Thematic Bible: Illustrative
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Arrows » Illustrative » Of God's judgment
But, for himself, hath he made ready the weapons so deadly, His arrows, he, so fiery, would make:
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For thou wilt cause them to turn their back, Upon thy bow-strings, wilt thou make ready against their face.
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In that I have sent the malignant arrows of famine among them which were for destruction, which I will send to destroy you, - and famine, will I increase upon you, and will break for you the staff of bread.
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I will heap on them, calamities, - Mine arrows, will I spend upon them: The meltings of hunger, The devourings of fever, And the dangerous pestilence, - And, the tooth of beasts, will I send among them, With the poison of crawlers of the dust: Without, shall the sword bereave, In the inmost recesses, terror, - To both young man and virgin, Suckling, with man of grey hairs. read more.
I said, I would puff them away, I would destroy from mortals, their memory; Were it not that the taunt of the foe, I feared, Lest their adversaries should mistake, - Lest they should say - Our own hand, is exalted, It is not Yahweh, therefore who hath wrought all this! For a nation of vanished sagacity, they are, - And there is in them no understanding. If they had been wise, they would have understood this, - They would have given heed to their here-after! Oh! how would one, have chased, a thousand! And, two, put, ten thousand to flight, - Were it not that their Rock had sold them, And, Yahweh, had abandoned them; For, not like our Rock, is their rock, Our enemies themselves, being judges; For of the vine of Sodom, is their vine, And of the vineyards of Gomorrah, - Their grapes, are grapes of gall, Clusters of bitter things, are theirs: The poison of large serpents, is their wine, - Yea the fierce venom of asps. Is not, that, stored up with me, - Sealed up amongst my treasures; Unto the days of vengeance and requital: Unto the time their foot shall totter? For, near, is the day of their fate, And their destiny speedeth on. For Yahweh will vindicate his people, And upon his servants, will have compassion, - When he seeth that strength is exhausted, And there is no one shut up or at large, Then will he say, Where are their gods, The rock in whom they have trusted; Who used to eat the fat of their sacrifices, To drink the wine of their libations? Let them rise up and help you, Let them be over you for a coveting! See, now, that, I, I, am, he that is, And there are no gods with me, - I, kill - and make alive, I wound and, I, heal, And there is none who, from my hand, can deliver, For I lift up unto the heavens my hand, - And say, Living am, I, unto times age-abiding: If I whet my flashing sword, And my hand take bold on justice, I will return vengeance unto mine adversaries, And them who hate me, will I requite: I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, And, my sword, shall devour flesh, - With the blood of the slain and the captive, With the flesh of the chief leader of the foe.
I said, I would puff them away, I would destroy from mortals, their memory; Were it not that the taunt of the foe, I feared, Lest their adversaries should mistake, - Lest they should say - Our own hand, is exalted, It is not Yahweh, therefore who hath wrought all this! For a nation of vanished sagacity, they are, - And there is in them no understanding. If they had been wise, they would have understood this, - They would have given heed to their here-after! Oh! how would one, have chased, a thousand! And, two, put, ten thousand to flight, - Were it not that their Rock had sold them, And, Yahweh, had abandoned them; For, not like our Rock, is their rock, Our enemies themselves, being judges; For of the vine of Sodom, is their vine, And of the vineyards of Gomorrah, - Their grapes, are grapes of gall, Clusters of bitter things, are theirs: The poison of large serpents, is their wine, - Yea the fierce venom of asps. Is not, that, stored up with me, - Sealed up amongst my treasures; Unto the days of vengeance and requital: Unto the time their foot shall totter? For, near, is the day of their fate, And their destiny speedeth on. For Yahweh will vindicate his people, And upon his servants, will have compassion, - When he seeth that strength is exhausted, And there is no one shut up or at large, Then will he say, Where are their gods, The rock in whom they have trusted; Who used to eat the fat of their sacrifices, To drink the wine of their libations? Let them rise up and help you, Let them be over you for a coveting! See, now, that, I, I, am, he that is, And there are no gods with me, - I, kill - and make alive, I wound and, I, heal, And there is none who, from my hand, can deliver, For I lift up unto the heavens my hand, - And say, Living am, I, unto times age-abiding: If I whet my flashing sword, And my hand take bold on justice, I will return vengeance unto mine adversaries, And them who hate me, will I requite: I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, And, my sword, shall devour flesh, - With the blood of the slain and the captive, With the flesh of the chief leader of the foe.
