsDisastersThe Right TimeThe Insecurity Of The WickedWithheld KnowledgeSudden DestructionSudden EventsUnreadinessNot Knowing The FutureGod TrappingBad DaysHard TimesBirdsGod's TimingTragedyGods TimingFishGetting Through Hard Timessurprises

Is My inheritance like a hyena to Me?
Are birds of prey circling her?
Go, gather all the wild animals;
bring them to devour her.
Verse ConceptsBirds, Figurative UseBirds, Types Of BirdsAnimals Eating PeopleBirds Of PreyBlemished CreaturesBirds

I call a bird of prey from the east,
a man for My purpose from a far country.
Yes, I have spoken; so I will also bring it about.
I have planned it; I will also do it.
Verse ConceptseastPlansBirds, Figurative UseOut Of The EastBirds Of PreyPeople From Far AwayBirdsEclipse

For David had said to the Amalekite, “Your blood is on your own head because your own mouth testified against you by saying, ‘I killed the Lord’s anointed.’” Verse ConceptsBlood, Figurative UseHeadsThe Lord's AnointedKilling KingsWitness Against Oneselftraitors


and lends at interest or for profit, will he live? He will not live! Since he has committed all these detestable acts, he will certainly die. His blood will be on him. Verse ConceptsInterest

I will judge you the way adulteresses and those who shed blood are judged. Then I will bring about your bloodshed in wrath and jealousy. Verse ConceptsGod, Zeal OfSheddingCovered With BloodPeople Involved In JudgementJudgement On MurderersGod Angry With IndividualsSexual Immorality Brings Punishment

Because they poured out
the blood of the saints and the prophets,
You also gave them blood to drink;
they deserve it!
Verse ConceptsBlood, Figurative UseSaintsPeople Consuming BloodBad WaterKilling ProphetsKilling DisciplesProphets KilledGod Makes Evil Rebound

so that your foot may wade in blood
and your dogs’ tongues may have their share
from the enemies.”
Verse ConceptsdogsTongueAnimals Eating PeopleHuman Blood ShedThe TonguePets

The righteous one will rejoice
when he sees the retribution;
he will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
Verse ConceptsBlood, Figurative UseConquestCovered With BloodClean FeetRejoicing Over JusticePunishment of the The WickedRevengefootsteps


therefore, as I live”—this is the declaration of the Lord God—“I will destine you for bloodshed, and it will pursue you. Since you did not hate bloodshed, it will pursue you. Verse ConceptsBlood, Figurative UsePursuingPursuing PeopleHating EvilKilling Will Happen

Its collapse will be like the shattering
of a potter’s jar, crushed to pieces,
so that not even a fragment of pottery
will be found among its shattered remains—
no fragment large enough to take fire from a hearth
or scoop water from a cistern.”
Verse ConceptsPotterBreaking ContainersWeed

“Then you are to shatter the jar in the presence of the people traveling with you, Verse ConceptsBreaking Containers

Therefore look, the days are coming—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
when I will send those to him, who will pour him out.
They will empty his containers
and smash his jars.
Verse ConceptsBreaking Containers

"Say this to them: This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Every jar should be filled with wine. Then they will respond to you: Don't we know that every jar should be filled with wine? And you will say to them, This is what the Lord says: I am about to fill all who live in this land-the kings who reign for David on his throne, the priests, the prophets and all the residents of Jerusalem-with drunkenness. I will smash them against each other, fathers and sons alike"-the Lord's declaration. "I will allow no mercy, pity, or compassion [to keep Me] from destroying them."

Though I have become like a wineskin dried by smoke,
I do not forget Your statutes.
Verse ConceptsBottles, Figurative UseSmokeWineskinWineskins And VatsSmoke Used Poetically

You Yourself have recorded my wanderings.
Put my tears in Your bottle.
Are they not in Your records?
Verse ConceptsBottles, Figurative UseBook of lifeDiariesWeepingTearsWater ContainersWandererswandering

My heart is like unvented wine;
it is about to burst like new wineskins.
Verse ConceptsBottles, Figurative UseWineWineskins And Vatsventing

Who has the wisdom to number the clouds?
Or who can tilt the water jars of heaven
Verse ConceptsBottles, Figurative UseUncountableWater ContainersGod Sending RainSpilling Your Seed On The Ground

On that day I will break the bow of Israel
in the Valley of Jezreel.
Verse ConceptsBow And Arrows, Illustrations OfBreaking Weaponswomanhood

This is what the Lord of Hosts says:

I am about to shatter Elam’s bow,
the source of their might.
Verse ConceptsDisarmamentBreaking Weapons

The bows of the warriors are broken,
but the feeble are clothed with strength.
Verse ConceptsStumblingreinforcement

On that day I will make a covenant for them
with the wild animals, the birds of the sky,
and the creatures that crawl on the ground.
I will shatter bow, sword,
and weapons of war in the land
and will enable the people to rest securely.
Verse ConceptsAbolitionCovenant, the newCovenant, God's with NoahBow And Arrows, Symbol Of StrengthRest, EternalWeaponsWild Beasts SubduedGod Makes PeaceNo WarMillennial Kingdom, Universal Peace And BlessingBirdsSleeping Peacefully

For look, the wicked string the bow;
they put the arrow on the bowstring
to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.
Verse ConceptsBow And Arrows, Illustrations OfArrows, Figurative OfDarkness Of EvilArrowsResolving Conflict

They bent their tongues like their bows;
lies and not faithfulness prevail in the land,
for they proceed from one evil to another,
and they do not take Me into account.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Verse ConceptsBow And Arrows, Illustrations OfDebaucheryTongueLukewarmnessDissipationMighty in its influence

They treacherously turned away like their fathers;
they became warped like a faulty bow.
Verse ConceptsFaultsBow And Arrows, Illustrations OfUnreliabilityTwistingUseless PeopleFalling Away From God

They turn, but not to what is above;
they are like a faulty bow.
Their leaders will fall by the sword
because of the cursing of their tongue.
They will be ridiculed for this in the land of Egypt.
Verse ConceptsFaultsBow And Arrows, Illustrations OfRidicule, Nature OfAccuracyKilled With The Sword

My strength will be refreshed within me,
and my bow will be renewed in my hand.
Verse ConceptsBow And Arrows, Symbol Of StrengthBow And Arrows, Illustrations OfRenewal


Anyone who is left in your family will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a loaf of bread. He will say: Please appoint me to some priestly office so I can have a piece of bread to eat.’” Verse ConceptsBowing

כ KafAll her people groan
while they search for bread.
They have traded their precious belongings for food
in order to stay alive.
Lord, look and see
how I have become despised.
Verse ConceptsBarteringInferioritySearchingSeeking FoodSeeking For Concrete Things


For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: on the night when He was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took bread, gave thanks, broke it, and said, "This is My body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of Me."


Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for all of us share that one bread. Verse ConceptsBread, Figurative OfUnity, God's Goal OfChurch, Unity OfShowbreadOne ChurchOne Material ThingSharingThe Bodycommunion

Better to be dishonored, yet have a servant,
than to act important but have no food.
Verse ConceptsPretenceServanthood, In SocietyShortagesServants Of PeopleSeeking HonourBeing Gay

On that day he will cry out, saying:
“I’m not a healer.
I don’t even have food or clothing in my house.
Don’t make me the leader of the people!”
Verse ConceptsOuter GarmentsNo King

a land where you will eat food without shortage, where you will lack nothing; a land whose rocks are iron and from whose hills you will mine copper. Verse ConceptsEarth, Description OfBrass



They eat the bread of wickedness
and drink the wine of violence.
Verse ConceptsAlcoholBread, Figurative OfEating, Metaphorical UseWinePursuing Violencewickedness


The Lord will give you meager bread and water during oppression, but your Teacher will not hide Himself any longer. Your eyes will see your Teacher, Verse ConceptsBread, Figurative OfTeachersWaters Of AfflictionGod HidingWater, As A Symbol Of AfflictionHard TimesHealing A Broken HeartHardshipGetting Through Hard Timesoppressionhiding

For the bread of God is the One who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world." Then they said, "Sir, give us this bread always!" "I am the bread of life," Jesus told them. "No one who comes to Me will ever be hungry, and no one who believes in Me will ever be thirsty again.

You fed them the bread of tears
and gave them a full measure
of tears to drink.
Verse ConceptsCup Of SufferingTearsSevere Afflictions

The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters,
a flowing river, a fountain of wisdom.
Verse ConceptsFountainsProverbsThe Water Of LifeMetaphorical SpringsBenefits Of WisdomPowers Of SpeechBrooksThe Power Of Words

He will drink from the brook by the road;
therefore, He will lift up His head.
Verse ConceptsThe Water Of LifeBrooksrelaxing

He will not enjoy the streams,
the rivers flowing with honey and cream.
Verse ConceptsButterMilk And Honey

My brothers are as treacherous as a wadi,
as seasonal streams that overflow

For You have been a stronghold for the poor,
a stronghold for the needy person in his distress,
a refuge from the rain, a shade from the heat.
When the breath of the violent
is like rain against a wall,
Verse ConceptsFortressesAfflicted SaintsThe NeedyExploitationsdefence, divineGod, The ProviderGuardiansNoonPoverty, Remedies ForRefugeesSanctuaryStormsWallsDistressGod Being Our RefugeShadow Of GodshelterThe Storms Of Life



A road will be there and a way;
it will be called the Holy Way.
The unclean will not travel on it,
but it will be for the one who walks the path.
Even the fool will not go astray.
Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfGod's WaysLife, Of FaithHighwayPurity, Nature OfWay, TheThe Work Of FoolsMaking RoadsWalking In God's WayHolinessErrorHighwaysFoolsMissing SomeoneBeing LostThe Environmentbridgesvacation

so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us. Verse ConceptsCertaintyGod Is TruthfulAfflictions, Consolation DuringTypes Of ChristImpossible For GodHow God Can't LieTwo Intangible ThingsGod EncouragingOthers Who FledThe Hope Of The GospelimpossibleFinding Comfort In God

As a shepherd looks for his sheep on the day he is among his scattered flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places where they have been scattered on a cloudy and dark day. Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviorShepherds, As Kings And LeadersDarkness During DaytimeGod Saves The Needy

How the Lord has overshadowed
Daughter Zion with His anger!
He has thrown down Israel’s glory
from heaven to earth.
He has abandoned His footstool
in the day of His anger.
Verse ConceptsFootstoolsZion, As A SymbolGod ForgettingLosing HonourThe Coming Day Of God's WrathFeelings Of Alienation

For a day is near;
a day belonging to the Lord is near.
It will be a day of clouds,
a time of doom for the nations.
Verse ConceptsClouds, Figurative UseLast DaysThe Fact Of That DayNear The Time GenerallyDespairclouds

a day of darkness and gloom,
a day of clouds and dense overcast,
like the dawn spreading over the mountains;
a great and strong people appears,
such as never existed in ages past
and never will again
in all the generations to come.
Verse ConceptsBlackLargenessDark DaysUnique EventsLarge Armies

Look, he advances like clouds;
his chariots are like a storm.
His horses are swifter than eagles.
Woe to us, for we are ruined!
Verse ConceptsChariotsHorsesEaglesWhirlwindsWoeHeavenly ChariotsSpeedAutomobilesHurricanes

You, all of your troops, and many peoples with you will advance, coming like a thunderstorm; you will be like a cloud covering the land. Verse ConceptsStormsCovering The EarthHer StrengthThe Storms Of Life

You will advance against My people Israel like a cloud covering the land. It will happen in the last days, Gog, that I will bring you against My land so that the nations may know Me, when I show Myself holy through you in their sight. Verse ConceptsMission, Of IsraelEnd Of The WorldCovering The EarthNations Attacking Israel

I looked and there was a whirlwind coming from the north, a great cloud with fire flashing back and forth and brilliant light all around it. In the center of the fire, there was a gleam like amber. Verse ConceptsLight, NaturalLightningNorthTheophanyWhirlwindsCompassesOut Of The NorthFire Emanating From GodGod Is LightColorThe North Wind

He made darkness a canopy around Him,
a gathering of water and thick clouds.
Verse ConceptsRainSky



Who are these who fly like a cloud,
like doves to their shelters?
Verse ConceptsThose Flyingflying

An oracle against Egypt:

Look, the Lord rides on a swift cloud
and is coming to Egypt.
Egypt’s idols will tremble before Him,
and Egypt’s heart will melt within it.
Verse ConceptsChariotsMeltingGod RidingGroups TremblingLosing Courage

laying the beams of His palace
on the waters above,
making the clouds His chariot,
walking on the wings of the wind,
Verse ConceptsChariotsChariots Of GodWingsBeamsGod WalkingGod RidingHeavenly ChariotsGod In The Windclouds

What am I going to do with you, Ephraim?
What am I going to do with you, Judah?
Your loyalty is like the morning mist
and like the early dew that vanishes.
Verse ConceptsdewLoyaltyMistMorningUnreliabilityWeather, As God's JudgmentLukewarmnessInstabilityWhat Does God Do?

Therefore, they will be like the morning mist,
like the early dew that vanishes,
like chaff blown from a threshing floor,
or like smoke from a window.
Verse ConceptsdewChaffMistMorningSmokeThreshing FloorWeather, As God's JudgmentWicked Described AsPassing AwayLight As ChaffsmokingSmoke Used Poetically

The God of Israel spoke; the Rock of Israel said to me, "The one who rules the people with justice, who rules in the fear of God, is like the morning light when the sun rises on a cloudless morning, the glisten of rain on sprouting grass."

When a king’s face lights up, there is life;
his favor is like a cloud with spring rain.
Verse ConceptsRainSpringWeather, As God's JudgmentFavorSmilingcloudsspringtime

The man who boasts about a gift that does not exist
is like clouds and wind without rain.
Verse ConceptsClouds, Figurative UseRainWeather, As God's JudgmentBraggingLack Of RainPresuming Upon TimePromisesBoastingclouds


I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud,
and your sins like a mist.
Return to Me,
for I have redeemed you.
Verse ConceptsClouds, Figurative UseMistMorningOffenceRepentance, Importance OfSin, Deliverance From GodSin BearerWeather, As God's JudgmentRepentanceGod Has Forgivenredeemed

These are the ones who are like dangerous reefs at your love feasts. They feast with you, nurturing only themselves without fear. They are waterless clouds carried along by winds; trees in late autumn—fruitless, twice dead, pulled out by the roots; Verse ConceptsClouds, Figurative UseRootsAgape LovePlucking OutThe Second DeathLove Exists Between PeopleLove Feast

Then Jehoiada made a covenant between the Lord, the king, and the people that they would be the Lord’s people and another covenant between the king and the people. Verse ConceptsCovenant RelationshipsConversion, God's demands forLater Covenants With God

Then they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their ancestors with all their mind and all their heart.

join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the law of God given through God’s servant Moses and to carefully obey all the commands, ordinances, and statutes of Yahweh our Lord. Verse ConceptsCommitment, to GodPromises, HumanServants Of The LordThe Curse Of The LawLater Covenants With GodPeople Bound By OathsThe Law Given Through Moses


"Understand that I am confirming My covenant with you and your descendants after you, and with every living creature that is with you-birds, livestock, and all wildlife of the earth that are with you-all the animals of the earth that came out of the ark. I confirm My covenant with you that never again will all flesh be wiped out by the waters of a deluge; there will never again be a deluge to destroy the earth."

For you said, “We have cut a deal with Death,
and we have made an agreement with Sheol;
when the overwhelming scourge passes through,
it will not touch us,
because we have made falsehood our refuge
and have hidden behind treachery.”
Verse ConceptsAgreement, Example OfFalse ConfidenceGrave, TheHell, As An ExperienceImmunityRefugeSelf ConfidenceTrust, Lack OfArrogance, Characterizes The WickedHiding From Peopleshelter

Your deal with Death will be dissolved,
and your agreement with Sheol will not last.
When the overwhelming scourge passes through,
you will be trampled.
Verse ConceptsAgreementTrampling PeopleNot DyingDeath Preventedcovenantcheaters

On that day I will make a covenant for them
with the wild animals, the birds of the sky,
and the creatures that crawl on the ground.
I will shatter bow, sword,
and weapons of war in the land
and will enable the people to rest securely.
Verse ConceptsAbolitionCovenant, the newCovenant, God's with NoahBow And Arrows, Symbol Of StrengthRest, EternalWeaponsWild Beasts SubduedGod Makes PeaceNo WarMillennial Kingdom, Universal Peace And BlessingBirdsSleeping Peacefully

For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field,
and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
Verse ConceptsAnimals, Care ForWild Beasts SubduedSleeping Peacefullycovenantprincipalities

Yet you ask, “For what reason?” Because the Lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth. You have acted treacherously against her, though she was your marriage partner and your wife by covenant. Verse ConceptsAdulterersCompanionsHusbandsMarriage, Purpose OfMonogamySeductionSuffering, Causes OfWeddingsWitnesses, LegalCourtingCovenant RelationshipsYouthful DevotionThe Witness Of GodYoung MarriageWhy Does God Do This?Marriage Between Man And WomanLoving Your WifeWifeLove MarriageHurt And Betrayalmarraige


It’s not what goes into the mouth that defiles a man, but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.” Verse ConceptsPurity, Nature OfCursingEntering The MouthComing Out Of PeopleFood PermittedOther References To MouthsDefilementMarijuana

But what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and this defiles a man. Verse ConceptsComing Out Of PeopleBeware Of Your SpeechOther References To MouthsDefilementThe Tonguemath

Don't you know that you are God's sanctuary and that the Spirit of God lives in you? If anyone ruins God's sanctuary, God will ruin him; for God's sanctuary is holy, and that is what you are.

Look, the Lord has a strong and mighty one
like a devastating hail storm,
like a storm with strong flooding waters.
He will bring it across the land with His hand.
Verse ConceptsBitingHailRainGod Giving StrengthGod Gives Strength

Your deal with Death will be dissolved,
and your agreement with Sheol will not last.
When the overwhelming scourge passes through,
you will be trampled.
Verse ConceptsAgreementTrampling PeopleNot DyingDeath Preventedcovenantcheaters

Therefore let everyone who is faithful pray to You
at a time that You may be found.
When great floodwaters come,
they will not reach him.
Verse ConceptsGiving, Of TimeThe Accepted TimeWatchfulness, DivineAnswered PromisesFinding GodSwampedStress And Hard TimesOvercoming Hard TimesFloodsPrayer During Hard TimesAcknowledged

"Now concerning that day and hour no one knows-neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son -except the Father only. As the days of Noah were, so the coming of the Son of Man will be. For in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah boarded the ark. read more.
They didn't know until the flood came and swept them all away. So this is the way the coming of the Son of Man will be:

"Just as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be in the days of the Son of Man: people went on eating, drinking, marrying and giving in marriage until the day Noah boarded the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. It will be the same as it was in the days of Lot: people went on eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building. read more.
But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed them all. It will be like that on the day the Son of Man is revealed.

who in the past were disobedient, when God patiently waited in the days of Noah while an ark was being prepared; in it, a few-that is, eight people-were saved through water. Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you (not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the pledge of a good conscience toward God) through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Don’t give what is holy to dogs or toss your pearls before pigs, or they will trample them with their feet, turn, and tear you to pieces. Verse ConceptsContemptdogsJewelsPrudenceAskingUngodlinessWasteWicked Described AsDespisersName CallingSwinePeople Torn To PiecesPigsUnfitting ThingsPetsHurt And Betrayalpork


Who has the king of Israel come after? What are you chasing after? A dead dog? A flea? Verse ConceptsdogsInsectsPersecution, Nature OfFleasI Am Unimportantbugsrelentless

Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant that you take an interest in a dead dog like me?” Verse ConceptsdogsBowing Before DavidI Am Unimportant

Just then a Canaanite woman from that region came and kept crying out, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is cruelly tormented by a demon.” Verse ConceptsDemon PossessionMaternal LoveBeggarsMercy, Of Jesus ChristSonsSpiritsJesus As Son Of DavidDemons Harming IndividualsBe Merciful!Those DemonisedDemons Causing TormentBeing A Woman Of GodharassmentDemonic Influence

He answered, “It isn’t right to take the children’s bread and throw it to their dogs.” Verse ConceptsFood Is FittingBreadGood ChildrenKidsPetshumor

For dogs have surrounded me;
a gang of evildoers has closed in on me;
they pierced my hands and my feet.
Verse ConceptsdogsEnemies SurroundingMessianic Prophecies

Deliver my life from the sword,
my only life from the power of these dogs.
Verse ConceptsThe Soulsoullonliness



Israel’s watchmen are blind, all of them,
they know nothing;
all of them are mute dogs,
they cannot bark;
they dream, lie down,
and love to sleep.
Verse ConceptsDumbnessDaydreamingOccupationsSleep, SpiritualSleep, PhysicalWatchmanSloth Examples OfSleep, Warnings AgainstBarking And HowlingDumbThose Who Were IgnorantPetsawakening

These dogs have fierce appetites;
they never have enough.
And they are shepherds
who have no discernment;
all of them turn to their own way,
every last one for his own gain.
Verse ConceptsGod's WaysProfitsWisdom, Human ImportanceInadequate ShepherdingCovetousness, Example OfSelfishness, Shown InSelfishness, Examples OfBeing Without UnderstandingGreed

It has happened to them according to the true proverb: A dog returns to its own vomit, and, “a sow, after washing itself, wallows in the mud.” Verse ConceptsdogsWicked Described AsDegradationSwinePigsUnclean SpiritsOld SayingsUnclean AnimalsBacksliderspork

W I sleep, but my heart is awake.
A sound! My love is knocking!


M Open to me, my sister, my darling,
my dove, my perfect one.
For my head is drenched with dew,
my hair with droplets of the night.
Verse ConceptsNames And Titles For The Church

My dove, in the clefts of the rock,
in the crevices of the cliff,
let me see your face,
let me hear your voice;
for your voice is sweet,
and your face is lovely.
Verse ConceptsdovesAttractionNames And Titles For The ChurchhidingBeautiful Women

We all growl like bears
and moan like doves.
We hope for justice, but there is none;
for salvation, but it is far from us.
Verse ConceptsdovesRumblingBird SoundsFar From OneNo JusticeThose Not Saved

I chirp like a swallow or a crane;
I moan like a dove.
My eyes grow weak looking upward.
Lord, I am oppressed; support me.
Verse ConceptsdovesdiscouragementPrayer In DiscouragementSwallowsCauses of failure in



His eyes are like doves
beside streams of water,
washed in milk
and set like jewels.

They will be roused like birds from Egypt
and like doves from the land of Assyria.
Then I will settle them in their homes.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Verse ConceptsdovesGroups Trembling

Who are these who fly like a cloud,
like doves to their shelters?
Verse ConceptsThose Flyingflying



The beast I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like a bear’s, and his mouth was like a lion’s mouth. The dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority. Verse ConceptsLeopardThroneLions, Figurative Use OfAnimals, Types OfBearsCreatures Like LionsLike CreaturesOther References To Mouths

Speak to him and say: This is what the Lord God says:

Look, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt,
the great monster lying in the middle of his Nile,
who says, ‘My Nile is my own;
I made it for myself.’
Verse ConceptsCosmic CreaturesPeople Possessing Other Things

On that day the Lord with His harsh, great, and strong sword, will bring judgment on Leviathan, the fleeing serpent—Leviathan, the twisting serpent. He will slay the monster that is in the sea. Verse ConceptsLeviathanDay of the LORDDragonsSeaSnakesNames And Titles For SatanBeastsCosmic CreaturesDinosaursPunishmentMoving OnThe Seafitnessrelentless

Wake up, wake up!
Put on the strength of the Lord’s power.
Wake up as in days past,
as in generations of long ago.
Wasn’t it You who hacked Rahab to pieces,
who pierced the sea monster?
Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfGenerationsSleep, SpiritualSleeplessnessNames And Titles For ChristChrist, Names ForPeople Cut In PiecesGod's HandStrength Of GodCosmic CreaturesGod Acting Of OldGod Waking Upawakeningrehabilitationclosure

Their wine is serpents’ venom,
the deadly poison of cobras.
Verse ConceptsAlcoholCobrasSerpentsSnakesThings Like Snakes


But You have crushed us in a haunt of jackals
and have covered us with deepest darkness.
Verse ConceptsThe Shadow Of Death

For this is what the Lord says:

He will swoop down like an eagle
and spread his wings against Moab.
Verse ConceptsWingsEagles

Look, he advances like clouds;
his chariots are like a storm.
His horses are swifter than eagles.
Woe to us, for we are ruined!
Verse ConceptsChariotsHorsesEaglesWhirlwindsWoeHeavenly ChariotsSpeedAutomobilesHurricanes

ק QofThose who chased us were swifter
than eagles in the sky;
they relentlessly pursued us over the mountains
and ambushed us in the wilderness.
Verse ConceptsPursuing PeopleSkySpeedEaglesAmbushrelentless

The Lord will bring a nation from far away, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down on you like an eagle, a nation whose language you don’t understand, Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, DistancesWingsEaglesNot Understanding LanguageUnknown LanguagesPeople From Far AwayLanguage

He watches over His nest like an eagle
and hovers over His young;
He spreads His wings, catches him,
and lifts him up on His pinions.
Verse ConceptsNestsDivine LeadingMothers, As A SymbolWingsGod's WingsGod Carrying PeopleEaglesGod Urgingphotographysoaring

‘You have seen what I did to the Egyptians and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Me. Verse ConceptsFreedom, Acts Of In OtEaglesWingsBearingBirds, Types Of BirdsSustaining ProvidenceWings Of BirdsGod Carrying Peoplesoaringmyself

The form of each of their faces was that of a man, and each of the four had the face of a lion on the right, the face of an ox on the left, and the face of an eagle. Verse ConceptsHeavenly FacesRight SidesEaglesCreatures Like LionsLike MenLeft Hand Side

The first living creature was like a lion; the second living creature was like a calf; the third living creature had a face like a man; and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle. Verse ConceptsFractions, One FourthEaglesCreatures Like LionsFirst ThingsLike CreaturesSecond BeingThird PersonFourthLike MenThose FlyingRainbowflying

As to the terror you cause,
your presumptuous heart has deceived you.
You who live in the clefts of the rock,
you who occupy the mountain summit,
though you elevate your nest like the eagle,
even from there I will bring you down.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Verse ConceptsNestsProud HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedHumiliationEaglesPride, Results OfRocksSelf DeceptionPride, Results InBirds, Types Of BirdsDeceiving Oneself

Though you seem to soar like an eagle
and make your nest among the stars,
even from there I will bring you down.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Verse ConceptsSelf ExaltationAstronautsThose FlyingLuciferflyingsoaring

You are to say: This is what the Lord God says:

A great eagle with great wings, long pinions,
and full plumage of many colors
came to Lebanon and took the top of the cedar.
Verse ConceptsEaglesBirds, Types Of BirdsWings Of BirdsFeathersMulti ColouredColorRainbow

Put the horn to your mouth!
One like an eagle comes
against the house of the Lord,
because they transgress My covenant
and rebel against My law.
Verse ConceptsRejection Of GodTrumpetWingsBirds, Types Of BirdsEaglesTrumpets For SignallingBreaking The CovenantBreaking God's Law

The woman was given two wings of a great eagle, so that she could fly from the serpent’s presence to her place in the wilderness, where she was fed for a time, times, and half a time. Verse ConceptsWingsThree And A Half YearsWings Of BirdsEaglesTwo Of Body PartsThose FlyingBeing A Woman Of GodRainbowTaking Care Of The Earthflying




Shave yourselves bald and cut off your hair
in sorrow for your precious children;
make yourselves as bald as an eagle,
for they have been taken from you into exile.
Verse ConceptsBaldnessHairsHeadsKnivesMourningBarbersBirds, Types Of BirdsEaglesExile In ProspectHair

They sweep by like boats made of papyrus,
like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
Verse ConceptsHuntingEaglesPapyrusShipsBoats

Open my eyes so that I may contemplate
wonderful things from Your instruction.
Verse ConceptsRevelation, Responses ToClarityDimness Of VisionUnderstanding God's WordEyes

Turn my eyes
from looking at what is worthless;
give me life in Your ways.
Verse ConceptsUseless ThingsVisionPornographyEyes, GuardedVanityRevivingFocusdistractionsrevival


"The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. So if the light within you is darkness-how deep is that darkness!

The one who is at ease holds calamity in contempt
and thinks it is prepared for those whose feet are slipping.
Verse ConceptsAffluencePeace, Human Search ForPeople Stumblingfate

My steps are on Your paths;
my feet have not slipped.
Verse ConceptsFeetPaths Of BelieversNot Stumblingfootsteps

For I said, “Don’t let them rejoice over me—
those who are arrogant toward me when I stumble.”
Verse ConceptsPeople StumblingRejoicing In Evil

If I say, “My foot is slipping,”
Your faithful love will support me, Lord.
Verse ConceptsPeople StumblingGod Shows His LovingkindnessSupport

At that time a gift will be brought to Yahweh of Hosts from a people tall and smooth-skinned, a people feared far and near, a powerful nation with a strange language, whose land is divided by rivers—to Mount Zion, the place of the name of Yahweh of Hosts. Verse ConceptsGiftsGiving To GodDivision Of WatersTall PeopleWaters DividingFearing Other PeopleAmerica

ס SamekThe Lord has rejected
all the mighty men within me.
He has summoned an army against me
to crush my young warriors.
The Lord has trampled Virgin Daughter Judah
like grapes in a winepress.
Verse ConceptsdaughtersWinepressConvocationsTrampling PeopleTreading GrapesYoung People Suffering

He said about Asher:

May Asher be the most blessed of the sons;
may he be the most favored among his brothers
and dip his foot in olive oil.
Verse ConceptsProvision Of OilCare Of FeetAcceptanceSons Being A Blessing

when my feet were bathed in cream
and the rock poured out streams of oil for me!
Verse ConceptsProvision From Rocks

so that your foot may wade in blood
and your dogs’ tongues may have their share
from the enemies.”
Verse ConceptsdogsTongueAnimals Eating PeopleHuman Blood ShedThe TonguePets

and have not handed me over to the enemy.
You have set my feet in a spacious place.
Verse ConceptsFeetAbundance, MaterialSpacious PlaceNot Given Into One's Handsspace


Seeing a lone fig tree by the road, He went up to it and found nothing on it except leaves. And He said to it, “May no fruit ever come from you again!” At once the fig tree withered. Verse ConceptsBearing Bad FruitGod, Power OfUnfruitfulnessMiracles Of ChristFigsDivine Power Over NatureFoliage

And He told this parable: "A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He came looking for fruit on it and found none. He told the vineyard worker, 'Listen, for three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree and haven't found any. Cut it down! Why should it even waste the soil?'

But each man will sit under his grapevine
and under his fig tree
with no one to frighten him.
For the mouth of the Lord of Hosts
has promised this.
Verse ConceptsAffluenceInvitationsRest, PhysicalSittingVinesTreesSitting In SecurityFreed From FearGod As A Warrior

Throughout Solomon’s reign, Judah and Israel lived in safety from Dan to Beer-sheba, each man under his own vine and his own fig tree. Verse ConceptsFig treeInvitationsSafetyVines

For man certainly does not know his time: like fish caught in a cruel net or like birds caught in a trap, so people are trapped in an evil time as it suddenly falls on them. Verse ConceptsDisastersThe Right TimeThe Insecurity Of The WickedWithheld KnowledgeSudden DestructionSudden EventsUnreadinessNot Knowing The FutureGod TrappingBad DaysHard TimesBirdsGod's TimingTragedyGods TimingFishGetting Through Hard Timessurprises

and when it was full, they dragged it ashore, sat down, and gathered the good [fish] into containers, but threw out the worthless ones. So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will go out, separate the evil people from the righteous,

and when it was full, they dragged it ashore, sat down, and gathered the good [fish] into containers, but threw out the worthless ones. So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will go out, separate the evil people from the righteous,

I will put hooks in your jaws and make the fish of your streams cling to your scales. I will haul you up from the middle of your Nile, and all the fish of your streams will cling to your scales. I will leave you in the desert, you and all the fish of your streams. You will fall on the open ground and will not be taken away or gathered [for burial]. I have given you to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the sky as food.

You have made mankind
like the fish of the sea,
like marine creatures that have no ruler.
Verse ConceptsSeaAnarchyNo KingThe OceanFish

and when it was full, they dragged it ashore, sat down, and gathered the good fish into containers, but threw out the worthless ones. Verse ConceptsBaskets, Uses OfOccupationsThrowing AwayWicked Described AsBeachesFullness Of The KingdomPulling ThingsPeople Sitting DownDistinguishingGood Or BadFish

For wickedness burns like a fire
that consumes thorns and briers
and kindles the forest thickets
so that they go up in a column of smoke.
Verse ConceptsForestsBriersDebaucheryThornsFruits Of SinFire Of Evil

Israel's Light will become a fire, and its Holy One, a flame. In one day it will burn up Assyria's thorns and thistles. He will completely destroy the glory of its forests and orchards as a sickness consumes a person.

until the Spirit from heaven is poured out on us.
Then the desert will become an orchard,
and the orchard will seem like a forest.
Verse ConceptsGift Of The Holy SpiritThe Spirit Of GodPromises Of The Holy SpiritThe Holy Spirit Giving LifeIncreasing FruitChange And GrowthSpilling Your Seed On The Groundfruitfulness

Isn’t it true that in just a little while
Lebanon will become an orchard,
and the orchard will seem like a forest?
Verse ConceptsA Short TimeIncreasing FruitShort Time Till The Endfruitfulness

But hail will level the forest,
and the city will sink into the depths.
Verse ConceptsDestruction Of Cities

For My people have committed a double evil:
They have abandoned Me,
the fountain of living water,
and dug cisterns for themselves,
cracked cisterns that cannot hold water.
Verse ConceptsAbandonmentForsaking GodBeing ForsakenFalse ConfidenceCisternsdrought, spiritualFountainsTwoDoubtSpring Of WaterThirstTrust, Lack OfWellsFountains Of LifeBreaking ContainersMetaphorical SpringsTwo Intangible ThingsWells, Figurative Use

Lord, the hope of Israel,
all who abandon You
will be put to shame.
All who turn away from Me
will be written in the dirt,
for they have abandoned
the Lord, the fountain of living water.
Verse ConceptsAbandonmentForsaking GodHope, As ConfidenceShameSpring Of WaterWellsMetaphorical SpringsJudgements WrittenConsequences Of Forsaking GodLiving WaterWells, Figurative Useisraeldust


The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters,
a flowing river, a fountain of wisdom.
Verse ConceptsFountainsProverbsThe Water Of LifeMetaphorical SpringsBenefits Of WisdomPowers Of SpeechBrooksThe Power Of Words


Does a spring pour out sweet and bitter water from the same opening? Verse ConceptsBitter WaterBad WaterSweetnessBitterness

But what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and this defiles a man. For from the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies.


But whoever drinks from the water that I will give him will never get thirsty again—ever! In fact, the water I will give him will become a well of water springing up within him for eternal life.” Verse Conceptseternal life, nature ofThe New NatureWellsHoly Spirit, Types OfThe Water Of LifeThe Holy Spirit Described As WaterNeverDrinking WaterMetaphorical SpringsPlenty Through ChristGod Giving His SpiritLiving WaterWater, As A Symbol Of LifeWells, Figurative UseEternal lifeEverlastingeternity

In that day
the mountains will drip with sweet wine,
and the hills will flow with milk.
All the streams of Judah will flow with water,
and a spring will issue from the Lord’s house,
watering the Valley of Acacias.
Verse ConceptsFountainsAlcoholdrinkingHillsMessianic AgeMilkProperty, HousesWineFountains Of LifePlenty Of WineMetaphorical SpringsBlessings From The MountainsFountains Used FigurativelyMillenial SacrificesBrooks

I will open rivers on the barren heights,
and springs in the middle of the plains.
I will turn the desert into a pool of water
and dry land into springs of water.
Verse ConceptsSpiritual RenewalBarren, LandPoolsRunning Water From GodRivers As Places Of PrayerRiversChristmas TreeChange And Growthlakes

My sister, my bride, you are a locked garden—
a locked garden and a sealed spring.
Verse ConceptsNames And Titles For The ChurchShutting SecurelyLocks And BarsRomance

So Israel dwells securely;
Jacob lives untroubled
in a land of grain and new wine;
even his skies drip with dew.
Verse ConceptsdrinkingGrainWine

A righteous person who yields to the wicked
is like a muddied spring or a polluted well.
Verse Conceptsdouble mindednessFountainsProverbsSpring Of Waterpressure





As a well gushes out its water,
so she pours out her evil.
Violence and destruction resound in her.
Sickness and wounds keep coming to My attention.
Verse ConceptsViolence In The EarthFountainsWellsContinuing In SinFreshWells, Figurative Use


The one who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, will have streams of living water flow from deep within him." He said this about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were going to receive, for the Spirit had not yet been received, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

Singers and dancers alike will say,
“My whole source of joy is in you.”
Verse ConceptsFountainsMusicFountains Of LifeMetaphorical SpringsSingersFountains Used Figurativelyinstruments

From the fruit of his mouth a man’s stomach is satisfied;
he is filled with the product of his lips.
Verse ConceptsHarvestLipsMouthsStomachsPowers Of SpeechBeing Positive

A man will be satisfied with good
by the words of his mouth,
and the work of a man’s hands will reward him.
Verse ConceptsdiligenceLipsGood ReboundingBeing Positivehardworkfruitfulness


Give her the reward of her labor,
and let her works praise her at the city gates.
Verse ConceptsReward, DivineWagesIndustryOne's DeedsGodly WomanA Good Womanaccomplishmentsaccomplishment



May there be plenty of grain in the land;
may it wave on the tops of the mountains.
May its crops be like Lebanon.
May people flourish in the cities
like the grass of the field.
Verse ConceptsCornGrainGrassLand ProducingBlessings From The Mountains

The reaper is already receiving pay and gathering fruit for eternal life, so the sower and reaper can rejoice together. Verse ConceptsCropsServants, Working Conditions OfThe Soul Winners JoyEntering LifeReaperseternity

W Like an apricot tree among the trees of the forest,
so is my love among the young men.
I delight to sit in his shade,
and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
Verse ConceptsApplesYoung Lovers

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law.

The heart is more deceitful than anything else and desperately sick-who can understand it? I, the Lord, examine the mind, I test the heart to give to each according to his way, according to what his actions deserve.

In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a bad tree produces bad fruit. A good tree can't produce bad fruit; neither can a bad tree produce good fruit.




Tell the righteous that it will go well for them,
for they will eat the fruit of their labor.
Verse ConceptsRighteous, TheRighteousness, Of BelieversRepaid For DeedsBlessings And ProsperityA Good Man

M I have come to my garden—my sister, my bride.
I gather my myrrh with my spices.
I eat my honeycomb with my honey.
I drink my wine with my milk.


N Eat, friends!
Drink, be intoxicated with love!
Verse ConceptsNames And Titles For The ChurchNames And Titles For The ChristianHoneyEating And DrinkingLove And Wine

W My love has gone down to his garden,
to beds of spice,
to feed in the gardens
and gather lilies.

W I came down to the walnut grove
to see the blossoms of the valley,
to see if the vines were budding
and the pomegranates blooming.
Verse ConceptsBlossomingSports


They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion;
they will be radiant with joy
because of the Lord’s goodness,
because of the grain, the new wine, the fresh oil,
and because of the young of the flocks and herds.
Their life will be like an irrigated garden,
and they will no longer grow weak from hunger.
Verse ConceptsGarden Of Eden, TheGarden, NaturalHorticultureWater IrrigationJoy, And Human ExperienceWineHerdsMetaphorical WateringPeople Providing

My sister, my bride, you are a locked garden—
a locked garden and a sealed spring.
Verse ConceptsNames And Titles For The ChurchShutting SecurelyLocks And BarsRomance

For you will become like an oak
whose leaves are withered,
and like a garden without water.
Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturalWicked Described AsDry PlacesPeople WitheredOaks



He ties his donkey to a vine,
and the colt of his donkey to the choice vine.
He washes his clothes in wine
and his robes in the blood of grapes.
Verse ConceptsColtsJoining ThingsWashing ClothesClean ClothesBinding As Animals

For the trampling boot of battle
and the bloodied garments of war
will be burned as fuel for the fire.
Verse ConceptsAbolitionKingdom Of God, Characteristics OfWeaponsShoesHorrors Of WarWeapons For Fuel

And he dreamed: A stairway was set on the ground with its top reaching heaven, and God's angels were going up and down on it. The Lord was standing there beside him, saying, "I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your offspring the land that you are now sleeping on. Your offspring will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out toward the west, the east, the north, and the south. All the peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring. read more.
Look, I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go. I will bring you back to this land, for I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you." When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he said, "Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it." He was afraid and said, "What an awesome place this is! This is none other than the house of God. This is the gate of heaven."



“Enter through the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the road is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who go through it. Verse ConceptsDestructionGehennaPathways Of SinDamnationMany Seeking SalvationBroadnessNarrow ThingsEasy For PeopleHellGoing To Heavendistractions

I said: In the prime of my life
I must go to the gates of Sheol;
I am deprived of the rest of my years.
Verse ConceptsGatesGates Of DeathEarly DeathLife Cut Short


My anger burns against the shepherds,
so I will punish the leaders.
For the Lord of Hosts has tended His flock,
the house of Judah;
He will make them like His majestic steed in battle.
Verse ConceptsInadequate ShepherdingBattle

All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on His right and the goats on the left.

As I was observing, a male goat appeared, coming from the west across the surface of the entire earth without touching the ground. The goat had a conspicuous horn between his eyes. Verse ConceptsHorns In AllegorySpeedOut Of The WestNot TouchingEyes In Prophecy

The shaggy goat represents the king of Greece, and the large horn between his eyes represents the first king. Verse ConceptsAlexander The GreatHorns In AllegoryCosmic CreaturesEyes In Prophecy

M How beautiful you are, my darling.
How very beautiful!
Behind your veil,
your eyes are doves.
Your hair is like a flock of goats
streaming down Mount Gilead.
Verse ConceptsAppearance Of HairYoung LoversHairgirlfriends


You end their lives; they sleep.
They are like grass that grows in the morning—
Verse ConceptsGrassPunishment, Nature OfGod KillingGod KillsNatural DisastersRenewal


A voice was saying, "Cry out!" Another said, "What should I cry out?" "All humanity is grass, and all its goodness is like the flower of the field. The grass withers, the flowers fade when the breath of the Lord blows on them; indeed, the people are grass.