Once let God have shot at them an arrow, Suddenly have appeared their own wounds!
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Arrows » Illustrative » Of severe afflictions
For, the arrows of the Almighty, are in me, The heat whereof, my spirit is drinking up, The, terrors of GOD, array themselves against me.
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Arrows » Illustrative » Of lightnings
The clouds, poured down waters, The skies uttered, a voice, Yea, thine arrows, flew hither and thither; The, voice of thy thunder, was in the whirlwind, Thy lightnings illumined the world, The earth, trembled and quaked;
Arrows » Illustrative » Of false witnesses
A hammer and a sword, and a sharpened arrow, is a man becoming a false witness against his neighbour.
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Arrows » Illustrative » (falling from the hand), of the paralyzing power
And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand,- And thine arrows - out of thy right hand, win I cause to fall.
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Arrows » Illustrative » Of slanderous tongues
A pointed arrow, is their tongue Deceit, hath it spoken, - With his mouth peace unto his neighbour, doth one speak, But within himself, he layeth his ambush.
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Arrows » Illustrative » Of young children
How happy the man who hath filled his quiver with them! They will not be ashamed, but will speak with enemies in the gate.
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Arrows » Illustrative » Of Christ
And he made my mouth, like a sharp sword, In the shadow of his hand, he concealed me, - And made of me a polished arrow, In his quiver, he hid me;
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Arrows » Illustrative » (broken), of destruction of power
There, hath he broken in pieces the arrows of the bow, shield and sword, and battle. Selah.
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Arrows » Illustrative » Of devices of the wicked
For lo! the lawless, bend the bow They have fixed their arrow upon the string, To shoot in the darkness at the upright in heart:
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Arrows » Illustrative » Of bitter words
Who have sharpened, like a sword, their tongue, Have made ready their arrow - a bitter word;
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Arrows » Illustrative » Of the word of Christ
Thine arrows, are sharp - Peoples, under thee, fall! In the heart of the foes of the king.
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or adder Asp » Illustrative » Of obstinate rejecters of God's word
Their poison, is like unto the poison of a serpent, Like the deaf adder, that stoppeth his ear; That will not hearken to the voice of whisperers, Though the wise one try to bind him with spells.
or adder Asp » Illustrative » Of the enemies of God's people
On the lion and adder, shalt thou tread, Shalt trample on young lion and crocodile.
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Beds » Illustrative » (too short,) of plans which afford no rest or peace
For too short is the couch to stretch oneself out, - And, the coverlet, too narrow, when one draweth up his feet.
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Beds » Illustrative » (made on high,) of carnal security
On a mountain high and uplifted, hast thou set thy couch, - Even thither, hast thou gone up, to offer sacrifice;
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Beds » Illustrative » Of the grave
He entereth into peace, Let them rest upon their couches, - Each one who went on a straight path.
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Beds » Illustrative » (made in sickness,) of divine support and comfort
Yahweh, will sustain him upon the bed of sickness, All his couch, hast thou transformed in his disease.
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Beds » Illustrative » (made in darkness,) of extreme misery
If I wait for hades as my house, in darkness, have spread out my couch;
Birds » Illustrative » (snaring,) of designs of the wicked
Our soul, as a bird, hath escaped from the snare of the fowlers, The snare, is broken, and, we, are escaped:
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My son, if sinners entice thee, do not consent. If they say - Come with us, - Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us watch in secret for him who is needlessly innocent; Let us engulf them, like hades, alive, While in health, like them who are going down to the pit; read more.