Their inhabitants have become powerless,
dismayed, and ashamed.
They are plants of the field,
tender grass,
grass on the rooftops,
blasted by the east wind.
Verse ConceptsColors, GreenPlantsTendernessWicked Described AsScorchingLike GrassNo Strength Left

Their inhabitants have become powerless,
dismayed, and ashamed.
They are plants of the field,
tender grass,
grass on the rooftops,
blasted by the east wind.
Verse ConceptsGrassPlantsTendernessMan As GrassScorchingLike GrassNo Strength Left

May he be like rain that falls on the cut grass,
like spring showers that water the earth.
Verse ConceptsRainWeather, As God's JudgmentHoly Spirit, Types OfShowersMowingMetaphorical WateringLike Grass

Then the remnant of Jacob
will be among many peoples
like dew from the Lord,
like showers on the grass,
which do not wait for anyone
or linger for mankind.
Verse ConceptsdewGrassSon Of ManShowersLack Of ExpectationSurvivors Favoured


Instead, you are to open your hand to him and freely loan him enough for whatever need he has. Verse ConceptsNeedCreditorsInterestSaints, Care For The PoorAlmsgivingAltruismCharity

When You give it to them,
they gather it;
when You open Your hand,
they are satisfied with good things.
Verse ConceptsHand Of GodGiving Good Things

The power of the Lord was on Elijah, and he tucked his mantle under his belt and ran ahead of Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel. Verse ConceptsBeltsWaistsPower, HumanRunningTranceGod's HandOutrunningPreparing For ActionGod's Hands On PeopleGifts Of Supernatural StrengthRace

Therefore, the Lord gave Israel a deliverer, and they escaped from the power of the Arameans. Then the people of Israel dwelt in their tents as before, Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviorHomeRescueEscaping From PeopleIndividuals Saving Others

“If there is a poor person among you, one of your brothers within any of your gates in the land the Lord your God is giving you, you must not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward your poor brother. Verse ConceptsAlms, Good DeedsHardness Of HeartOppression, Nature OfSympathyUnkindnessGiving, Advice OnDo Not Be StingyPeople Without MercyHelping The PoorHelping Those In Need

That is not my intention. There is a man named Sheba son of Bichri, from the hill country of Ephraim, who has rebelled against King David. Deliver this one man, and I will withdraw from the city.”

The woman replied to Joab, “All right. His head will be thrown over the wall to you.” Verse ConceptsHanding Over People

W Hurry to me, my love,
and be like a gazelle
or a young stag
on the mountains of spices.
Verse ConceptsYoung LoversDeer Etc.Deer

My love is like a gazelle
or a young stag.
Look, he is standing behind our wall,
gazing through the windows,
peering through the lattice.
Verse ConceptsYoung LoversDeer Etc.Deer

Yahweh my Lord is my strength;
He makes my feet like those of a deer
and enables me to walk on mountain heights!


For the choir director: on stringed instruments. Verse ConceptsFeetDeersHigh PlacesMusicOccupationsRich, TheAnimals, Types OfStringsFeet SecureGod Our StrengthDeer Etc.ancient ChoirsDeerphotographyinstruments

He makes my feet like the feet of a deer
and sets me securely on the heights.
Verse ConceptsFeetHigh PlacesTypes Of FeetFeet SecureCare Of FeetDeer Etc.DeerLeadership Qualitiesjumping

ו VavAll her splendor has vanished
from Daughter Zion.
Her leaders are like stags
that find no pasture;
they walk away exhausted
before the hunter.
Verse ConceptsWeakness, PhysicalIsrael FleeingNo FoodNo Strength To CopeDeer Etc.Losing HonourDeer

As a deer longs for streams of water, so I long for You, God. I thirst for God, the living God. When can I come and appear before God?

Then the lame will leap like a deer,
and the tongue of the mute will sing for joy,
for water will gush in the wilderness,
and streams in the desert;
Verse ConceptsLeapingCripplesLamenessTonguePeople JumpingRunning Water From GodDumbnessRenewedDumbDeserts Used FigurativelyDeer Etc.Deerjumping

Let both grow together until the harvest. At harvest time I’ll tell the reapers: Gather the weeds first and tie them in bundles to burn them, but store the wheat in my barn.’” Verse ConceptsBinding cornHarvestSicklesBindingEternal JudgmentMixed MultitudeJoining ThingsGathering FoodBurning PlantsGod's StorehousesPlants Growing UpGrowing


Swing the sickle
because the harvest is ripe.
Come and trample the grapes
because the winepress is full;
the wine vats overflow
because the wickedness of the nations is great.
Verse ConceptsHarvestMaturity, PhysicalSicklesSowing And ReapingWinepressAbundance, MaterialTreading GrapesWineskins And Vats

Another angel came out of the sanctuary, crying out in a loud voice to the One who was seated on the cloud, “Use your sickle and reap, for the time to reap has come, since the harvest of the earth is ripe.” Verse ConceptsAngels as agents of judgmentMaturity, PhysicalThe Day Of JudgementAngels Doing God's WorkThe Temple In HeavenAngels Activities In The End Times

For this is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says:

Daughter Babylon is like a threshing floor
at the time it is trampled.
In just a little while her harvest time will come.
Verse ConceptsdaughtersHarvestSicklesSowing And ReapingThreshing Floor

A harvest is also appointed for you, Judah.

When I return My people from captivity,

> Verse ConceptsHarvestRestoring NationsSowing And Reaping

Then He said to His disciples, "The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few. Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest."

To those who send him, a trustworthy messenger
is like the coolness of snow on a harvest day;
he refreshes the life of his masters.
Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, In Human RelationshipsHarvestMessengerServants, GoodTrustworthinessCold, Literal UseEmployeesSummerSnowCold WeatherPeople RefreshedWeather In The Last Dayscrusades

Like snow in summer and rain at harvest,
honor is inappropriate for a fool.
Verse ConceptsHarvestSeasonsSummerAccoladesSnowThe Honourable Will Be HonouredUnfitting ThingsFools


For, the Lord said to me:

I will quietly look out from My place,
like shimmering heat in sunshine,
like a rain cloud in harvest heat.
Verse ConceptsdewHeatHoly Spirit, Types OfHot WeatherGod Seeing All The EarthHerbsSunshine




Dibon went up to its temple
to weep at its high places.
Moab wails on Nebo and at Medeba.
Every head is shaved;
every beard is cut off.
Verse ConceptsBaldness, Figurative UseBaldnessBeardsHeadsHigh PlacesKnives

On that day the Lord God of Hosts
called for weeping, for wailing, for shaven heads,
and for the wearing of sackcloth.
Verse ConceptsGesturesBaldness, UnnaturalBaldnessHairsMourning

Shave yourselves bald and cut off your hair
in sorrow for your precious children;
make yourselves as bald as an eagle,
for they have been taken from you into exile.
Verse ConceptsBaldnessHairsHeadsKnivesMourningBarbersBirds, Types Of BirdsEaglesExile In ProspectHair

Instead of perfume there will be a stench;
instead of a belt, a rope;
instead of beautifully styled hair, baldness;
instead of fine clothes, sackcloth;
instead of beauty, branding.
Verse ConceptsBaldness, Figurative UseClothHairsSackcloth And AshesSmellsPeople RottingFragranceMarks On PeopleAppearance Of HairNo BeautyWomen's BeautyHairmakeupbranding

But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, since that is one and the same as having her head shaved. Verse ConceptsWomenCovering HeadsBare HeadsWoman's PlaceWomen's Roles


Wherever people live—or wild animals, or birds of the air—He has handed them over to you and made you ruler over them all. You are the head of gold. Verse ConceptsAnimal LifeGiven Into One's HandsRelation Of Animals To ManBirds

Samuel continued, “Although you once considered yourself unimportant, have you not become the leader of the tribes of Israel? The Lord anointed you king over Israel Verse ConceptsHeadshipKingsSmallnessTimidityAnointing KingsI Am Unimportant

In just three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand the way you used to when you were his cupbearer. Verse ConceptsReinstatementRestorationLifting HeadsReinstating People

Then my head will be high
above my enemies around me;
I will offer sacrifices in His tent with shouts of joy.
I will sing and make music to the Lord.
Verse ConceptsMusicSacrifice, In OtThankfulnessWorship, Elements OfGod Lifting PeopleLifting HeadsI Will Sing Praises

You have lifted up my horn
like that of a wild ox;
I have been anointed with oil.
Verse ConceptsAnointing, Social CustomAnointing With OilGuestsHornsHorns VictoriousWild OxAnointed By GodUnicorns



But when these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is near!” Verse ConceptsGod, As RedeemerBeginningRedemption, In NtStandingBeginning Of SalvationLifting HeadsNear The Time GenerallyImminenceRedemptiondeliverancerelentless


So the Lord cut off Israel's head and tail, palm branch and reed in a single day. The head is the elder, the honored one; the tail is the prophet, the lying teacher.

Lord God, my strong Savior,
You shield my head on the day of battle.
Verse ConceptsShieldsGod's Salvation Made KnownStrength In BattleWarBattle

The head of Aram is Damascus,
the head of Damascus is Rezin
(within 65 years
Ephraim will be too shattered to be a people),
Verse ConceptsThe Prophecy Towards DamascusPeople Passing Away50 To 70 YearsNorthern Kingdom Of Israelsyriadamascus

See how Your enemies make an uproar;
those who hate You have acted arrogantly.
Verse ConceptsHating God

ג GimelHe has walled me in so I cannot escape;
He has weighed me down with chains.
Verse ConceptsChainsGoing OutsideImprisonments

Therefore, this is what I will do:
I will block her way with thorns;
I will enclose her with a wall,
so that she cannot find her paths.
Verse ConceptsMan's WaysThornsPaths Of The WickedNot FindingHard TasksWeedPathsroadblocks

“Listen to another parable: There was a man, a landowner, who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a watchtower. He leased it to tenant farmers and went away. Verse ConceptsJourneyOccupationsTowersVineyardWallsFortsExcavationTreading GrapesLeasinglent

He broke up the soil, cleared it of stones,
and planted it with the finest vines.
He built a tower in the middle of it
and even dug out a winepress there.
He expected it to yield good grapes,
but it yielded worthless grapes.
Verse ConceptsAgriculture, TermsFortsExcavationWineskins And Vats

Now I will tell you
what I am about to do to My vineyard:
I will remove its hedge,
and it will be consumed;
I will tear down its wall,
and it will be trampled.
Verse ConceptsWallsFigurative Fields

Why have You broken down its walls
so that all who pass by pick its fruit?
Verse ConceptsWallsDestruction Of Jerusalem's WallWhy Does God Do This?

Why is life given to a man whose path is hidden,
whom God has hedged in?
Verse ConceptsBlame

He has blocked my way so that I cannot pass through;
He has veiled my paths with darkness.
Verse ConceptsSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfDark DaysPaths Of BelieversFrustrationGod HinderingHardshipPaths

A slacker’s way is like a thorny hedge,
but the path of the upright is a highway.
Verse ConceptsHighwayIdlenessSluggardsThornsTroubleProcrastinationHard TasksWorking Hard And Not Being Lazysloth

Haven’t You placed a hedge around him, his household, and everything he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land. Verse ConceptsSatan, Work OfBlessed By GodGod's ProtectionFamily FirstProtecting Your Familypossessions

Their inhabitants have become powerless,
dismayed, and ashamed.
They are plants of the field,
tender grass,
grass on the rooftops,
blasted by the east wind.
Verse ConceptsColors, GreenPlantsTendernessWicked Described AsScorchingLike GrassNo Strength Left


For, the Lord said to me:

I will quietly look out from My place,
like shimmering heat in sunshine,
like a rain cloud in harvest heat.
Verse ConceptsdewHeatHoly Spirit, Types OfHot WeatherGod Seeing All The EarthHerbsSunshine

Go out, go out through the gates;
prepare a way for the people!
Build it up, build up the highway;
clear away the stones!
Raise a banner for the peoples.
Verse ConceptsHighwayComing To GatesFlagsMaking RoadsHighwaysRemoving People From Your Life

There will be a highway for the remnant of His people
who will survive from Assyria,
as there was for Israel
when they came up from the land of Egypt.
Verse ConceptsHighwayRoadsThe Prophecy Towards AssyriaMaking RoadsSurvivors FavouredHighways


Look, I am about to do something new;
even now it is coming. Do you not see it?
Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness,
rivers in the desert.
Verse ConceptsTravelling With GodLife, Of FaithNewnessBlessing In The WildernessMaking RoadsRiversFuture Plansa new beginningNew BeginningsA New DayPathsNew

“Enter through the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the road is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who go through it. Verse ConceptsDestructionGehennaPathways Of SinDamnationMany Seeking SalvationBroadnessNarrow ThingsEasy For PeopleHellGoing To Heavendistractions


A road will be there and a way;
it will be called the Holy Way.
The unclean will not travel on it,
but it will be for the one who walks the path.
Even the fool will not go astray.
Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfGod's WaysLife, Of FaithHighwayPurity, Nature OfWay, TheThe Work Of FoolsMaking RoadsWalking In God's WayHolinessErrorHighwaysFoolsMissing SomeoneBeing LostThe Environmentbridgesvacation


Then the angel said to me, “Why are you astonished? I will tell you the secret meaning of the woman and of the beast, with the seven heads and the 10 horns, that carries her. Verse ConceptsSeven Body PartsTen ThingsHorns In AllegoryCosmic CreaturesWomen In Prophecy

And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea. He had 10 horns and seven heads. On his horns were 10 diadems, and on his heads were blasphemous names. Verse ConceptsCreaturesBlasphemy, Examples OfThe BeastSeaSevenSeven Body PartsTen ThingsSeashoresHorns In AllegoryBlasphemyCrowns On CreaturesSand And GravelThe World Ruler

So he carried me away in the Spirit to a desert. I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and 10 horns. Verse ConceptsCreaturesecstasyThe BeastTranceColors, ScarletSeven Body PartsTen ThingsHorns In AllegoryGod Carrying PeopleCosmic CreaturesWomen In ProphecyRed AnimalsBlasphemyLed By The SpiritColor

As I was observing, a male goat appeared, coming from the west across the surface of the entire earth without touching the ground. The goat had a conspicuous horn between his eyes. Verse ConceptsHorns In AllegorySpeedOut Of The WestNot TouchingEyes In Prophecy

The two-horned ram that you saw represents the kings of Media and Persia. Verse ConceptsHorns In AllegoryCosmic CreaturesTwo Other Things

"While I was watching in the night visions, a fourth beast appeared, frightening and dreadful, and incredibly strong, with large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed, and it trampled with its feet whatever was left. It was different from all the beasts before it, and it had 10 horns. "While I was considering the horns, suddenly another horn, a little one, came up among them, and three of the first horns were uprooted before it. There were eyes in this horn like a man's, and it had a mouth that spoke arrogantly.

I looked up, and there was a ram standing beside the canal. He had two horns. The two horns were long, but one was longer than the other, and the longer one came up last. Verse ConceptsRamsLong ThingsHorns In AllegoryTwo Of Body Parts

“I will cut off all the horns of the wicked,
but the horns of the righteous will be lifted up.”
Verse ConceptsHornsHorns VictoriousHorns WeakenedHorns BrokenUnicornscutting

Moab’s horn is chopped off; his arm is shattered.”

This is the Lord’s declaration. Verse ConceptsArmsHornsBones BrokenHorns WeakenedHorns Broken

ג GimelHe has cut off every horn of Israel
in His burning anger
and withdrawn His right hand
in the presence of the enemy.
He has blazed against Jacob like a flaming fire
that consumes everything.
Verse ConceptsHand Of GodHornsRight Hand Of GodHorns WeakenedSevering Body Parts

His firstborn bull has splendor,
and horns like those of a wild ox;
he gores all the peoples with them
to the ends of the earth.
Such are the ten thousands of Ephraim,
and such are the thousands of Manasseh.
Verse ConceptsFirstbornBullsHornsThousandsHorns VictoriousPropellingWild OxPowerful IndividualsUnicorns

Rise and thresh, Daughter Zion,
for I will make your horns iron
and your hooves bronze,
so you can crush many peoples.
Then you will set apart their plunder
to the Lord for destruction,
their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.
Verse ConceptsBronzeHornsProfitsPunishment, Nature OfThreshingConsecrationGrinding PeopleThings Like IronFeet Of Creatures

Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah made iron horns and said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘You will gore the Arameans with these until they are finished off.’” Verse ConceptsHornsIronProphecy, Methods Of OtHorns VictoriousIron ObjectsPowerful Individuals

There I will make a horn grow for David;
I have prepared a lamp for My anointed one.
Verse ConceptsHornsHorns VictoriousPowerful IndividualsGrowing

“In that day I will cause a horn to sprout for the house of Israel, and I will enable you to speak out among them. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.” Verse ConceptsHornsThe Dumb Speaking

Those who oppose the Lord will be shattered;
He will thunder in the heavens against them.
The Lord will judge the ends of the earth.
He will give power to His king;
He will lift up the horn of His anointed.
Verse ConceptsGod, Sovereignty OfEarth, Judgment OfThunderGod Giving StrengthGod Gives StrengthThunder Expressing God's Judgment

Hannah prayed:

My heart rejoices in the Lord;
my horn is lifted up by the Lord.
My mouth boasts over my enemies,
because I rejoice in Your salvation.
Verse ConceptsGod, Joy OfGod, As SaviorPraying LoudlyDeliverance, Response ToDelighting, Right Kinds OfHeart, And Holy SpiritHornsJoy, And Human ExperienceRenewed HeartRejoicingExcitementdeliverance


Then I saw One like a slaughtered lamb standing between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent into all the earth. Verse ConceptsAtonement, in NTHornsSpiritsSymbolsCherubim, At God's ThroneAnimal Sacrifices, As A Type Of ChristFour CreaturesSeven SpiritsSeven Body PartsHorns In AllegoryChrist Was KilledElders In HeavenGod Sending ProphetsHeavenLeadership Qualities

“I will cut off all the horns of the wicked,
but the horns of the righteous will be lifted up.”
Verse ConceptsHornsHorns VictoriousHorns WeakenedHorns BrokenUnicornscutting

Save me from the mouth of the lion!
You have rescued me
from the horns of the wild oxen.
Verse ConceptsHornsMouthsDeliverance From LionsWild OxUnicorns



His firstborn bull has splendor,
and horns like those of a wild ox;
he gores all the peoples with them
to the ends of the earth.
Such are the ten thousands of Ephraim,
and such are the thousands of Manasseh.
Verse ConceptsFirstbornBullsHornsThousandsHorns VictoriousPropellingWild OxPowerful IndividualsUnicorns

I say to the boastful, 'Do not boast,' and to the wicked, 'Do not lift up your horn. Do not lift up your horn against heaven or speak arrogantly.' "

I have sewn sackcloth over my skin;
I have buried my strength in the dust.
Verse ConceptsSackcloth And AshesHorns Weakened

But the Lord selected you and brought you out of Egypt’s iron furnace to be a people for His inheritance, as you are today. Verse ConceptsFurnacesIron, Figurative Use OfIronPeople Of God, In OtSevere AfflictionsGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt


and he will shepherd them with an iron scepter;
he will shatter them like pottery


just as I have received this from My Father. Verse ConceptsGovernmentIronSceptreSymbolsRodsIron ObjectsAuthority Of DisciplesRelationship Of Father And SonThe Father's Activity Regarding Christ


its legs were iron, and its feet were partly iron and partly fired clay. Verse ConceptsFeetLegsIron Objects

A fourth kingdom will be as strong as iron; for iron crushes and shatters everything, and like iron that smashes, it will crush and smash all the others. Verse ConceptsCrushingFractions, One FourthThings Like IronFourthOvercoming Obstaclesautonomytoughnesscrushes

The sky above you will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron. Verse ConceptsBronzeIron, Figurative Use OfIronThings Like BronzeThings Like Iron




The victor: I will make him a pillar in the sanctuary of My God, and he will never go out again. I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God—the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God—and My new name. Verse ConceptsNewnessPillarsRenewal, Of People Of GodThe Prophecy Towards JerusalemOvercomersMetaphorical PillarsGoing OutsideWriting On PeopleOthers Going DownOvercoming Through ChristTaken To HeavenA New NameCalled By God's NameCitizensOvercomingreuniting

He then carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, Verse ConceptsecstasyTranceGod Carrying PeopleLed By The SpiritOthers Going DownTaken To HeavenHoly City

Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children. But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.

Jerusalem—the mountains surround her.
And the Lord surrounds His people,
both now and forever.
Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahGuardiansMountainsShieldsEternally With GodGod SurroundingSurrenderwaterfallsjerusalem

Why then have you despised the command of the Lord by doing what I consider evil? You struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and took his wife as your own wife—you murdered him with the Ammonite’s sword. Verse ConceptsForgettingevil, believers' responses toSanctity Of LifeSuffering, Causes OfWord Of GodKilling Named IndividualsTransferring Wives

but the poor man had nothing except one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up, living with him and his children. It shared his meager food and drank from his cup; it slept in his arms, and it was like a daughter to him. Verse ConceptsCups, Literal UseNoting What Animals EatPossessing SheepPets


Then I saw One like a slaughtered lamb standing between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent into all the earth. Verse ConceptsAtonement, in NTHornsSpiritsSymbolsCherubim, At God's ThroneAnimal Sacrifices, As A Type Of ChristFour CreaturesSeven SpiritsSeven Body PartsHorns In AllegoryChrist Was KilledElders In HeavenGod Sending ProphetsHeavenLeadership Qualities

The wolf will live with the lamb,
and the leopard will lie down with the goat.
The calf, the young lion, and the fatling will be together,
and a child will lead them.
Verse ConceptsLeopardMillennial KingdomLambsLionsAnimals, Types OfDeliverance From LionsWolvesChildren And The KingdomDeerPetsSleeping Peacefully

Lambs will graze
as if in their own pastures,
and strangers will eat
among the ruins of the rich.
Verse ConceptsLambsSheepAnimals Eating

When they had eaten breakfast, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than these?”

“Yes, Lord,” he said to Him, “You know that I love You.”

“Feed My lambs,” He told him. Verse ConceptsCommitment, to GodLambsLove, Nature OfShepherds, As Church LeaderNames And Titles For The ChristianBreakfastFeeding AnimalsChrist Knowing About PeopleThe Need To Love Christvulnerability



Now the Scripture passage he was reading was this:

He was led like a sheep to the slaughter,
and as a lamb is silent before its shearer,
so He does not open His mouth.
Verse ConceptsLambsMutenessSilenceJesus Christ, Meekness OfSheep ShearingHumility Of ChristPatience, The Nature OfChrist Being SilentChrist Was KilledUse Of The Scriptures

I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter,
like rams together with male goats.
Verse ConceptsBeing Killed Like An AnimalKilled Like An Animal


But the wicked will perish;
the Lord’s enemies, like the glory of the pastures,
will fade away—
they will fade away like smoke.
Verse ConceptsEternal DeathSmokeDisappearanceThe Wicked Will PerishPurity Of New CreationsmokingSmoke Used Poetically

For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn cow.
Can the Lord now shepherd them
like a lamb in an open meadow?
Verse ConceptsGod, As ShepherdObstinacy Against GodHeifersBackslidingBacksliders

Now go; I’m sending you out like lambs among wolves. Verse ConceptsLambsWolvesChrist Sending

How often is the lamp of the wicked put out?
Does disaster come on them?
Does He apportion destruction in His anger?
Verse ConceptsLampsAfflictions Of The WickedProsperity Of The Wicked

Yes, the light of the wicked is extinguished;
the flame of his fire does not glow.
Verse ConceptsLiving In The LightThe Wicked Will Perish

The light of the righteous shines brightly,
but the lamp of the wicked is put out.
Verse ConceptsProverbsExtinguishingLight Of God's People

His body was like topaz, his face like the brilliance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and feet like the gleam of polished bronze, and the sound of his words like the sound of a multitude. Verse ConceptsBodyCrowdsJewelsLegsLight, NaturalLightningBrassHeavenly FacesSoundSparklingEyes In ProphecyThings Like BronzeAppearances ofColorJesus Eyes




But because of David, the Lord his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem to raise up his son after him and to establish Jerusalem. Verse ConceptsCovenant, God's with DavidFor The Sake Of God's Peoplegrandfathers

I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city I chose for Myself to put My name there. Verse ConceptsCityJerusalem, Significance OfA Place For God's Name

Lord, You light my lamp;
my God illuminates my darkness.
Verse ConceptsComfortingenlightenmentLampsCandlesGod Giving LightDarknessLightmovement


I will not keep silent because of Zion,
and I will not keep still because of Jerusalem,
until her righteousness shines like a bright light
and her salvation, like a flaming torch.
Verse ConceptsBeing Earnest For IsraelRadiancySilenceGod's Salvation Made KnownSalvation, Illustrations OfFervourZealousness, Examples OfRadiant LivesThe SunGod Being SilentA Righteous PeopleFor The Sake Of God's Peoplezionvindication

When the sun had set and it was dark, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the divided animals. Verse ConceptsFurnacesLampsPassing ThroughSmokeCandlesAnimal Sacrifices, BurntSunsetsGod Appearing In FireGod Is LightDarkness Of NightWeedsmoking

The third angel blew his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from heaven. It fell on a third of the rivers and springs of water. Verse ConceptsSkyFalling From HeavenSeven TrumpetsThird PersonFailing Riverswaterfalls


Flashes of lightning and rumblings of thunder came from the throne. Seven fiery torches were burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of God. Verse ConceptsLightningSpiritsSymbolsThunderSeven SpiritsSeven LightsFire Of The SpiritRumblingThe RainbowThunder Showing God's Presence


But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to his aid, struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him: “You must never again go out with us to battle. You must not extinguish the lamp of Israel.” Verse ConceptsNot Extinguishing

The form of the living creatures was like the appearance of burning coals of fire and torches. Fire was moving back and forth between the living creatures; it was bright, with lightning coming out of it. Verse ConceptsAppearances of

John was a burning and shining lamp, and for a time you were willing to enjoy his light. Verse ConceptsRadiancyRadiant LivesLight Of God's PeopleSeasons Changing

Your lips drip sweetness like the honeycomb, my bride.
Honey and milk are under your tongue.
The fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.
Verse ConceptsHoneyRich Foodspouse

His new branches will spread, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance, like [the forest of] Lebanon. The people will return and live beneath his shade. They will grow grain and blossom like the vine. His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.

You residents of Lebanon,
nestled among the cedars,
how you will groan when labor pains come on you,
agony like a woman in labor.
Verse ConceptsCedarLabour Pains

For this is what the Lord says concerning the house of the king of Judah:

You are like Gilead to Me,
or the summit of Lebanon,
but I will certainly turn you into a wilderness,
uninhabited cities.
Verse ConceptsEmpty CitiesWeed

He is clearing the thickets of the forest with an ax,
and Lebanon with its majesty will fall.
Verse ConceptsThe Prophecy Towards Lebanon

Therefore, the Lord God of Hosts says this: “My people who dwell in Zion, do not fear Assyria, though he strikes you with a rod and raises his staff over you as the Egyptians did. Verse ConceptsSpecial Revelation

It will blossom abundantly
and will also rejoice with joy and singing.
The glory of Lebanon will be given to it,
the splendor of Carmel and Sharon.
They will see the glory of the Lord,
the splendor of our God.
Verse ConceptsGod, Glory OfGlory, Revelation OfGod's Glory RevealedRosesExcellence

The glory of Lebanon will come to you
its pine, fir, and cypress together
to beautify the place of My sanctuary,
and I will glorify My dwelling place.
Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfAdornment, Of BuildingsFir TreesTreesGod Bestowing GloryMillenial SacrificesChristmas Tree

Open your gates, Lebanon,
and fire will consume your cedars.
Verse ConceptsThe Prophecy Towards LebanonThe Act Of OpeningBurning Plants

“This is what the Lord God says: I caused grieving on the day the cedar went down to Sheol. I closed off the underground deep because of it: I held back the rivers of the deep, and its abundant waters were restrained. I made Lebanon mourn on account of it, and all the trees of the field fainted because of it. Verse ConceptsMourning DeathHarming TreesThe Fact Of Death

Isn’t it true that in just a little while
Lebanon will become an orchard,
and the orchard will seem like a forest?
Verse ConceptsA Short TimeIncreasing FruitShort Time Till The Endfruitfulness

May there be plenty of grain in the land;
may it wave on the tops of the mountains.
May its crops be like Lebanon.
May people flourish in the cities
like the grass of the field.
Verse ConceptsCornGrainGrassLand ProducingBlessings From The Mountains

The beast I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like a bear’s, and his mouth was like a lion’s mouth. The dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority. Verse ConceptsLeopardThroneLions, Figurative Use OfAnimals, Types OfBearsCreatures Like LionsLike CreaturesOther References To Mouths

The wolf will live with the lamb,
and the leopard will lie down with the goat.
The calf, the young lion, and the fatling will be together,
and a child will lead them.
Verse ConceptsLeopardMillennial KingdomLambsLionsAnimals, Types OfDeliverance From LionsWolvesChildren And The KingdomDeerPetsSleeping Peacefully

“While I was watching, another beast appeared. It was like a leopard with four wings of a bird on its back. It had four heads and was given authority to rule. Verse ConceptsLeopardAlexander The GreatWingsFour Other ThingsFour Beasts Of Daniel

So I will be like a lion to them;
I will lurk like a leopard on the path.
Verse ConceptsLeopardGod Like A LionGod WaitingLike Creatures

ד DaletHe is a bear waiting in ambush,
a lion in hiding.
Verse ConceptsLionsGod Like A LionAmbushLike Creatureslieing

I will attack them
like a bear robbed of her cubs
and tear open the rib cage over their hearts.
I will devour them there like a lioness,
like a wild beast that would rip them open.
Verse ConceptsPeople Torn To PiecesThe Act Of OpeningWild Animals DevouringGod Like A LionLike CreaturesBereavement

For I am like a lion to Ephraim
and like a young lion to the house of Judah.
Yes, I will tear them to pieces and depart.
I will carry them off,
and no one can rescue them.
Verse ConceptsRescuePeople Torn To PiecesGod Like A LionLike CreaturesNo One Can Save

I thought until the morning:
He will break all my bones like a lion;
You make an end of me day and night.
Verse ConceptsDawnBones BrokenGod Like A LionLike CreaturesPeople Ended

“Look, it will be like a lion coming from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered grazing land. Indeed, I will chase Edom away from her land in a flash. I will appoint whoever is chosen for her. For who is like Me? Who will summon Me? Who is the shepherd who can stand against Me?” Verse ConceptsChallengesShepherds, As Kings And LeadersInadequate ShepherdingGod Like A LionWho Is Like God?The Region Of JordanLeadership Qualities

Their roaring is like a lion’s;
they roar like young lions;
they growl and seize their prey
and carry it off,
and no one can rescue it.
Verse ConceptsHunting

They will roar together like young lions;
they will growl like lion cubs.
Verse ConceptsBabylonLionsLike Creatures

The slacker says, “There’s a lion outside!
I’ll be killed in the public square!”
Verse ConceptsExcusesIdlenessRoadsSluggardsLazinessProcrastinationSlothfulnessIn Danger From Lionscrusadessloth

The slacker says, “There’s a lion in the road—
a lion in the public square!”
Verse ConceptsExcusesSluggardsLazinessSlothfulnessIn Danger From Lionssloth

A king’s rage is like the roaring of a lion,
but his favor is like dew on the grass.
Verse ConceptsCivil authoritiesdewGrassRageFavorSmilingwrath

A king’s terrible wrath is like the roaring of a lion;
anyone who provokes him endangers himself.
Verse ConceptsRageDeath As Punishmentriskterrorism

Saul and Jonathan,
loved and delightful,
they were not parted in life or in death.
They were swifter than eagles, stronger than lions.
Verse ConceptsFriendshipEaglesCompanionshipFast RunnersStrong Individuals

Benaiah son of Jehoiada was the son of a brave man from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. Benaiah killed two sons of Ariel of Moab, and he went down into a pit on a snowy day and killed a lion. Verse ConceptsPitsSnowStrength, HumanChampionsKilling Wild AnimalsDeliverance From LionsCold WeatherHoles In The Ground

But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that the proclamation might be fully made through me and all the Gentiles might hear. So I was rescued from the lion’s mouth. Verse ConceptsGentiles, In NtAfflicted SaintsBitingLionsMouthsOutsidersSelf RespectStrength, SpiritualDivine Assistance, OfferedGod Strengthening PeopleDeliverance From LionsGod Has Been With YouStrengthened Through ChristempowermentGod Calling Jew And Gentile

They open their mouths against me—
lions, mauling and roaring.
Verse ConceptsHuntingLionsMouthsLions, Figurative Use OfLike CreaturesOther References To Mouths

The cow and the bear will graze,
their young ones will lie down together,
and the lion will eat straw like the ox.
Verse ConceptsCowsFeedingStrawBearsYoung AnimalDeliverance From LionsNoting What Animals Eatcats

The wolf and the lamb will feed together,
and the lion will eat straw like the ox,
but the serpent’s food will be dust!
They will not do what is evil or destroy
on My entire holy mountain,”
says the Lord.
Verse ConceptsLambsLionsMessianic AgeMillenniumRenewal, Of Natural OrderRest, EternalSnakesStomachsStrawAbstaining From MeatsDeliverance From LionsPower Over SnakesWolvesNoting What Animals EatAnimals Going To HeavenSleeping Peacefully

He said about Gad:

The one who enlarges Gad’s territory
will be blessed.
He lies down like a lion
and tears off an arm or even a head.
Verse ConceptsEnlargementLike Creatures

Then one of the elders said to me, “Stop crying. Look! The Lion from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has been victorious so that He may open the scroll and its seven seals.” Verse ConceptsdefeatLions, Figurative Use OfLionsRootsSealsNames And Titles For ChristJesus As Son Of DavidPromised VictorySeven ThingsThe Act Of OpeningOpening DocumentsChrist OvercomingDo Not MournPeople Of JudahLion Of The Tribe Of Judah


Judah is a young lion
my son, you return from the kill.
He crouches; he lies down like a lion
or a lioness—who dares to rouse him?
Verse ConceptsHuntingLions, Figurative Use OfLionsYoung AnimalVigourCrouchingLike Creatures

He crouches, he lies down like a lion
or a lioness—who dares to rouse him?
Those who bless you will be blessed,
and those who curse you will be cursed.
Verse ConceptsCrouchingLying Down To RestLike CreaturesBlessing And CurseBlessing Through God's PeopleCursing Israel

For this is what the Lord said to me:

As a lion or young lion growls over its prey
when a band of shepherds is called out against it,
and is not terrified by their shouting
or subdued by their noise,
so the Lord of Hosts will come down
to fight on Mount Zion
and on its hill.
Verse ConceptsNoiseShepherds, As Kings And LeadersStock Keeping


For a nation has invaded My land,
powerful and without number;
its teeth are the teeth of a lion,
and it has the fangs of a lioness.
Verse ConceptsBitingNationalismTeethGod Is GraciousCreatures Like LionsMany CreaturesNations Attacking Israel

a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and dense overcast, like the dawn spreading over the mountains; a great and strong people [appears], such as never existed in ages past and never will again in all the generations to come. A fire destroys in front of them, and behind them a flame devours. The land in front of them is like the Garden of Eden, but behind them, it is like a desert wasteland; there is no escape from them. Their appearance is like that of horses, and they gallop like war horses. read more.
They bound on the tops of the mountains. Their sound is like the sound of chariots, like the sound of fiery flames consuming stubble, like a mighty army deployed for war. Nations writhe in horror before them; all faces turn pale. They attack as warriors [attack]; they scale walls as men of war [do]. Each goes on his own path, and they do not change their course. They do not push each other; each man proceeds on his own path. They dodge the missiles, never stopping. They storm the city; they run on the wall; they climb into the houses; they enter through the windows like thieves.

Then locusts came out of the smoke on to the earth, and power was given to them like the power that scorpions have on the earth. Verse ConceptsLocustsSymbolsAltar Of IncenseScorpionsbugs

The fire will devour you there;
the sword will cut you down.
It will devour you like the young locust.
Multiply yourselves like the young locust,
multiply like the swarming locust!
Verse ConceptsInsectsBurning People

Your court officials are like the swarming locust,
and your scribes like clouds of locusts,
which settle on the walls on a cold day;
when the sun rises, they take off,
and no one knows where they are.
Verse ConceptsGrasshoppersHot WeatherCold WeatherUnknown ThingsEvil Fleeing

Then He said to me, “Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply of bread in Jerusalem. They will anxiously eat bread rationed by weight and in dread drink water by measure. Verse ConceptsBreaking SticksDrinking WaterFamine ComingFear Will ComePeople AppalledFamine Will ComeAnxiety And FearDespairweight

You are also to drink water by measure, a sixth of a gallon, which you will drink from time to time. Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, LiquidDrinking WaterNo Water For Peoplemeasurement

But God understands the way to wisdom,
and He knows its location.
Verse ConceptsWisdom

When God fixed the weight of the wind
and limited the water by measure,
Verse ConceptsWindGod Dispensing WindAtmospherebalanceweightpressuremeasurement


For I will be with you—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
to save you!
I will bring destruction on all the nations
where I have scattered you;
however, I will not bring destruction on you.
I will discipline you justly,
and I will by no means leave you unpunished.
Verse ConceptsGod Scattering IsraelGod With Specific PeopleReproving PeopleAmerica

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand
or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand?
Who has gathered the dust of the earth in a measure
or weighed the mountains in a balance
and the hills in the scales?
Verse ConceptsBalance In LifeBreadthDivine BalancesHand Of GodHillsNatureBalances, Metaphorical UseStrength, DivineWeighingNumerous As DustHollowScienceThe OceanbalancedustweightmeasurementThe Vastness Of Nature

Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat
and opens wide its enormous jaws,
and down go Zion’s dignitaries, her masses,
her crowds, and those who carouse in her!
Verse ConceptsGrave, TheThe Glory Of ManThe Fact Of Death

You fed them the bread of tears
and gave them a full measure
of tears to drink.
Verse ConceptsCup Of SufferingTearsSevere Afflictions

Lord, reveal to me the end of my life
and the number of my days.
Let me know how short-lived I am.
Verse ConceptsEuthanasiaLife, HumanDeath, Preparation ForLife, Brevity OfAfflictions, Prayer DuringTransient WealthPeople EndedDeathDaysEnd Of Days

The sound of harpists, musicians,
flutists, and trumpeters
will never be heard in you again;
no craftsman of any trade
will ever be found in you again;
the sound of a mill
will never be heard in you again;
Verse ConceptsBabylonFlutesHarpsMillstonesGrinding FoodNo MusicInstrumentalistsartistscraftsmanship

I will eliminate the sound of joy and gladness from them—the voice of the groom and the bride, the sound of the millstones and the light of the lamp. Verse ConceptsBridegroomBridesBanishmentMillstonesVoicesCessationStopping RejoicingLack Of Rejoicing

"Go down and sit in the dust, Virgin Daughter Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, Daughter Chaldea! For you will no longer be called pampered and spoiled. Take millstones and grind meal; remove your veil, strip off [your] skirt, bare your thigh, wade through the streams.


Indeed, the stars of the sky and its constellations
will not give their light.
The sun will be dark when it rises,
and the moon will not shine.
Verse ConceptsConstellationsAstronomyMoonEclipsesSheddingOrionDarkening Sun Moon And StarsDarkness At The EndAstronomical SignsCosmic Disturbances

The earth quakes before them;
the sky shakes.
The sun and moon grow dark,
and the stars cease their shining.
Verse ConceptsDay of the LORDAstronomyMoonSkyEclipsesGod Shaking The EarthTremblingDarkening Sun Moon And StarsDarkness At The EndSeal Judgments


Y Who is this who shines like the dawn—
as beautiful as the moon,
bright as the sun,
awe-inspiring as an army with banners?
Verse ConceptsThe Moon



Your sun will no longer set,
and your moon will not fade;
for the Lord will be your everlasting light,
and the days of your sorrow will be over.
Verse ConceptsUnhappinessPromised LightEternally With GodNot MourningSunSunshineThe Moongrieving

Y Who is this who shines like the dawn—
as beautiful as the moon,
bright as the sun,
awe-inspiring as an army with banners?
Verse ConceptsThe Moon




If I live at the eastern horizon
or settle at the western limits,
Verse ConceptsDivine LeadingWingsExpanse Of The SeaEarly RisingThe Oceanflyingsailing

Like sheep they are headed for Sheol;
Death will shepherd them.
The upright will rule over them in the morning,
and their form will waste away in Sheol,
far from their lofty abode.
Verse ConceptsFeedingGrave, TheSheolSheepInadequate ShepherdingDeath Of The WickedBeauty, Temporal Nature OfUprightnessHow Death Is InevitableThe Fact Of DeathDeath Of Loved One

What am I going to do with you, Ephraim?
What am I going to do with you, Judah?
Your loyalty is like the morning mist
and like the early dew that vanishes.
Verse ConceptsdewLoyaltyMistMorningUnreliabilityWeather, As God's JudgmentLukewarmnessInstabilityWhat Does God Do?

a day of darkness and gloom,
a day of clouds and dense overcast,
like the dawn spreading over the mountains;
a great and strong people appears,
such as never existed in ages past
and never will again
in all the generations to come.
Verse ConceptsBlackLargenessDark DaysUnique EventsLarge Armies

In truth, the Lord God will help Me;
who will condemn Me?
Indeed, all of them will wear out like a garment;
a moth will devour them.
Verse ConceptsClothingHelpfulnessInsectsWicked Described AsMothsPeople Eaten By WormPeople Wearing OutNo CondemnationGod Helps

For the moth will devour them like a garment,
and the worm will eat them like wool.
But My righteousness will last forever,
and My salvation for all generations.
Verse ConceptsAnimals, Types OfClothingGod, Righteousness OfInsectsWoolSalvation, Described AsWicked Described AsMothsPeople Eaten By WormEternal DeliverancePeople Wearing Outclosureworms

So I am like rot to Ephraim
and like decay to the house of Judah.
Verse ConceptsInsectsMothsPeople RottingPeople Eaten By Worm

The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon
or a booth set up by a watchman.
Verse ConceptsInsectsMothsSpidersDwellings Of CreaturesOther Dwellings Of Creatures

Man wears out like something rotten,
like a moth-eaten garment.


> Verse ConceptsInsectsWasteMothsPeople RottingPossessions DecayingFood Decayingworms


‘What are you, great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain. And he will bring out the capstone accompanied by shouts of: Grace, grace to it!’” Verse ConceptsCapstoneDuplicating WordsMountains RemovedWhat Is This?Beauty Of ThingsArt Of CelebratingGraceHindrances

Every valley will be lifted up,
and every mountain and hill will be leveled;
the uneven ground will become smooth
and the rough places, a plain.
Verse ConceptsFilling PlacesMountains RemovedSmoothnessPutting Things DownThings Lifted UpHighways

Then the iron, the fired clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were shattered and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors. The wind carried them away, and not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth. Verse ConceptsFilling PlacesThreshing FloorSummerLight As ChaffChrist The RockWine In Millennial Kingdom

In the last days
the mountain of the Lord’s house will be established
at the top of the mountains
and will be raised above the hills.
All nations will stream to it,
Verse ConceptsDays, LastThe Final Days Of TimeNames And Titles For The ChurchRevelation Of The FutureThe Temple In HeavenJerusalem In Millennial Kingdomend times prophecyEnd Of DaysEnd Times

"In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, and this kingdom will not be left to another people. It will crush all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself endure forever. You saw a stone break off from the mountain without a hand touching it, and it crushed the iron, bronze, fired clay, silver, and gold. The great God has told the king what will happen in the future. The dream is true, and its interpretation certain."

Look, I am against you, devastating mountain—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
you devastate the whole earth.
I will stretch out My hand against you,
roll you down from the cliffs,
and turn you into a charred mountain.
Verse ConceptsDestruction Of The WorldGod OpposingSeven Mountains

The second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain ablaze with fire was hurled into the sea. So a third of the sea became blood, Verse ConceptsOne ThirdTurned To BloodBad WaterSeven TrumpetsSecond BeingTrumpet Judgments

Rejoice, heavens, for the Lord has acted;
shout, depths of the earth.
Break out into singing, mountains,
forest, and every tree in it.
For the Lord has redeemed Jacob,
and glorifies Himself through Israel.
Verse ConceptsGlory, Revelation OfForestsEarth, God's GloryGod's Glory In IsraelShoutingSingingSongs

You will indeed go out with joy
and be peacefully guided;
the mountains and the hills will break into singing before you,
and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
Verse ConceptsFigures Of SpeechClappingecstasyHillsJoy, Of IsraelSingingSongsThankfulnessPeace, Promised ToApplauseGoing In PeaceJoyjoyfuljoyfulness

but I hated Esau. I turned his mountains into a wasteland, and gave his inheritance to the desert jackals.”

I will lay waste mountains and hills
and dry up all their vegetation.
I will turn rivers into islands
and dry up marshes.
Verse ConceptsdrynessGod Drying Things Up

Rejoice, heavens, for the Lord has acted;
shout, depths of the earth.
Break out into singing, mountains,
forest, and every tree in it.
For the Lord has redeemed Jacob,
and glorifies Himself through Israel.
Verse ConceptsGlory, Revelation OfForestsEarth, God's GloryGod's Glory In IsraelShoutingSingingSongs

May the mountains bring prosperity to the people
and the hills, righteousness.
Verse ConceptsHillsMessianic AgePeace, Promised ToBlessings From The Mountains

See, I will make you into a sharp threshing board,
new, with many teeth.
You will thresh mountains and pulverize them
and make hills into chaff.
Verse ConceptsTeethThreshingMountains Removed

against all the high mountains,
against all the lofty hills,


Hear this! The days are coming—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
when the plowman will overtake the reaper
and the one who treads grapes,
the sower of seed.
The mountains will drip with sweet wine,
and all the hills will flow with it.
Verse ConceptsFutureAlcoholGrapesHillsPloughingAbundance, MaterialCultivationIncreasing FruitOvertakingPlenty Of WinePloughmenReapersTreading GrapesBlessings From The Mountains



When He took the scroll, the four living creatures and the 24 elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and gold bowls filled with incense, which are the prayers of the saints. And they sang a new song: You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals; because You were slaughtered, and You redeemed [people] for God by Your blood from every tribe and language and people and nation.

The joyful tambourines have ceased. The noise of the jubilant has stopped. The joyful lyre has ceased. They no longer sing and drink wine; beer is bitter to those who drink it.

against all the cedars of Lebanon,
lofty and lifted up,
against all the oaks of Bashan,
Verse ConceptsOaks

Wail, cypress, for the cedar has fallen;
the glorious trees are destroyed!
Wail, oaks of Bashan,
for the stately forest has fallen!
Verse ConceptsFir TreesWailingFelling TreesDestruction Of PlantsOaksHarming Trees

For you will become like an oak
whose leaves are withered,
and like a garden without water.
Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturalWicked Described AsDry PlacesPeople WitheredOaks

Though a tenth will remain in the land,
it will be burned again.
Like the terebinth or the oak
that leaves a stump when felled,
the holy seed is the stump.
Verse ConceptsRemnantNames And Titles For The ChristianTreesStumps Of A TreeA Tenth Of People

Yet I destroyed the Amorite as Israel advanced;
his height was like the cedars,
and he was as sturdy as the oaks;
I destroyed his fruit above and his roots beneath.
Verse ConceptsAmoritesCedarRootsGiantsOaks

For if you were cut off from your native wild olive and against nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these—the natural branches—be grafted into their own olive tree? Verse ConceptsOlivesParticipation, In ChristTreesCutting Off BranchesJoined To The ChurchOlive Treescutting

Now if some of the branches were broken off, and you, though a wild olive branch, were grafted in among them and have come to share in the rich root of the cultivated olive tree, Verse ConceptsFellowship With ChristFellowship, In The GospelParticipation, In ChristSeparation From GodJoined To The ChurchGentilesOlive TreesJews

For if you were cut off from your native wild olive and against nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these—the natural branches—be grafted into their own olive tree? Verse ConceptsOlivesParticipation, In ChristTreesCutting Off BranchesJoined To The ChurchOlive Treescutting

Now if some of the branches were broken off, and you, though a wild olive branch, were grafted in among them and have come to share in the rich root of the cultivated olive tree, Verse ConceptsFellowship With ChristFellowship, In The GospelParticipation, In ChristSeparation From GodJoined To The ChurchGentilesOlive TreesJews

Only gleanings will be left in Israel,
as if an olive tree had been beaten—
two or three berries at the very top of the tree,
four or five on its fruitful branches.
This is the declaration of the Lord,
the God of Israel.
Verse ConceptsRemnantSmall RemnantsTwo Or ThreeOlive Trees

For this is how it will be on earth
among the nations:
like a harvested olive tree,
like a gleaning after a grape harvest.
Verse ConceptsGleaningHarvestOrchardsVintagePotential Of FruitOlive Trees

But I am like a flourishing olive tree
in the house of God;
I trust in God’s faithful love forever and ever.
Verse ConceptsExamples Of FaithMercy, Response To God'sOlivesOptimismTrust, Importance OfColors, GreenTreesGod Shows His LovingkindnessOlive Treessteadfast

His new branches will spread,
and his splendor will be like the olive tree,
his fragrance, like the forest of Lebanon.
Verse ConceptsSpreadingBeauty, Temporal Nature OfBeauty, In NatureFragranceOlive Trees

I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, dressed in sackcloth." These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.

The Lord named you
a flourishing olive tree,
beautiful with well-formed fruit.
He has set fire to it,
and its branches are consumed
with a great roaring sound.
Verse ConceptsFruitfulness, SpiritualStormsColors, GreenOaksBurning PlantsBeauty Of ThingsOlive TreesGod Controls Storms

When the dove came to him at evening, there was a plucked olive leaf in her beak. So Noah knew that the water on the earth’s surface had gone down. Verse ConceptsOlivesBreaking SticksKnowing FactsWaters SubsidingOlive TreesFloodsRainbow


ג GimelEven jackals offer their breasts
to nurse their young,
but my dear people have become cruel
like ostriches in the wilderness.
Verse ConceptsBreasts, Nursing MothersNursesBirds, Types Of BirdsAnimals SucklingOstrichesStrictnessDeserts Used Figuratively

I have become a brother to jackals
and a companion of ostriches.
Verse ConceptsBirds, Types Of BirdsOstricheslonliness

Again, he sent out other slaves, and said, ‘Tell those who are invited: Look, I’ve prepared my dinner; my oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’ Verse ConceptsBanquets, ActivitiesReadinessKilling Domesticated AnimalsGod Sends ProphetsPreparing Food

She has prepared her meat; she has mixed her wine;
she has also set her table.
Verse ConceptsAlcoholTablesMixed WineDrugs

Those who sow seed are happy
beside abundant waters;
they let ox and donkey range freely.
Verse ConceptsCowsPlanting SeedsSpilling Your Seed On The Ground

The oxen and donkeys that work the ground will eat salted fodder scattered with winnowing shovel and fork. Verse ConceptsMangersToolsShovelsNoting What Animals EatSourness

For it is written in the law of Moses, Do not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain. Is God really concerned with oxen? Or isn't He really saying it for us? Yes, this is written for us, because he who plows ought to plow in hope, and he who threshes should do so in hope of sharing the crop.

for I was like a docile lamb led to slaughter.
I didn’t know that they had devised plots against me:
“Let’s destroy the tree with its fruit;
let’s cut him off from the land of the living
so that his name will no longer be remembered.”
Verse ConceptsLambsBeing Killed Like An AnimalForgetting PeopleNames Blotted OutAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleKilled Like An Animal


He follows her impulsively
like an ox going to the slaughter,
like a deer bounding toward a trap
Verse ConceptsBeing Killed Like An AnimalKilled Like An AnimalDeerimpulsiveness

He will settle disputes among the nations
and provide arbitration for many peoples.
They will turn their swords into plows
and their spears into pruning knives.
Nations will not take up the sword against other nations,
and they will never again train for war.
Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgePruningPloughingSecuritySpearsToolsWarfare, Nature OfWeaponsNationsPeace, Effects OfDisarmamentMessianic PropheciesGod Makes PeaceMillennial Kingdom, Universal Peace And Blessing

He will settle disputes among many peoples
and provide arbitration for strong nations
that are far away.
They will beat their swords into plows,
and their spears into pruning knives.
Nation will not take up the sword against nation,
and they will never again train for war.
Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgePruningDisarmamentSpearsToolsWarfare, Nature OfWeaponsAmbivalenceCutting Off BranchesTilling The SoilFruitless LearningFar From HereGod Makes PeaceGod Saves From Sin And Death


You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice;
you have eaten the fruit of lies.
Because you have trusted in your own way
and in your large number of soldiers,
Verse ConceptsFaith, Nature OfFalse ConfidencePride, Examples OfFruits Of SinMetaphorical PloughingReapingTrusting Other PeopleGod's People SinningInjustice

Or isn’t He really saying it for us? Yes, this is written for us, because he who plows ought to plow in hope, and he who threshes should do so in hope of sharing the crop. Verse ConceptsAgriculture, Qualities NeededHope, Nature OfPloughingCultivationPloughmenOther Scriptures FulfilledSharing Material ThingsFor The Sake Of God's People

For this is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem:

Break up the unplowed ground;
do not sow among the thorns.
Verse ConceptsPloughingNot SowingMetaphorical PloughingFallow Landa new beginningBreakupsFarmingSpilling Your Seed On The Groundsowingtransition

Ephraim is a well-trained calf
that loves to thresh,
but I will place a yoke on her fine neck.
I will harness Ephraim;
Judah will plow;
Jacob will do the final plowing.
Verse ConceptsThreshingYokesHeifersMetaphorical PloughingNorthern Kingdom Of Israeltrainingbackstabbing


W I came down to the walnut grove
to see the blossoms of the valley,
to see if the vines were budding
and the pomegranates blooming.
Verse ConceptsBlossomingSports

Let’s go early to the vineyards;
let’s see if the vine has budded,
if the blossom has opened,
if the pomegranates are in bloom.
There I will give you my love.
Verse ConceptsBlossomingPomegranatesWalking In LoveEarly Rising

Your lips are like a scarlet cord,
and your mouth is lovely.
Behind your veil,
your brow is like a slice of pomegranate.
Verse ConceptsRed CordsOther References To Mouths

Behind your veil,
your brow is like a slice of pomegranate.
Verse Conceptsmakeup

Your branches are a paradise of pomegranates
with choicest fruits,
henna with nard—
Verse ConceptsOrchardsPomegranates

I will open rivers on the barren heights,
and springs in the middle of the plains.
I will turn the desert into a pool of water
and dry land into springs of water.
Verse ConceptsSpiritual RenewalBarren, LandPoolsRunning Water From GodRivers As Places Of PrayerRiversChristmas TreeChange And Growthlakes

the parched ground will become a pool of water,
and the thirsty land springs of water.
In the haunt of jackals, in their lairs,
there will be grass, reeds, and papyrus.
Verse ConceptsSpiritual RenewalGrassPapyrusReedsPoolsMetaphorical Springs

“I will make her a swampland and a region for screech owls, and I will sweep her away with a broom of destruction.”

This is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts. Verse ConceptsAnimals, Types OfPoolsThreateningsHedgehogsSweepingdistractions

Nineveh has been like a pool of water
from her first days,
but they are fleeing.
“Stop! Stop!” they cry,
but no one turns back.
Verse ConceptsPoolsCessationStopping StillPeoples Who FledPeople not returning

As they pass through the Valley of Baca,
they make it a source of springwater;
even the autumn rain will cover it with blessings.
Verse ConceptsAutumnSaints, As PilgrimsPoolsTearsMetaphorical SpringsOvercoming Adversity


I will make them and the area around My hill a blessing: I will send down showers in their season—showers of blessing. Verse ConceptsShowersBlessing Through God's PeopleGod Will BlessBlessings From GodBlessings And Prosperitywaterfalls


I will execute judgment on him with plague and bloodshed. I will pour out torrential rain, hailstones, fire, and brimstone on him, as well as his troops and the many peoples who are with him. Verse ConceptsRainWeather, As God's JudgmentBrimstoneGod KillingFire From HeavenFire Of JudgementSulphurGod Will Kill The PeoplesEzekiel Invasion

When he fills his stomach,
God will send His burning anger against him,
raining it down on him while he is eating.
Verse ConceptsRainPeople EatingGod Will Be Angryventing

May he be like rain that falls on the cut grass,
like spring showers that water the earth.
Verse ConceptsRainWeather, As God's JudgmentHoly Spirit, Types OfShowersMowingMetaphorical WateringLike Grass

Let us strive to know the Lord.
His appearance is as sure as the dawn.
He will come to us like the rain,
like the spring showers that water the land.
Verse ConceptsWaterWeather, God's Sovereignty OverHoly Spirit, Types OfThe SunSetting OutSure KnowledgeLatenessSunRenewalAcknowledgedspringtimestriving

Let my teaching fall like rain
and my word settle like dew,
like gentle rain on new grass
and showers on tender plants.
Verse ConceptsdewGrassPlantsRainTendernessWeather, As God's JudgmentAbundance, MaterialShowersPeople TeachingHerbsdoctrine

For just as rain and snow fall from heaven, and do not return there without saturating the earth, and making it germinate and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat, so My word that comes from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and will prosper in what I send it [to do]."

A destitute leader who oppresses the poor
is like a driving rain that leaves no food.
Verse ConceptsRich, ThePitilessnessPitilessness CondemnedNot Helping The Poor

Sow righteousness for yourselves
and reap faithful love;
break up your unplowed ground.
It is time to seek the Lord
until He comes and sends righteousness
on you like the rain.
Verse ConceptsBeing PreparedPresent, TheRighteousness, Of BelieversSeedSeeking GodHoly Spirit, Types OfFruits Of RighteousnessSowing GoodReapingFallow LandBreakupsReaping What You SowPlanting SeedsSeedsSowing Seedssowing

His arms are rods of gold
set with topaz.
His body is an ivory panel
covered with sapphires.
Verse ConceptsIvoryWearing Jewellery

“But the father told his slaves, ‘Quick! Bring out the best robe and put it on him; put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. Verse ConceptsBarefeetFingersClothingOrnamentsRingsRobesSandalsCosmeticsShoesClothing OthersFine Clothes

Yahweh will pass through the sea of distress
and strike the waves of the sea;
all the depths of the Nile will dry up.
The pride of Assyria will be brought down,
and the scepter of Egypt will come to an end.
Verse ConceptsdrynessChaosSceptreSeaArrogance, Punishment OfWavesWaters Drying UpPeople Lacking AuthorityThe Proud Will Be AbasedSea, Metaphorical References

He rebukes the sea so that it dries up,
and He makes all the rivers run dry.
Bashan and Carmel wither;
even the flower of Lebanon withers.
Verse ConceptsdrynessGod Drying Things UpFailing RiversThe Sea DividedFamine

Therefore, this is what the Lord says:

I am about to plead your case
and take vengeance on your behalf;
I will dry up her sea
and make her fountain run dry.
Verse Conceptsdrynessdefence, divineWellsGod Drying Things UpGod DefendingWells, Figurative UseFamineRevenge

An oracle against Egypt: Look, the Lord rides on a swift cloud and is coming to Egypt. Egypt's idols will tremble before Him, and Egypt's heart will melt within it. I will provoke Egypt against Egypt; each will fight against his brother and each against his friend, city against city, kingdom against kingdom. Egypt's spirit will be disturbed within it, and I will frustrate its plans. Then they will seek idols, ghosts, spirits of the dead, and spiritists. read more.
I will deliver Egypt into the hands of harsh masters, and a strong king will rule it. [This is]*The bracketed text has been added for clarity. the declaration of the Lord God of Hosts. The waters of the sea will dry up, and the river will be parched and dry. The channels will stink; they will dwindle, and Egypt's canals will be parched. Reed and rush will die. The reeds by the Nile, by the mouth of the river, and all the cultivated areas of the Nile will wither, blow away, and vanish. Then the fishermen will mourn. All those who cast hooks into the Nile will lament, and those who spread nets on the water will shrivel up.

There is a river—
its streams delight the city of God,
the holy dwelling place of the Most High.
Verse ConceptsNames For JerusalemHoly Spirit, Types OfRiverspotential

I will open rivers on the barren heights,
and springs in the middle of the plains.
I will turn the desert into a pool of water
and dry land into springs of water.
Verse ConceptsSpiritual RenewalBarren, LandPoolsRunning Water From GodRivers As Places Of PrayerRiversChristmas TreeChange And Growthlakes

Look, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness, rivers in the desert. The animals of the field will honor Me, jackals and ostriches, because I provide water in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My chosen people.

Look, the Lord has a strong and mighty one
like a devastating hail storm,
like a storm with strong flooding waters.
He will bring it across the land with His hand.
Verse ConceptsBitingHailRainGod Giving StrengthGod Gives Strength

the Lord will certainly bring against them
the mighty rushing waters of the Euphrates River—
the king of Assyria and all his glory.
It will overflow its channels
and spill over all its banks.
Verse ConceptsChaosLike A Flood

Your deal with Death will be dissolved,
and your agreement with Sheol will not last.
When the overwhelming scourge passes through,
you will be trampled.
Verse ConceptsAgreementTrampling PeopleNot DyingDeath Preventedcovenantcheaters


He will be like a tree planted by water:
it sends its roots out toward a stream,
it doesn’t fear when heat comes,
and its foliage remains green.
It will not worry in a year of drought
or cease producing fruit.
Verse ConceptsColors, GreenSpring Of WaterUnfading LifeThe Source Of FruitRiver BanksWater For PlantsHot WeatherGreenWater, As A Symbol Of LifeRiversOlive TreesAnxiety And FearWorrying

I have sunk in deep mud, and there is no footing;
I have come into deep waters,
and a flood sweeps over me.
Verse ConceptsChaosMarshes


Each will be like a shelter from the wind,
a refuge from the rain,
like streams of water in a dry land
and the shade of a massive rock in an arid land.
Verse ConceptsRocksShadowsStormsThirstWindGod Being Our Hiding PlacePeople As RocksNo WindsBrooksshelterhidingThe Storms Of Life


He will not enjoy the streams,
the rivers flowing with honey and cream.
Verse ConceptsButterMilk And Honey

when my feet were bathed in cream
and the rock poured out streams of oil for me!
Verse ConceptsProvision From Rocks

For this is what the Lord says:

I will make peace flow to her like a river,
and the wealth of nations like a flood;
you will nurse and be carried on her hip
and bounced on her lap.
Verse ConceptsAffluenceKneelingPeace, Promised ToKneesJerusalem In Millennial KingdomRiversHealing And ComfortPeace And ComfortPeace And StrengthFloodsBlessings And ProsperityWealth And Prosperitybreasts

Overflow your land like the Nile, daughter of Tarshish;
there is no longer anything to restrain you.

On that day the Lord God of Hosts
called for weeping, for wailing, for shaven heads,
and for the wearing of sackcloth.
Verse ConceptsGesturesBaldness, UnnaturalBaldnessHairsMourning

Instead of perfume there will be a stench;
instead of a belt, a rope;
instead of beautifully styled hair, baldness;
instead of fine clothes, sackcloth;
instead of beauty, branding.
Verse ConceptsBaldness, Figurative UseClothHairsSackcloth And AshesSmellsPeople RottingFragranceMarks On PeopleAppearance Of HairNo BeautyWomen's BeautyHairmakeupbranding

Shudder, you complacent ones;
tremble, you overconfident ones!
Strip yourselves bare
and put sackcloth around your waists.
Verse ConceptsShakingPeople Stripping Off


I dress the heavens in black
and make sackcloth their clothing.
Verse Conceptsdarkness, naturalBlacknessSackcloth And AshesSkyColors, Black


“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt should lose its taste, how can it be made salty? It’s no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled on by men. Verse ConceptsBeing A Lightdisciples, characteristics ofDecayResponsibility, For God's WorldSaltSanctification, Means And ResultsTastePersonal ContactSending Things AwayTastelessnessRestoring ThingsTastelessSournessMoral Decay

Salt is good, but if the salt should lose its flavor, how can you make it salty? Have salt among yourselves and be at peace with one another.” Verse ConceptsGoalsSaltPeace, In Christian LivingPersonal ContactTastelessnessSeek PeaceTastelessSournessChemicalsLosing FriendsGood Qualities


Therefore, as I live—
this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts,
the God of Israel—
Moab will be like Sodom
and the Ammonites like Gomorrah
a place overgrown with weeds,
a salt pit, and a perpetual wasteland.
The remnant of My people will plunder them;
the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.
Verse ConceptsPlunderingSaltWeedsAmmonitesSurvivors FavouredSournessPets

“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt should lose its taste, how can it be made salty? It’s no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled on by men. Verse ConceptsBeing A Lightdisciples, characteristics ofDecayResponsibility, For God's WorldSaltSanctification, Means And ResultsTastePersonal ContactSending Things AwayTastelessnessRestoring ThingsTastelessSournessMoral Decay

Salt is good, but if the salt should lose its flavor, how can you make it salty? Have salt among yourselves and be at peace with one another.” Verse ConceptsGoalsSaltPeace, In Christian LivingPersonal ContactTastelessnessSeek PeaceTastelessSournessChemicalsLosing FriendsGood Qualities

For everyone will be salted with fire. Verse ConceptsSaltBurning PeopleSournessSacrifice

Then locusts came out of the smoke on to the earth, and power was given to them like the power that scorpions have on the earth. Verse ConceptsLocustsSymbolsAltar Of IncenseScorpionsbugs

They were not permitted to kill them but were to torment them for five months; their torment is like the torment caused by a scorpion when it strikes a man. Verse ConceptsAgony, Of BodyPoisonTortureFive Months And MoreScorpionsSnakebitesTroubling Groups Of Peoplebugs

and they had tails with stingers like scorpions, so that with their tails they had the power to harm people for five months. Verse ConceptsFive Months And MoreTailsScorpionsSnakebitesPeople Possibly Doing EvilHurtEnd TimesThe Rapturebugshurtingwomanhood

Although my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with barbed whips.’” Verse ConceptsWhipsWhippingHeavy BurdensScorpionsAdding Evil

“But you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words, though briers and thorns are beside you and you live among scorpions. Don’t be afraid of their words or be discouraged by the look on their faces, for they are a rebellious house. Verse ConceptsBriersThornsMinisters, Way They Should TeachWicked Described AsScorpionsDo Not Fear Men

I also saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who had won the victory over the beast, his image, and the number of his name, were standing on the sea of glass with harps from God. Verse ConceptsGlassequipping, physicaldefeatSeaPromised VictoryBeastsSea Of GlassGod Appearing In FireHarpsTransparencyOvercoming Through Christ

Something like a sea of glass, similar to crystal, was also before the throne. Four living creatures covered with eyes in front and in back were in the middle and around the throne. Verse ConceptsCrystalsMineralsSeaCherubim, At God's ThroneFour CreaturesSea Of GlassTransparencyEyes In ProphecyIn FrontFront And BackExpanse Of The SeaThe OceanThe Sea


מ MemWhat can I say on your behalf?
What can I compare you to, Daughter Jerusalem?
What can I liken you to,
so that I may console you, Virgin Daughter Zion?
For your ruin is as vast as the sea.
Who can heal you?
Verse ConceptsSeaVirginLikeningUnique EventsDestruction Of JerusalemThings Like The SeaHuman ComfortLikening ThingsNo HealingSea, Metaphorical ReferencesHealing And Comfort



On that day they will roar over it,
like the roaring of the sea.
When one looks at the land,
there will be darkness and distress;
light will be obscured by clouds.
Verse ConceptsDarkness, And God's JudgmentBlackSeaColors, BlackRoar Of NationsOvertaken By DarknessSea, Metaphorical ReferencesEclipse

They grasp bow and javelin.
They are cruel and show no mercy.
Their voice roars like the sea,
and they ride on horses,
lined up like men in battle formation
against you, Daughter Zion.
Verse Conceptsdaughtersequipping, physicalenemies, of Israel and JudahBackMercy, HumanSeaThings Like The SeaRoar Of NationsOppressorsSea, Metaphorical ReferencesPeople Without Mercy

therefore this is what the Lord God says: See, I am against you, Tyre! I will raise up many nations against you, just as the sea raises its waves. They will destroy the walls of Tyre and demolish her towers. I will scrape the soil from her and turn her into a bare rock.

If only you had paid attention to My commands.
Then your peace would have been like a river,
and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.
Verse ConceptsPeace, Divine In OtRighteousness, Of BelieversSeaThings Like The SeaPeople In RighteousnessSea, Metaphorical ReferencesBlessings Of Obediencewholeness

But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea,
for it cannot be still,
and its waters churn up mire and muck.
Verse ConceptsTroubleSeaWicked Described AsUnrestThings Like The SeaSea, Metaphorical ReferencesUnclean Things


Remember this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously. Verse ConceptsAgriculture, Qualities NeededCollectionsHeavenly RewardsReward, DivineSeedThriftCultivationReapingStingy PeopleReaping What You Sowsoaringsowing

In the morning sow your seed,
and at evening do not let your hand rest,
because you don’t know which will succeed,
whether one or the other,
or if both of them will be equally good.
Verse ConceptsBusynessVegetationNot Knowing The FutureAt Morning And EveningFrom Morning Till EveningCareer SuccessReaping What You SowPlanting SeedsSeedsSuccess And Hard WorkSowing Seedssowing

Sow righteousness for yourselves
and reap faithful love;
break up your unplowed ground.
It is time to seek the Lord
until He comes and sends righteousness
on you like the rain.
Verse ConceptsBeing PreparedPresent, TheRighteousness, Of BelieversSeedSeeking GodHoly Spirit, Types OfFruits Of RighteousnessSowing GoodReapingFallow LandBreakupsReaping What You SowPlanting SeedsSeedsSowing Seedssowing

Don't be deceived: God is not mocked. For whatever a man sows he will also reap, because the one who sows to his flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.





In the end it bites like a snake
and stings like a viper.
Verse ConceptsAlcoholPoisonSnakesThings Like SnakesSnakebitesalcoholism


Indeed, I am about to send snakes among you,
poisonous vipers that cannot be charmed.
They will bite you.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Verse ConceptsBitingPoisonSnakebites

Don’t rejoice, all of you in Philistia,
because the rod of the one who struck you is broken.
For a viper will come from the root of a snake,
and from its egg comes a flying serpent.
Verse ConceptsPoisonRootsSerpentsSnakesBreaking SticksLack Of RejoicingThose Flying

He will be a snake by the road,
a viper beside the path,
that bites the horses’ heels
so that its rider falls backward.
Verse ConceptsBitingSerpentsSnakesHeelsPeople TumblingThings Like SnakesSnakebitesFalling Backwards




I wander like a lost sheep;
seek Your servant,
for I do not forget Your commands.
Verse ConceptsGod, As ShepherdSheepLost SheepWanderersAnimals Going AstrayGod Searching For PeopleLost People


He led His people out like sheep
and guided them like a flock in the wilderness.
Verse ConceptsGod our ShepherdSheep

A Maskil of Asaph.Why have You rejected us forever, God?
Why does Your anger burn
against the sheep of Your pasture?
Verse ConceptsAbandonmentPeople Of God, In OtFeelings Of Rejection By GodSelf PitySheepSuffering, Of The InnocentWill God Be Angry?Rejectionsmoking

Then we, Your people, the sheep of Your pasture,
will thank You forever;
we will declare Your praise
to generation after generation.
Verse ConceptsGod, As ShepherdPraiseGenerationsPeople Of God, In OtSheepWe Thank God

A second time He asked him, "Simon, son of John, do you love Me?" "Yes, Lord," he said to Him, "You know that I love You." "Shepherd My sheep," He told him. He asked him the third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love Me?" Peter was grieved that He asked him the third time, "Do you love Me?" He said, "Lord, You know everything! You know that I love You." "Feed My sheep," Jesus said.

So Jesus said again, "I assure you: I am the door of the sheep. All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn't listen to them. I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved and will come in and go out and find pasture. read more.
A thief comes only to steal and to kill and to destroy. I have come that they may have life and have it in abundance. "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. The hired man, since he is not the shepherd and doesn't own the sheep, leaves them and runs away when he sees a wolf coming. The wolf then snatches and scatters them. [This happens] because he is a hired man and doesn't care about the sheep. "I am the good shepherd. I know My own sheep, and they know Me, as the Father knows Me, and I know the Father. I lay down My life for the sheep. But I have other sheep that are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock, one shepherd. This is why the Father loves Me, because I am laying down My life so I may take it up again. No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down on My own. I have the right to lay it down, and I have the right to take it up again. I have received this command from My Father." Again a division took place among the Jews because of these words. Many of them were saying, "He has a demon and He's crazy! Why do you listen to Him?" Others were saying, "These aren't the words of someone demon-possessed. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?" Then the Festival of Dedication took place in Jerusalem, and it was winter. Jesus was walking in the temple complex in Solomon's Colonnade. Then the Jews surrounded Him and asked, "How long are You going to keep us in suspense? If You are the Messiah, tell us plainly." "I did tell you and you don't believe," Jesus answered them. "The works that I do in My Father's name testify about Me. But you don't believe because you are not My sheep.


When he has found it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders, Verse ConceptsShouldersGood FriendsCarrying Other LoadsRejoicing In Success

All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on His right and the goats on the left.

Instead, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Verse ConceptsSheep, FigurativeMore ThanIsrael HardenedLost People


Like sheep they are headed for Sheol;
Death will shepherd them.
The upright will rule over them in the morning,
and their form will waste away in Sheol,
far from their lofty abode.
Verse ConceptsFeedingGrave, TheSheolSheepInadequate ShepherdingDeath Of The WickedBeauty, Temporal Nature OfUprightnessHow Death Is InevitableThe Fact Of DeathDeath Of Loved One

For the choir director. A Maskil of the sons of Korah.God, we have heard with our ears—
our ancestors have told us—
the work You accomplished in their days,
in days long ago:
Verse ConceptsFathers TeachingHearing About GodGod Acting Of Oldancient Choirs

“This is what the Lord God says: Look, I am against the shepherds. I will demand My flock from them and prevent them from shepherding the flock. The shepherds will no longer feed themselves, for I will rescue My flock from their mouths so that they will not be food for them. Verse ConceptsChrist And His SheepCessationGod Saves The NeedyTaking Other People

These dogs have fierce appetites;
they never have enough.
And they are shepherds
who have no discernment;
all of them turn to their own way,
every last one for his own gain.
Verse ConceptsGod's WaysProfitsWisdom, Human ImportanceInadequate ShepherdingCovetousness, Example OfSelfishness, Shown InSelfishness, Examples OfBeing Without UnderstandingGreed

“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy, and say to them: This is what the Lord God says to the shepherds: Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who have been feeding themselves! Shouldn’t the shepherds feed their flock? Verse ConceptsNoblesFeeding AnimalsProphesy!Woe To Israel And JerusalemAbuse

My people are lost sheep;
their shepherds have led them astray,
guiding them the wrong way in the mountains.
They have wandered from mountain to hill;
they have forgotten their resting place.
Verse ConceptsGuidance, Need For God'sLossRestlessnessSatan, Agents OfSheepShepherds, As OccupationsInadequate ShepherdingWanderersPeople Going AstrayBeing MisleadLost PeopleBeing Lost

Sword, awake against My shepherd,
against the man who is My associate—
this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.
Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered;
I will also turn My hand against the little ones.
Verse ConceptsSheepUnfaithfulness, To PeopleInadequate ShepherdingJesus Christ, Prophecies OfChrist And His SheepProphecies Concerning ChristNames And Titles For ChristMessianic PropheciesAtonement, ForeordainedScattered Like SheepGod With ChristHurt And Betrayal


I will appoint over them a single shepherd, My servant David, and he will shepherd them. He will tend them himself and will be their shepherd. Verse ConceptsGod, As ShepherdDavid, Spiritual Significance OfFeedingServants Of The LordShepherds, As Kings And LeadersChrist, The ShepherdNames And Titles For ChristFeeding The FlockFeeding Animals


who says to Cyrus, “My shepherd,
he will fulfill all My pleasure”
and says to Jerusalem, “She will be rebuilt,”
and of the temple, “Its foundation will be laid.”


> Verse ConceptsGod, As ShepherdFoundationselection, responsibilities ofRulersShepherds, As Kings And LeadersFoundations Of BuildingsRebuilding JerusalemShepherdsProphecies concerningrebuilding

“Look, it will be like a lion coming from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered grazing land. Indeed, I will chase Edom away from her land in a flash. I will appoint whoever is chosen for her. For who is like Me? Who will summon Me? Who is the shepherd who can stand against Me?” Verse ConceptsChallengesShepherds, As Kings And LeadersInadequate ShepherdingGod Like A LionWho Is Like God?The Region Of JordanLeadership Qualities

Shepherds and their flocks will come against her;
they will pitch their tents all around her.
Each will pasture his own portion.
Verse ConceptsShepherds, As Kings And Leaders


I will bring them out from the peoples, gather them from the countries, and bring them into their own land. I will shepherd them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines, and in all the inhabited places of the land. I will tend them with good pasture, and their grazing place will be on Israel's lofty mountains. There they will lie down in a good grazing place; they will feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. I will tend My flock and let them lie down." [This is] the declaration of the Lord God . read more.
"I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bandage the injured, and strengthen the weak, but I will destroy the fat and the strong. I will shepherd them with justice.

As a shepherd looks for his sheep on the day he is among his scattered flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places where they have been scattered on a cloudy and dark day. Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviorShepherds, As Kings And LeadersDarkness During DaytimeGod Saves The Needy

And the Pharisees and scribes were complaining, "This man welcomes sinners and eats with them!" So He told them this parable: "What man among you, who has 100 sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the 99 in the open field and go after the lost one until he finds it? read more.
When he has found it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders, and coming home, he calls his friends and neighbors together, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, because I have found my lost sheep!' I tell you, in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over 99 righteous people who don't need repentance.


For the choir director: according to “The Lilies.” A testimony of Asaph. A psalm.Listen, Shepherd of Israel,
who leads Joseph like a flock;
You who sit enthroned on the cherubim,
rise up
Verse ConceptsGod, As ShepherdCarvings Of FlowersDivine ManifestationsJudgment SeatKnowing God, Effects OfMetaphorsMusicPeople Of God, In OtShepherds, As Kings And LeadersSittingCherubim, At God's ThroneGod's Shekinah GloryCherubim

I will raise up shepherds over them who will shepherd them. They will no longer be afraid or dismayed, nor will any be missing.” This is the Lord’s declaration. Verse ConceptsGod, As ShepherdFeeding The FlockAll PeopleThose Not FearingMissing Someone


She is like the merchant ships,
bringing her food from far away.
Verse ConceptsMerchantsSeafaringShips For TradingGood Things From Far Away

“But the father told his slaves, ‘Quick! Bring out the best robe and put it on him; put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. Verse ConceptsBarefeetFingersClothingOrnamentsRingsRobesSandalsCosmeticsShoesClothing OthersFine Clothes

How beautiful are your sandaled feet, princess!
The curves of your thighs are like jewelry,
the handiwork of a master.
Verse ConceptsBeautifulShoesWearing JewelleryjewelryartistsBeautiful Women

Keep your feet from going bare
and your throat from thirst.
But you say, “It’s hopeless;
I love strangers,
and I will continue to follow them.”
Verse ConceptsHopelessnessDebaucheryEvil AssociationsWithout Hope

Take millstones and grind meal;
remove your veil,
strip off your skirt, bare your thigh,
wade through the streams.
Verse ConceptsGrindingLegsPassing ThroughVeilsPeople Stripping OffGrinding Food

Moab is My washbasin.
I throw My sandal on Edom;
I shout in triumph over Philistia.”
Verse ConceptsSandalsShoesShout Of GodMeans Of Purifyingpot

Moab is My washbasin;
I throw My sandal on Edom.
I shout in triumph over Philistia.”
Verse ConceptsShoesDisgustMeans Of Purifying


“You also know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me and what he did to the two commanders of Israel’s army, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. He murdered them in a time of peace to avenge blood shed in war. He spilled that blood on his own waistband and on the sandals of his feet. Verse ConceptsBeltsSandalsShedding

I will put this third through the fire;
I will refine them as silver is refined
and test them as gold is tested.
They will call on My name,
and I will answer them.
I will say: They are My people,
and they will say: Yahweh is our God.”
Verse ConceptsFaith, Testing OfdrossCalling upon GodGoldSilverTestingAnswers By FireAnswered PromisesRefining Influences Of AfflictionAfflictions As Blessings In DisguiseOne ThirdFire Of JudgementGod Will AnswerGod Testing PeopleThings Like GoldThings Like SilverGod Answers PrayerYou Are Our GodTestspressuremold


“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me. All of them are copper, tin, iron, and lead inside the furnace; they are the dross of silver. Verse ConceptsCopperdrossIronTinWicked Described AsFurnacesThings Like SilverUseless People

Your silver has become dross,
your beer is diluted with water.
Verse ConceptsAlcoholDebaucheryDeteriorationThings Like SilverRubbishMixed WineFake Friendsbeer

The head of the statue was pure gold, its chest and arms were silver, its stomach and thighs were bronze, Verse ConceptsStomachsBrassThighsstatues

“After you, there will arise another kingdom, inferior to yours, and then another, a third kingdom, of bronze, which will rule the whole earth. Verse ConceptsBrassInferiorityThings Like BronzeThird Person

The tongue of the righteous is pure silver;
the heart of the wicked is of little value.
Verse ConceptsThings Like SilverThe TongueWorthValue

Your silver has become dross, your beer is diluted with water. Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love graft and chase after bribes. They do not defend the rights of the fatherless, and the widow's case never comes before them."

They are called rejected silver,
for the Lord has rejected them.
Verse ConceptsRejection Of God, Results OfWicked Described AsReprobatesThings Like SilverRejection



When I snuff you out,
I will cover the heavens
and darken their stars.
I will cover the sun with a cloud,
and the moon will not give its light.
Verse ConceptsMoonEclipsesDarkening Sun Moon And StarsDarkness At The EndAstronomical SignsCosmic DisturbancesLuciferThe Moon

Indeed, the stars of the sky and its constellations
will not give their light.
The sun will be dark when it rises,
and the moon will not shine.
Verse ConceptsConstellationsAstronomyMoonEclipsesSheddingOrionDarkening Sun Moon And StarsDarkness At The EndAstronomical SignsCosmic Disturbances

The earth quakes before them;
the sky shakes.
The sun and moon grow dark,
and the stars cease their shining.
Verse ConceptsDay of the LORDAstronomyMoonSkyEclipsesGod Shaking The EarthTremblingDarkening Sun Moon And StarsDarkness At The EndSeal Judgments


“Write to the angel of the church in Ephesus:

“The One who holds the seven stars in His right hand and who walks among the seven gold lampstands says:
Verse ConceptsChurchLettersRight Hand Of GodChrist's HandsSeven LightsWriting Letters


The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened. A third of the day was without light, and the night as well. Verse ConceptsAstronomyEclipsesOne ThirdFractions, One FourthSeven TrumpetsFourthAffecting Sun Moon And StarsDarkness At The EndCosmic DisturbancesEclipseSolar EclipseThe Moon

It grew as high as the heavenly host, made some of the stars and some of the host fall to the earth, and trampled them. Verse ConceptsHost Of HeavenAffecting Sun Moon And StarsPutting Things Down



I see him, but not now;
I perceive him, but not near.
A star will come from Jacob,
and a scepter will arise from Israel.
He will smash the forehead of Moab
and strike down all the Shethites.
Verse ConceptsDawnForeheadsBethlehemLight, SpiritualNewsSceptreStarsThe Morning StarClosenessThe First Sight Of ChristChrist Is King Of IsraelMessianic Prophecies

Though you seem to soar like an eagle
and make your nest among the stars,
even from there I will bring you down.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Verse ConceptsSelf ExaltationAstronautsThose FlyingLuciferflyingsoaring


wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shameful deeds; wandering stars for whom the blackness of darkness is reserved forever! Verse ConceptsBlackAstronomyRageColors, BlackHopelessnessThe Fate Of The WickedWanderersWavesEternal JudgementFoamsGod KeepsOuter DarknessShame Has Comewandering



Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, surrounded by a cloud, with a rainbow over his head. His face was like the sun, his legs were like fiery pillars, Verse ConceptsLegsPillarsRainbowsStrength Of AngelsObelisksHeavenly FacesTypes Of FeetAngels Doing God's WorkOthers Going DownDistinctive ClothingThe RainbowRainbow



When I snuff you out,
I will cover the heavens
and darken their stars.
I will cover the sun with a cloud,
and the moon will not give its light.
Verse ConceptsMoonEclipsesDarkening Sun Moon And StarsDarkness At The EndAstronomical SignsCosmic DisturbancesLuciferThe Moon

The earth quakes before them;
the sky shakes.
The sun and moon grow dark,
and the stars cease their shining.
Verse ConceptsDay of the LORDAstronomyMoonSkyEclipsesGod Shaking The EarthTremblingDarkening Sun Moon And StarsDarkness At The EndSeal Judgments



Indeed, the stars of the sky and its constellations
will not give their light.
The sun will be dark when it rises,
and the moon will not shine.
Verse ConceptsConstellationsAstronomyMoonEclipsesSheddingOrionDarkening Sun Moon And StarsDarkness At The EndAstronomical SignsCosmic Disturbances

Then he had another dream and told it to his brothers. “Look,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun, moon, and 11 stars were bowing down to me.” Verse ConceptsMoonSubjectionBowing Before JosephElevenDreams Involving Unusual ImagesThe Moon

And in that day—
this is the declaration of the Lord God
I will make the sun go down at noon;
I will darken the land in the daytime.
Verse ConceptsBlackAstronomyNoonThe SunDarkness During DaytimeDarkening Sun Moon And StarsAstronomical SignsCosmic DisturbancesSunEclipseSolar EclipseSunshineThe Moon

The mother of seven grew faint;
she breathed her last breath.
Her sun set while it was still day;
she was ashamed and humiliated.
The rest of them I will give over to the sword
in the presence of their enemies.”
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Verse ConceptsHumiliationThe SunSeven ChildrenLife Cut ShortGod Will Cause Defeat

Y Who is this who shines like the dawn—
as beautiful as the moon,
bright as the sun,
awe-inspiring as an army with banners?
Verse ConceptsThe Moon

"This is what the Lord says, 'I am going to bring disaster on you from your own family: I will take your wives and give them to another before your very eyes, and he will sleep with them publicly. You acted in secret, but I will do this before all Israel and in broad daylight.' "

Your sun will no longer set,
and your moon will not fade;
for the Lord will be your everlasting light,
and the days of your sorrow will be over.
Verse ConceptsUnhappinessPromised LightEternally With GodNot MourningSunSunshineThe Moongrieving

Lord, may all your enemies perish as Sisera did.
But may those who love Him
be like the rising of the sun in its strength.


And the land was peaceful 40 years. Verse ConceptsDawnDeborahNoonThe Number Forty40 To 50 YearsEnemies Of GodTime Of PeaceLove And StrengthSunPeace And Strengthcrusades



“Or if I bring a sword against that land and say: Let a sword pass through it, so that I wipe out both man and animal from it, Verse ConceptsDestruction Of All CreaturesBoth Men And Animals Killed

You are to burn up a third of it in the city when the days of the siege have ended; you are to take a third and slash it with the sword all around the city; and you are to scatter a third to the wind, for I will draw a sword to chase after them. Verse ConceptsThe MiddleOne ThirdThings StrippedBurning JerusalemAttacks On Jerusalem ForetoldOther References To Hair

“Son of man, prophesy: This is what the Lord says! You are to proclaim:

A sword! A sword is sharpened
and also polished.
Verse ConceptsSparklingGod's Sword

I am surrounded by lions;
I lie down with those who devour men.
Their teeth are spears and arrows;
their tongues are sharp swords.
Verse ConceptsArrows, Figurative OfBitingLionsSpeech, Power And Significance OfSuffering, Of Jesus ChristTeethSharpnessEnemies Surrounding

who sharpen their tongues like swords
and aim bitter words like arrows,
Verse ConceptsArrows, Described AsArrows, Figurative OfSharpeningArrows


Sword, awake against My shepherd,
against the man who is My associate—
this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.
Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered;
I will also turn My hand against the little ones.
Verse ConceptsSheepUnfaithfulness, To PeopleInadequate ShepherdingJesus Christ, Prophecies OfChrist And His SheepProphecies Concerning ChristNames And Titles For ChristMessianic PropheciesAtonement, ForeordainedScattered Like SheepGod With ChristHurt And Betrayal

when I sharpen My flashing sword,
and My hand takes hold of judgment,
I will take vengeance on My adversaries
and repay those who hate Me.
Verse ConceptsHand Of GodHatredSharpeningGod Executes VengeanceHating GodGod's Sword

But I will scatter you among the nations, and I will draw a sword to chase after you. So your land will become desolate, and your cities will become ruins. Verse ConceptsWar As God's JudgmentScattering The PeoplesGod Scattering Israel

and say to it: This is what the Lord says: I am against you. I will draw My sword from its sheath and cut off both the righteous and the wicked from you. Since I will cut off [both] the righteous and the wicked, My sword will therefore come out of its sheath against everyone from the south to the north. So all the people will know that I, the Lord, have taken My sword from its sheath-it will not be sheathed again.

He made my words like a sharp sword;
He hid me in the shadow of His hand.
He made me like a sharpened arrow;
He hid me in His quiver.
Verse ConceptsHand Of GodMouthsQuiversShadowsSharpnessShadow Of GodGod Hiding PeopleSpeaking As From GodArrows




How happy you are, Israel!
Who is like you,
a people saved by the Lord?
He is the shield that protects you,
the sword you boast in.
Your enemies will cringe before you,
and you will tread on their backs.
Verse ConceptsHelpfulnessHigh PlacesRefugeShieldsSpiritual Warfare, ArmourSwordsGod Being Our ShieldUnique IsraelGod HelpsGod's SwordExcellence

Now therefore, the sword will never leave your house because you despised Me and took the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own wife.’ Verse ConceptsRetributionKilling Will HappenTransferring Wives

A man giving false testimony against his neighbor
is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.
Verse ConceptsFalse Witnesses, Defined AsArrows, Figurative OfWitnesses, FalseSharpnessClubsArrows To Describe False Testimony

Oh, sword of the Lord!
How long will you be restless?
Go back to your sheath;
be still; be silent!
Verse ConceptsBe Still!God's Sword

You will live by your sword,
and you will serve your brother.
But when you rebel,
you will break his yoke from your neck.
Verse ConceptsNecksRestlessnessYokesSubjectionServing IndividualsPeople Releasing Othersdominion


in the end she’s as bitter as wormwood
and as sharp as a double-edged sword.
Verse ConceptsSharpnessTwo SidedBitterness

The wicked have drawn the sword and strung the bow
to bring down the afflicted and needy
and to slaughter those whose way is upright.
Verse ConceptsPainStrength, HumanAttempting To KillAttacked By Evil

For government is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, because it does not carry the sword for no reason. For government is God’s servant, an avenger that brings wrath on the one who does wrong. Verse ConceptsBad InfluenceCivil authoritiesHuman Authority, Instituted By GodAuthority, of human institutionsGovernmentMinistry, Nature OfPunishment, Nature OfRetributionServants Of The LordMagistratesCivil GovernmentCorrecting A BrotherJudicial PunishmentNature Of KingsPeople Possibly Doing EvilPunishmentRespecting Authoritywrath

Rise up, Lord!
Confront him; bring him down.
With Your sword, save me from the wicked.
Verse ConceptsConfrontationGod ArisingGod's SwordProtection From Enemies

and a sword will pierce your own soul—that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.” Verse ConceptsMaryMan's ThoughtsThings Revealedwomanhood

A Davidic psalm.Lord, who can dwell in Your tent?
Who can live on Your holy mountain?
Verse ConceptsGod, Holiness OfHuman NatureSanctuaryNames And Titles For The ChurchWe Live With God

a minister of the sanctuary and the true tabernacle that was set up by the Lord and not man. Verse ConceptsSanctuaryThe Temple In HeavenThe Tabernacle

“Enlarge the site of your tent,
and let your tent curtains be stretched out;
do not hold back;
lengthen your ropes,
and drive your pegs deep.
Verse ConceptsDevelopmentStretching OutRopesCordsEnlargementSpiritual ProgressPegsspacecredibility

Then in the tent of David
a throne will be established by faithful love.
A judge who seeks what is right
and is quick to execute justice
will sit on the throne forever.
Verse ConceptsCovenant, God's with DavidCivic RighteousnessKingship, HumanLast JudgmentStabilityThrone Of David

I also saw the Holy City, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband. Then I heard a loud voice from the throne: Look! God's dwelling is with men, and He will live with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them and be their God.


But the Messiah has appeared, high priest of the good things that have come. In the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands (that is, not of this creation), Verse ConceptsAtonementGod, Goodness OfTypes Of ChristThe Future AgeLiving Not For The MaterialThe Temple In Heaven

and there will be a booth for shade from heat by day, and a refuge and shelter from storm and rain. Verse ConceptsHeatRainStormsHot WeatherGod's ProtectionProtection And SafetyWeather In The Last DaysProtection From DangershelterDivine Protection

The Holy Spirit was making it clear that the way into the holy of holies had not yet been disclosed while the first tabernacle was still standing. This is a symbol for the present time, during which gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot perfect the worshiper's conscience.





I consider it right, as long as I am in this bodily tent, to wake you up with a reminder, Verse ConceptsFervourZealMemoriesReminders Of The Gospelremembrance

The Holy Spirit was making it clear that the way into the most holy place had not yet been disclosed while the first tabernacle was still standing. Verse ConceptsMost Holy PlaceTypesWay, TheChrist The DoorThe Divinity Of The Holy SpiritThe Holy Spirit, And ScriptureAntitypesShutting DoorsTaught By The SpiritOutside The HouseSymbols of the Holy SpiritWitnessing

They are physical regulations and only deal with food, drink, and various washings imposed until the time of restoration. Verse ConceptsRitualLimitations Of The Bodyorder

by a new and living way He has opened for us through the curtain (that is, His flesh), Verse ConceptsNewnessConsecrationChrist The DoorDedicationNew

God is enthroned above the circle of the earth;
its inhabitants are like grasshoppers.
He stretches out the heavens like thin cloth
and spreads them out like a tent to live in.
Verse ConceptsMidgetsCurtainsEarth, Description OfGod, Sovereignty OfInsectsCreation Of The Physical HeavensGod Is TranscendentMan, Insignificance OfGrasshoppersCirclesSmall CreaturesScienceEarthGod Being Outside Of CreationFlat Earth

“Enlarge the site of your tent,
and let your tent curtains be stretched out;
do not hold back;
lengthen your ropes,
and drive your pegs deep.
Verse ConceptsDevelopmentStretching OutRopesCordsEnlargementSpiritual ProgressPegsspacecredibility

For this is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says:

Daughter Babylon is like a threshing floor
at the time it is trampled.
In just a little while her harvest time will come.
Verse ConceptsdaughtersHarvestSicklesSowing And ReapingThreshing Floor


My people who have been crushed
on the threshing floor,
I have declared to you
what I have heard from the Lord of Hosts,
the God of Israel.
Verse ConceptsThreshing Floor

See, I will make you into a sharp threshing board,
new, with many teeth.
You will thresh mountains and pulverize them
and make hills into chaff.
Verse ConceptsTeethThreshingMountains Removed

Jehoahaz did not have an army left, except for 50 horsemen, 10 chariots, and 10,000 foot soldiers, because the king of Aram had destroyed them, making them like dust at threshing. Verse ConceptsSoldiersThreshingTen ThingsFiftiesTens Of ThousandsGrinding People

For it is written in the law of Moses, Do not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain. Is God really concerned with oxen? Or isn't He really saying it for us? Yes, this is written for us, because he who plows ought to plow in hope, and he who threshes should do so in hope of sharing the crop.

See, I will make you into a sharp threshing board, new, with many teeth. You will thresh mountains and pulverize [them], and make hills like chaff. You will winnow them and a wind will carry them away, and a gale will scatter them. But you will rejoice in the Lord; you will boast in the Holy One of Israel.

See, I will make you into a sharp threshing board,
new, with many teeth.
You will thresh mountains and pulverize them
and make hills into chaff.
Verse ConceptsTeethThreshingMountains Removed

But they do not know the Lord’s intentions
or understand His plan,
that He has gathered them
like sheaves to the threshing floor.
Verse ConceptsBinding cornLack Of DiscernmentSicklesThreshing FloorDullnessSpiritual IgnoranceGod's ThoughtsNot Understanding God's Things


They stretch out like river valleys,
like gardens beside a stream,
like aloes the Lord has planted,
like cedars beside the water.
Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturalSpreadingGardens

In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a bad tree produces bad fruit. A good tree can't produce bad fruit; neither can a bad tree produce good fruit.


He will be like a tree planted by water:
it sends its roots out toward a stream,
it doesn’t fear when heat comes,
and its foliage remains green.
It will not worry in a year of drought
or cease producing fruit.
Verse ConceptsColors, GreenSpring Of WaterUnfading LifeThe Source Of FruitRiver BanksWater For PlantsHot WeatherGreenWater, As A Symbol Of LifeRiversOlive TreesAnxiety And FearWorrying

For if you were cut off from your native wild olive and against nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these—the natural branches—be grafted into their own olive tree? Verse ConceptsOlivesParticipation, In ChristTreesCutting Off BranchesJoined To The ChurchOlive Treescutting



down the middle of the broad street of the city. The tree of life was on both sides of the river, bearing 12 kinds of fruit, producing its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree are for healing the nations, Verse ConceptsThe Number TwelveHealingMedicineWorldlinessYearsAbundance, MaterialUnceasingContinual GoodIncreasing FruitFoliageMetaphorical TreesTwelve ThingsGod HealsHealing Of NationsBenefits Of HeavenRiver Of LifeTree Of LifeRiversHerbsMonthsGod Healing Our LandGod's Healing Love

He is clearing the thickets of the forest with an ax,
and Lebanon with its majesty will fall.
Verse ConceptsThe Prophecy Towards Lebanon

Then all the trees of the field will know
that I am Yahweh.
I bring down the tall tree,
and make the low tree tall.
I cause the green tree to wither
and make the withered tree thrive.
I, Yahweh, have spoken
and I will do it.
Verse ConceptsColors, GreenSmall ThingsMoist ThingsHarming TreesPutting Things DownThings Lifted UpThings On High

It was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its limbs, for its roots extended to abundant water. The cedars in God's garden could not rival it; the pine trees couldn't compare with its branches, nor could the plane trees match its boughs. No tree in the garden of God could compare with it in beauty. I made it beautiful with its many limbs, and all the trees of Eden, which were in God's garden, envied it. read more.
"Therefore this is what the Lord God says: Since it became great in height and set its top among the clouds, and it grew proud on account of its height,

In the visions of my mind as I was lying in bed, I saw this: There was a tree in the middle of the earth, and its height was great. The tree grew large and strong; its top reached to the sky, and it was visible to the ends of the earth. Its leaves were beautiful, its fruit was abundant, and on it was food for all. Wild animals found shelter under it, the birds of the air lived in its branches, and every creature was fed from it. read more.
As I was lying in my bed, I also saw in the visions of my mind an observer, a holy one, coming down from heaven. He called out loudly: Cut down the tree and chop off its branches; strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the animals flee from under it, and the birds from its branches.



In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a bad tree produces bad fruit. A good tree can't produce bad fruit; neither can a bad tree produce good fruit. Every tree that doesn't produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

She is a tree of life to those who embrace her,
and those who hold on to her are happy.
Verse ConceptsTreesMetaphorical TreesGraspingrelaxation

They will not build and others live in them;
they will not plant and others eat.
For My people’s lives will be
like the lifetime of a tree.
My chosen ones will fully enjoy
the work of their hands.
Verse ConceptsEnjoyment, Material ThingsTreesPlanting VineyardsLifelongLifespanDifferent PersonHard WorkLiveBeing Happy And Enjoying Life

Though a tenth will remain in the land,
it will be burned again.
Like the terebinth or the oak
that leaves a stump when felled,
the holy seed is the stump.
Verse ConceptsRemnantNames And Titles For The ChristianTreesStumps Of A TreeA Tenth Of People

No foreigner who has joined himself to the Lord
should say,
“The Lord will exclude me from His people”;
and the eunuch should not say,
“Look, I am a dried-up tree.”

How happy is the man who does not follow the advice of the wicked, or take the path of sinners, or join a group of mockers! Instead, his delight is in the Lord's instruction, and he meditates on it day and night. He is like a tree planted beside streams of water that bears its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.

When it became known to the house of David that Aram had occupied Ephraim, the heart of Ahaz and the hearts of his people trembled like trees of a forest shaking in the wind. Verse ConceptsForestsdoubtersPessimismAllegiancesGroups Trembling

For if they do these things when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?” Verse ConceptsTreesGreenFreshChristmas TreeEverything Happening For A Reasonluck

For if they do these things when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?” Verse ConceptsTreesGreenFreshChristmas TreeEverything Happening For A Reasonluck

Ephraim is struck down;
their roots are withered;
they cannot bear fruit.
Even if they bear children,
I will kill the precious offspring of their wombs.
Verse ConceptsBlightdrynessPeople WitheredKilling Sons And Daughters

God brought them out of Egypt;
He is like the horns of a wild ox for them.
Verse ConceptsHorns VictoriousWild OxGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptUnicornsGuidance And Strength

God brought him out of Egypt;
He is like the horns of a wild ox for them.
He will feed on enemy nations
and gnaw their bones;
he will strike them with his arrows.
Verse ConceptsBones BrokenHorns VictoriousWild OxPeople OvercomingGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptUnicorns

His firstborn bull has splendor,
and horns like those of a wild ox;
he gores all the peoples with them
to the ends of the earth.
Such are the ten thousands of Ephraim,
and such are the thousands of Manasseh.
Verse ConceptsFirstbornBullsHornsThousandsHorns VictoriousPropellingWild OxPowerful IndividualsUnicorns

You have lifted up my horn
like that of a wild ox;
I have been anointed with oil.
Verse ConceptsAnointing, Social CustomAnointing With OilGuestsHornsHorns VictoriousWild OxAnointed By GodUnicorns

Save me from the mouth of the lion!
You have rescued me
from the horns of the wild oxen.
Verse ConceptsHornsMouthsDeliverance From LionsWild OxUnicorns

The wild oxen will be struck down with them,
and young bulls with the mighty bulls.
Their land will be soaked with blood,
and their soil will be saturated with fat.
Verse ConceptsCovered With BloodFat Of AnimalsWild OxUnicorns

Every valley will be lifted up,
and every mountain and hill will be leveled;
the uneven ground will become smooth
and the rough places, a plain.
Verse ConceptsFilling PlacesMountains RemovedSmoothnessPutting Things DownThings Lifted UpHighways

Every valley will be filled,
and every mountain and hill will be made low;
the crooked will become straight,
the rough ways smooth,
Verse ConceptsFilling PlacesMountains RemovedTwisted WaysStraighteningSmoothnessPutting Things DownSmoothPaths

W I came down to the walnut grove
to see the blossoms of the valley,
to see if the vines were budding
and the pomegranates blooming.
Verse ConceptsBlossomingSports

They stretch out like river valleys,
like gardens beside a stream,
like aloes the Lord has planted,
like cedars beside the water.
Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturalSpreadingGardens


But their minds were closed. For to this day, at the reading of the old covenant, the same veil remains; it is not lifted, because it is set aside [only] in Christ. However, to this day, whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their hearts, but whenever a person turns to the Lord, the veil is removed.

On this mountain
He will destroy the burial shroud,
the shroud over all the peoples,
the sheet covering all the nations;
Verse ConceptsRemoving People From Your LifeThe Environment

He grew up before Him like a young plant
and like a root out of dry ground.
He didn’t have an impressive form
or majesty that we should look at Him,
no appearance that we should desire Him.
Verse ConceptsRiddlesTendernessProphecies Concerning ChristMessianic PropheciesGrowing UpDry PlacesNo BeautyAppearances ofChrist's Naturedignity

by a new and living way He has opened for us through the curtain (that is, His flesh), Verse ConceptsNewnessConsecrationChrist The DoorDedicationNew

Therefore, brothers, since we have boldness to enter the sanctuary through the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that He has inaugurated for us, through the curtain (that is, His flesh);

The Holy Spirit was making it clear that the way into the most holy place had not yet been disclosed while the first tabernacle was still standing. Verse ConceptsMost Holy PlaceTypesWay, TheChrist The DoorThe Divinity Of The Holy SpiritThe Holy Spirit, And ScriptureAntitypesShutting DoorsTaught By The SpiritOutside The HouseSymbols of the Holy SpiritWitnessing

But each man will sit under his grapevine
and under his fig tree
with no one to frighten him.
For the mouth of the Lord of Hosts
has promised this.
Verse ConceptsAffluenceInvitationsRest, PhysicalSittingVinesTreesSitting In SecurityFreed From FearGod As A Warrior

Throughout Solomon’s reign, Judah and Israel lived in safety from Dan to Beer-sheba, each man under his own vine and his own fig tree. Verse ConceptsFig treeInvitationsSafetyVines

On that day, each of you will invite his neighbor to sit under his vine and fig tree.” This is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts. Verse ConceptsFig treeInvitationsSittingVinesSitting In Security

He broke up the soil, cleared it of stones,
and planted it with the finest vines.
He built a tower in the middle of it
and even dug out a winepress there.
He expected it to yield good grapes,
but it yielded worthless grapes.
Verse ConceptsAgriculture, TermsFortsExcavationWineskins And Vats

You uprooted a vine from Egypt;
You drove out the nations and planted it.
Verse ConceptsFreedom, Acts Of In OtPlanting VineyardsThe Lord Drove Them Out

For the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts
is the house of Israel,
and the men of Judah,
the plant He delighted in.
He looked for justice
but saw injustice,
for righteousness,
but heard cries of wretchedness.
Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturalGod, Will OfHorticultureNeglectOppression, Examples OfMetaphorical VineyardsKilling The InnocentOutcryGardens



I said, “I will climb the palm tree
and take hold of its fruit.”
May your breasts be like clusters of grapes,
and the fragrance of your breath like apricots.
Verse ConceptsApplesbreastsbreath

"Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: Like the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire as fuel, so I will give up the residents of Jerusalem. I will turn against them. They may have escaped from the fire, but it will [still] consume them. And you will know that I am the Lord when I turn against them.

"I am the true vine, and My Father is the vineyard keeper. Every branch in Me that does not produce fruit He removes, and He prunes every branch that produces fruit so that it will produce more fruit.

The people will return and live beneath his shade.
They will grow grain
and blossom like the vine.
His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.
Verse ConceptsGrainShadowsVinesRemembering Peoplerevival

Israel is a lush vine;
it yields fruit for itself.
The more his fruit increased,
the more he increased the altars.
The better his land produced,
the better they made the sacred pillars.
Verse ConceptsPeace, Human Search ForVinesAltars, PaganSocial SelfishnessFertile LandObelisksBearing Fruit



Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard;
they have trampled My plot of land.
They have turned My desirable plot
into a desolate wasteland.
Verse ConceptsShepherds, As Kings And LeadersVineyardInadequate ShepherdingDestroying VineyardsNames And Titles For The ChurchDisorganization

When He entered the temple complex, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to Him as He was teaching and said, “By what authority are You doing these things? Who gave You this authority?” Verse ConceptsChief priestsLeaders, SpiritualEntering The TempleChrist TeachingChrist In The TempleGod Appointing His SonResolving Conflict

For the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts
is the house of Israel,
and the men of Judah,
the plant He delighted in.
He looked for justice
but saw injustice,
for righteousness,
but heard cries of wretchedness.
Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturalGod, Will OfHorticultureNeglectOppression, Examples OfMetaphorical VineyardsKilling The InnocentOutcryGardens

On that day
sing about a desirable vineyard:
Verse ConceptsAlcoholMetaphorical Vineyardsfruitfulness

For this is how it will be on earth
among the nations:
like a harvested olive tree,
like a gleaning after a grape harvest.
Verse ConceptsGleaningHarvestOrchardsVintagePotential Of FruitOlive Trees

In a little more than a year
you overconfident ones will shudder,
for the vintage will fail
and the harvest will not come.
Verse ConceptsHarvestUnfruitfulnessAfflictions Of The WickedVintageOne Year

Now I will tell you
what I am about to do to My vineyard:
I will remove its hedge,
and it will be consumed;
I will tear down its wall,
and it will be trampled.
Verse ConceptsWallsFigurative Fields

My love is like a gazelle
or a young stag.
Look, he is standing behind our wall,
gazing through the windows,
peering through the lattice.
Verse ConceptsYoung LoversDeer Etc.Deer

against every high tower,
against every fortified wall,

They were a wall around us, both day and night, the entire time we were herding the sheep. Verse ConceptsWallsProtection Day And NightFigurative Walls

On that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah:

We have a strong city.
Salvation is established as walls and ramparts.
Verse ConceptsDay of the LORDSongsGod's Salvation Made KnownWallsSalvation, Illustrations OfCity Of GodFigurative Walls

Violence will never again be heard of in your land;
devastation and destruction
will be gone from your borders.
But you will name your walls salvation
and your gates, praise.
Verse ConceptsSalvation, Illustrations OfFigurative WallsFreedom From ViolenceGod Saves The NeedyPraise The Lord!Spilling Your Seed On The Groundborders

this iniquity of yours will be
like a spreading breach,
a bulge in a high wall
whose collapse will come in an instant—suddenly!
Verse ConceptsSin, God's Judgment OnWallsAfflictions Of The WickedThe Insecurity Of The WickedSudden DestructionSuddenlyThings Falling

How long will you threaten a man?
Will all of you attack
as if he were a leaning wall
or a tottering stone fence?
Verse ConceptsEvil PlansWalls

If she is a wall, we will build a silver parapet on it. If she is a door, we will enclose it with cedar planks. I am a wall and my breasts like towers. So in his eyes I have become like one who finds peace.

"Since they have led My people astray saying: Peace, when there is no peace, for when someone builds a wall they plaster it with whitewash, therefore, tell those who plaster [it] that it will fall. Torrential rain will come, and I will send hailstones plunging down, and a windstorm will be released. Now when the wall has fallen, will you not be asked: Where is the coat of whitewash that you put on [it]? read more.
"So this is what the Lord God says: I will release a windstorm in My wrath. Torrential rain will come in My anger, and hailstones [will fall] in destructive fury. I will tear down the wall you plastered with whitewash and knock it to the ground so that its foundation is exposed. The city will fall, and you will be destroyed within it. Then you will know that I am the Lord. After I exhaust My wrath against the wall and against those who plaster it with whitewash, I will say to you: The wall is no more and neither are those who plastered it-

Go up to Lebanon and cry out;
raise your voice in Bashan;
cry out from Abarim,
for all your lovers have been crushed.


A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city;
in his imagination it is like a high wall.
Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceMisersRich, TheWallsRiches, Dangers OfFigurative WallsSatisfied With Richesimagination


Then Paul said to him, “God is going to strike you, you whitewashed wall! You are sitting there judging me according to the law, and in violation of the law are you ordering me to be struck?” Verse ConceptsHigh Priest, In NtInjustice, Nature And Source OfJudgment SeatSittingWallsWhiteDenunciationsFigurative WallsGod Beating PeopleWhitewashingBreaking God's Law

Their arrows are sharpened,
and all their bows strung.
Their horses’ hooves are like flint;
their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind.
Verse ConceptsFlintArrows, Described AsHorsesWheelsWhirlwindsSharpnessSharp ToolsHardnessGod Dispensing WindArrows


Jerusalem,
I have appointed watchmen on your walls;
they will never be silent, day or night.
There is no rest for you,
who remind the Lord.
Verse ConceptsWorship Day And NightSleeplessnessWatchmanAnticipation

“Son of man, I have made you a watchman over the house of Israel. When you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me. Verse ConceptsWatchfulness, Of LeadersWatchmanvocation

I wait for the Lord; I wait, and put my hope in His word. I [wait] for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning- more than watchmen for the morning.

Israel’s watchmen are blind, all of them,
they know nothing;
all of them are mute dogs,
they cannot bark;
they dream, lie down,
and love to sleep.
Verse ConceptsDumbnessDaydreamingOccupationsSleep, SpiritualSleep, PhysicalWatchmanSloth Examples OfSleep, Warnings AgainstBarking And HowlingDumbThose Who Were IgnorantPetsawakening

The poor and the needy seek water, but there is none;
their tongues are parched with thirst.
I, Yahweh, will answer them;
I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
Verse ConceptsThe Needydrought, physicalPrayer, God's Promises ConcerningTongueGod And The PoorAnswered PromisesSeeking WaterGod Not ForsakingWater, As A Symbol Of Affliction



The one who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, will have streams of living water flow from deep within him." He said this about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were going to receive, for the Spirit had not yet been received, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

For the choir director: according to “The Lilies.” Davidic.Save me, God,
for the water has risen to my neck.
Verse ConceptsCarvings Of FlowersMusicWaters Of AfflictionSave Us!Water, As A Symbol Of AfflictionFloodswaterfalls

The Lord will give you meager bread and water during oppression, but your Teacher will not hide Himself any longer. Your eyes will see your Teacher, Verse ConceptsBread, Figurative OfTeachersWaters Of AfflictionGod HidingWater, As A Symbol Of AfflictionHard TimesHealing A Broken HeartHardshipGetting Through Hard Timesoppressionhiding

You let men ride over our heads;
we went through fire and water,
but You brought us out to abundance.
Verse ConceptsAbundance, MaterialFootstoolsGenerosity, God'sFlowing WaterSevere AfflictionsSaved From FireAbundanceFloodsfulfillment


Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me: “Come, I will show you the judgment of the notorious prostitute who sits on many waters. Verse ConceptsBabylonAngels as God's servantsSeven SpiritsSeven ThingsAngels Doing God's WorkThe Great ProstituteVoice Of The ArchangelThe judgment of babylonwhores

He also said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute was seated, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages. Verse ConceptsCrowdsLanguagesAll LanguagesAmericaFalse Religious SystemThe World Rulerwhores



The men of Ai struck down about 36 of them and chased them from outside the gate to the quarries, striking them down on the descent. As a result, the people’s hearts melted and became like water. Verse ConceptsHuman EmotionHeart, HumanMeltingThirty SomeLosing Courage

All their hands will become weak,
and all their knees will turn to water.
Verse ConceptsWeakness, PhysicalKneesThings Like WaterLike WaterNo Strength LeftWeakness

the Lord will certainly bring against them
the mighty rushing waters of the Euphrates River—
the king of Assyria and all his glory.
It will overflow its channels
and spill over all its banks.
Verse ConceptsChaosLike A Flood

The nations rage like the raging of many waters.
He rebukes them, and they flee far away,
driven before the wind like chaff on the hills
and like tumbleweeds before a gale.
Verse ConceptsChaffWindWhirlwindsLight As ChaffRoar Of NationsGod Requite Them!

They will vanish like water that flows by;
they will aim their useless arrows.
Verse ConceptsArrows

They float on the surface of the water.
Their section of the land is cursed,
so that they never go to their vineyards.
Verse ConceptsFlowing WaterPurgatory

His feet were like fine bronze as it is fired in a furnace, and His voice like the sound of cascading waters. Verse ConceptsBronzeBrassThings Like WaterFurnacesGod's VoiceThings Like BronzeTypes Of FeetLike WaterColorRainbowwaterfallscats


He reached down from heaven
and took hold of me;
He pulled me out of deep waters.
Verse ConceptsDepression, SymptomsBringing People Out Of Other PlacesWater, As A Symbol Of Affliction

We will certainly die and be like water poured out on the ground, which can’t be recovered. But God would not take away a life; He would devise plans so that the one banished from Him does not remain banished. Verse ConceptsImperfection, Influence OfLast ThingsUniversality Of DeathMediatorMortalityHow Death Is InevitableReinstating Peopleextraterrestrials

The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters,
a flowing river, a fountain of wisdom.
Verse ConceptsFountainsProverbsThe Water Of LifeMetaphorical SpringsBenefits Of WisdomPowers Of SpeechBrooksThe Power Of Words

Counsel in a man’s heart is deep water;
but a man of understanding draws it out.
Verse ConceptsHeart, HumanHuman IntellectCounselingDrawing WaterHiding SinsDiscernmentrelaxationmotives

Then the waters would have engulfed us; the torrent would have swept over us; the raging waters would have swept over us.

Water will flow from his buckets,
and his seed will be by abundant water.
His king will be greater than Agag,
and his kingdom will be exalted.
Verse ConceptsAbundance, MaterialBucketsGod Providing WaterSpilling Your Seed On The Ground

Turbulent as water, you will no longer excel,
because you got into your father’s bed
and you defiled it—he got into my bed.
Verse ConceptsFicklenessRash People

I am poured out like water,
and all my bones are disjointed;
my heart is like wax,
melting within me.
Verse ConceptsHuman EmotionEnjoyment, Lack OfHeart, HumanPouringMeltingWaxBowelsDislocatingMessianic Propheciesbreasts

They surround me like water all day long;
they close in on me from every side.
Verse ConceptsThings SurroundingWater, As A Symbol Of AfflictionFloods


The princes of Judah are like those
who move boundary markers;
I will pour out My fury on them like water.
Verse ConceptsBoundariesLand, As A Divine ResponsibilityProperty, LandResistanceStonesLandmarksGod Will Be Angrywaterfalls

Because these people rejected
the slowly flowing waters of Shiloah
and rejoiced with Rezin
and the son of Remaliah,
Verse ConceptsRejection Of GodTrust, Lack Of



When God fixed the weight of the wind
and limited the water by measure,
Verse ConceptsWindGod Dispensing WindAtmospherebalanceweightpressuremeasurement

But whoever drinks from the water that I will give him will never get thirsty again—ever! In fact, the water I will give him will become a well of water springing up within him for eternal life.” Verse Conceptseternal life, nature ofThe New NatureWellsHoly Spirit, Types OfThe Water Of LifeThe Holy Spirit Described As WaterNeverDrinking WaterMetaphorical SpringsPlenty Through ChristGod Giving His SpiritLiving WaterWater, As A Symbol Of LifeWells, Figurative UseEternal lifeEverlastingeternity

You are a garden spring,
a well of flowing water
streaming from Lebanon.
Verse ConceptsGardens

The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters,
a flowing river, a fountain of wisdom.
Verse ConceptsFountainsProverbsThe Water Of LifeMetaphorical SpringsBenefits Of WisdomPowers Of SpeechBrooksThe Power Of Words




Joseph is a fruitful vine,
a fruitful vine beside a spring;
its branches climb over the wall.
Verse ConceptsFruitfulness, NaturalBranches, Figurative UsesClimbingVinesFigurative WallsMetaphorical SpringsPotential Of Fruitfruitfulness



you will be visited by the Lord of Hosts
with thunder, earthquake, and loud noise,
storm, tempest, and a flame of consuming fire.
Verse ConceptsearthquakesSuffering, Causes OfThunderGod Dispensing WindFire Of JudgementHurricanesThunder Expressing God's Judgment

You will winnow them
and a wind will carry them away,
a gale will scatter them.
But you will rejoice in the Lord;
you will boast in the Holy One of Israel.
Verse ConceptsWinnowingDirection

You disputed with her
by banishing and driving her away.
He removed her with His severe storm
on the day of the east wind.
Verse ConceptseastOut Of The EastPeople ExiledThe East Wind

He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man. Say to it: This is what the Lord God says: Breath, come from the four winds and breathe into these slain so that they may live!” Verse ConceptsNames And Titles For The Holy SpiritThe Spirit Of GodFour WindsProphesy!The Dead Are Raisedbreathinglungsbreath


Suddenly a sound like that of a violent rushing wind came from heaven, and it filled the whole house where they were staying. Verse ConceptsSymbolsHoly Spirit, Types OfSudden EventsThe Holy Spirit Described As The WindFilling HousesSitting In FellowshipGod In The WindSoundSymbols of the Holy Spirit

Are they like straw before the wind,
like chaff a storm sweeps away?
Verse ConceptsStrawWicked Described AsLight As ChaffHurricanes

The wicked are not like this;
instead, they are like chaff that the wind blows away.
Verse ConceptsWindWicked Described AsChaffLight As ChaffThe Wicked Will Perish

The man who boasts about a gift that does not exist
is like clouds and wind without rain.
Verse ConceptsClouds, Figurative UseRainWeather, As God's JudgmentBraggingLack Of RainPresuming Upon TimePromisesBoastingclouds


We became pregnant, we writhed in pain;
we gave birth to wind.
We have won no victories on earth,
and the earth’s inhabitants have not fallen.
Verse ConceptsMission, Of IsraelWindBirth Not Being PossibleHaving A Babydeliverancechildbearing

Look, all of them are a delusion;
their works are nonexistent;
their images are wind and emptiness.
Verse ConceptsConfusionVanityIdols Not Existingimage


Ephraim chases the wind
and pursues the east wind.
He continually multiplies lies and violence.
He makes a covenant with Assyria,
and olive oil is carried to Egypt.
Verse ConceptsAliancesFeedingFalse ConfidenceIdolatry, Objections ToTreatyWindForbidden AlliancesPursuing ViolenceOut Of The EastThe East Wind

Terrors are turned loose against me;
they chase my dignity away like the wind,
and my prosperity has passed by like a cloud.
Verse ConceptsLossWeather, As God's JudgmentNot ProsperingLosing Honour

Indeed, they sow the wind
and reap the whirlwind.
There is no standing grain;
what sprouts fails to yield flour.
Even if they did,
foreigners would swallow it up.
Verse Conceptsevil, warnings againstDebaucherySowing And ReapingUnfruitfulnessWeather, As God's JudgmentWhirlwindsWindFruits Of SinReapingNot Reaping What You SowSuffering From ForeignersHurricanesReaping What You Sowsowing

Do you think that you can disprove my words
or that a despairing man’s words are mere wind?
Verse ConceptsWindReproving PeopleDespair

Remember that my life is but a breath.
My eye will never again see anything good.
Verse ConceptsMan A Mere Breathbreath

"Say this to them: This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Every jar should be filled with wine. Then they will respond to you: Don't we know that every jar should be filled with wine? And you will say to them, This is what the Lord says: I am about to fill all who live in this land-the kings who reign for David on his throne, the priests, the prophets and all the residents of Jerusalem-with drunkenness. I will smash them against each other, fathers and sons alike"-the Lord's declaration. "I will allow no mercy, pity, or compassion [to keep Me] from destroying them."

For there is a cup in the Lord’s hand,
full of wine blended with spices, and He pours from it.
All the wicked of the earth will drink,
draining it to the dregs.
Verse ConceptsCup, God's WrathAlcoholdrinkingHand Of GodHerbs And SpicesWineThe Fate Of The WickedMetaphorical WineMixed WineGod Making DrunkMark Of The Beast On Forehead

You have made Your people suffer hardship;
You have given us wine to drink
that made us stagger.
Verse ConceptsWineDepression, SymptomsStaggeringMetaphorical WineGod Making DrunkGod TroublingHardshipGetting Through Hard Timesexperience

This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, said to me: "Take this cup of the wine of wrath from My hand and make all the nations I am sending you to drink from it. They will drink, stagger, and go out of their minds because of the sword I am sending among them." So I took the cup from the Lord's hand and made all the nations drink [from it], everyone the Lord sent me to. read more.
[These included:] Jerusalem and the [other] cities of Judah, its kings and its officials, to make them a desolate ruin, an object of scorn and cursing-as it is today;

For all the nations have drunk
the wine of her sexual immorality,
which brings wrath.
The kings of the earth
have committed sexual immorality with her,
and the merchants of the earth
have grown wealthy from her excessive luxury.
Verse ConceptsBabylonExcessdrinkingWineCommerceDelicaciesMetaphorical WineAll NationsThey Committed Immorality

The kings of the earth committed sexual immorality with her, and those who live on the earth became drunk on the wine of her sexual immorality.” Verse ConceptsBabylonMetaphorical WineThey Committed ImmoralityAdultery In The Church

She has prepared her meat; she has mixed her wine;
she has also set her table.
Verse ConceptsAlcoholTablesMixed WineDrugs

“Come, eat my bread,
and drink the wine I have mixed.

Then He took a cup, and after giving thanks, He gave it to them and said, "Drink from it, all of you. For this is My blood [that establishes] the covenant; it is shed for many for the forgiveness of sins. But I tell you, from this moment I will not drink of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it in a new way in My Father's kingdom with you."

They eat the bread of wickedness
and drink the wine of violence.
Verse ConceptsAlcoholBread, Figurative OfEating, Metaphorical UseWinePursuing Violencewickedness

The princes within her are roaring lions;
her judges are wolves of the night,
which leave nothing for the morning.
Verse ConceptsLionsWolvesIn The Morning

“Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives in order to make profit dishonestly. Verse ConceptsWicked RulersRulers, WickedSheddingPeople Torn To PiecesWolvesJudged As Murderers

Therefore, a lion from the forest will strike them down.
A wolf from an arid plain will ravage them.
A leopard keeps watch over their cities.
Anyone who leaves them will be torn to pieces
because their rebellious acts are many,
their unfaithful deeds numerous.
Verse ConceptsForestsLeopardCarnivorousnessWolvesIn Danger From Lions

Their horses are swifter than leopards
and more fierce than wolves of the night.
Their horsemen charge ahead;
their horsemen come from distant lands.
They fly like an eagle, swooping to devour.
Verse ConceptsHorsesLeopardWingsBirds, Types Of BirdsRiding HorsesSpeedEaglesWolvesPeople From Far AwayThose Flying

The wolf will live with the lamb,
and the leopard will lie down with the goat.
The calf, the young lion, and the fatling will be together,
and a child will lead them.
Verse ConceptsLeopardMillennial KingdomLambsLionsAnimals, Types OfDeliverance From LionsWolvesChildren And The KingdomDeerPetsSleeping Peacefully

The wolf and the lamb will feed together,
and the lion will eat straw like the ox,
but the serpent’s food will be dust!
They will not do what is evil or destroy
on My entire holy mountain,”
says the Lord.
Verse ConceptsLambsLionsMessianic AgeMillenniumRenewal, Of Natural OrderRest, EternalSnakesStomachsStrawAbstaining From MeatsDeliverance From LionsPower Over SnakesWolvesNoting What Animals EatAnimals Going To HeavenSleeping Peacefully


I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock. Verse ConceptsShepherds, As Church LeaderWatchfulness, Of LeadersApostasy, CauseWolvesFierce MenNot Sparing


Now go; I’m sending you out like lambs among wolves. Verse ConceptsLambsWolvesChrist Sending

Benjamin is a wolf; he tears his prey.
In the morning he devours the prey,
and in the evening he divides the plunder.”
Verse ConceptsWolvesIn The MorningDividing PlunderFierce Men

The hired man, since he is not the shepherd and doesn’t own the sheep, leaves them and runs away when he sees a wolf coming. The wolf then snatches and scatters them. Verse ConceptsSatan, Compared With AnimalsUnfaithful MinistersScattered Like SheepMen Similar To AnimalsWolvesPeople Abandoning People

The fragrance of your perfume is intoxicating;
your name is perfume poured out.
No wonder young women adore you.
Verse ConceptsMen And Women Who Loved

These are the ones not defiled with women, for they have kept their virginity. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They were redeemed from the human race as the firstfruits for God and the Lamb. Verse ConceptsFollowing Jesus Christdiscipleship, nature ofDefilement, By SinCommitment, to Jesus ChristAsceticism, TypesMarketsCelibacyMetaphorical Firstfruits144,000UniversalismDefilementFirst fruitsSexual PurityThe Rapturerevelationredeemedvirginity





And the woman you saw is the great city that has an empire over the kings of the earth.” Verse ConceptsBabylonCondemnation Of Babylon

The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, adorned with gold, precious stones, and pearls. She had a gold cup in her hand filled with everything vile and with the impurities of her prostitution. Verse ConceptsCups, Figurative UsedirtGoldJewelsMetalsColors, PurplePearlsRed ClothesPurple ClothesGold OrnamentsThey Committed ImmoralityWearing JewelleryUnclean ThingsFalse Religious SystemColor

But the sensible ones took oil in their flasks with their lamps. Verse ConceptsOil For LampsPreparing For Action

"Then the kingdom of heaven will be like 10 virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the groom. Five of them were foolish and five were sensible.

Stand up, you complacent women;
listen to me.
Pay attention to what I say,
you overconfident daughters.
Verse ConceptsComplacencyWomen Doing WrongBeing A Woman Of God

Shudder, you complacent ones;
tremble, you overconfident ones!
Strip yourselves bare
and put sackcloth around your waists.
Verse ConceptsShakingPeople Stripping Off

"Then the kingdom of heaven will be like 10 virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the groom. Five of them were foolish and five were sensible. When the foolish took their lamps, they didn't take oil with them.

Though she is beautiful and delicate,
I will destroy Daughter Zion.
Verse ConceptsBeauty Of JerusalemWomen's BeautyBeauty Of Nature

For the Lord has called you,
like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit,
a wife of one’s youth when she is rejected,”
says your God.
Verse ConceptsSinglenessSpirit, Nature OfPeople Abandoning PeopleDivorceDepressionRejectionBeing A Woman Of Godspousecredibility

Therefore, their way will be to them
like slippery paths in the gloom.
They will be driven away and fall down there,
for I will bring disaster on them,
the year of their punishment.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Verse ConceptsYearsThe Insecurity Of The WickedWalking In DarknessThe Day Of JudgementSlipperynessGod SuingGod Will Bring HarmPaths

They will have no remnant, for I will bring disaster on the people of Anathoth in the year of their punishment.” Verse ConceptsYearsNo SurvivorsGod Will Bring Harm

to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor,
and the day of our God’s vengeance;
to comfort all who mourn,
Verse ConceptsAfflicted SaintsAfflictions, Consolation DuringA Time Of SalvationGod Executes VengeanceGod Will Comfort


By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter Verse ConceptsExamples Of FaithUnworldlinessExploits Of FaithAdoptionNot Giving UpIdentityGrowingmanhoodrecognitionroyalty

He took his last breath and died at a ripe old age, old and contented, and he was gathered to his people. Verse ConceptsDeath, Means OfAfterlifeAgingDeath Of The Saints, Examples OfGathered To One's PeopleDeathAge

So I say, “I am grieved
that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”
Verse ConceptsHand Of GodRight Hand Of God


For the Lord has a day of vengeance,
a time of paying back Edom
for its hostility against Zion.
Verse ConceptsThe Day Of JudgementGod Executes VengeanceRevengezion

But they had no children because Elizabeth could not conceive, and both of them were well along in years. Verse ConceptsBarrenness, Examples OfChildren, responsibilities to parentsChildlessnessInfertilityHaving A Babyluck

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