All costly substance, shall we find, We shall fill our houses with spoil; Thy lot, shalt thou cast into our midst, One purse, shall there be, for us all. My son, do not walk in the way with them, Withhold thy foot from their path. For, their feet, to mischief, do run, and haste to the shedding of blood. Surely, in vain, is spread the net, in the sight of aught that hath wings!
All costly substance, shall we find, We shall fill our houses with spoil; Thy lot, shalt thou cast into our midst, One purse, shall there be, for us all. My son, do not walk in the way with them, Withhold thy foot from their path. For, their feet, to mischief, do run, and haste to the shedding of blood. Surely, in vain, is spread the net, in the sight of aught that hath wings!
Until an arrow cleaveth his liver, as a bird hasteth into a snare, and knoweth not, that, for his life, it is!
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Birds » Illustrative » Of people of different countries
Among his branches, all the birds of the heavens I made their nests, And under his boughs, all the wild beasts of the field brought forth I, - And in his shade, dwelt all the mighty nations.
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which, indeed, is, less, than all seeds, but, when grown, is greater than garden-plants, and becometh a tree, - so that the birds of heaven come, and lodge among its branches.
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Birds » Illustrative » Of the devil and his spirits
When anyone heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, the wicked one cometh, and catcheth up that which hath been sown in his heart, - this, is he, by the pathway, sown.
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and, as he sowed, some, indeed, fell by the pathway, and, the birds, came, and devoured it;
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Birds » Illustrative » Of unsettled persons, &c
Yet shall it be that - Like wandering birds from a nest cast forth, Shall be the daughters of Moab, at the fords of Amen.
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As a bird wandering from her nest, so, is a man wandering from his place.
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Birds » Illustrative » (snaring,) of death
For, indeed, man could not know his own time, like fishes which were caught in a cruel net, and like little birds which were caught in a trap, - like them, were ensnared the sons of men, by a time of misfortune, when it fell upon them suddenly.
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Birds » Illustrative » Of hostile nations
Is it, a variegated bird of prey, that mine inheritance is to me? The birds of prey, are round about against her! Go ye, assemble all the beasts of the field bring them to devour.
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Birds » Illustrative » Of cruel and rapacious kings
Calling, From the East, a Bird of Prey, From a far country, the Man I intended, - Yea I have spoken I will also bring it to pass, I have planned, I will also do it.
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Blood » Illustrative » (on one's own head,) of guilt
And David said unto him, Thy blood, be upon thine own head, - for, thine own mouth, hath testified against thee, saying, I myself, put to death the Anointed of Yahweh.
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When, any man whatsoever, curseth his father or his mother, he shall surely be put to death, - his father or his mother, hath he cursed, his blood, shall be upon himself.
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Upon interest, hath put out. And increase, hath accepted - , And shall he live? He shall not live All these abominations, he hath done, He shall surely be put to death, His blood, upon himself, shall be.
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Blood » Illustrative » (given to drink,) of severe judgments
So will I judge thee. with the judgments meted out to adulteresses and shedders of blood,- And will repay thee with the blood of indignation and jealousy;
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Because, blood of saints and prophets, poured they out, and, blood, unto them, hast thou given to drink: Worthy, they are!
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Blood » Illustrative » (washing the feet in,) of victories
That thou mayest bathe thy foot in blood, - The tongue of thy dogs, from the foes, hath its portion.
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The righteous man will rejoice when he hath seen an avenging, His feet, will he bathe in the blood of the lawless one: -
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Blood » Illustrative » (building with,) of oppression and cruelty
Alas! for him who buildeth a city with deeds of blood, - and establisheth a town with perversity.
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Blood » Illustrative » (preparing to,) of ripening for destruction
Therefore, as I live, Declareth My Lord. Yahweh, Surely regarding blood, will deal with thee, Blood therefore, shall pursue thee,-Since blood thou hast not hated, Therefore blood, shall pursue thee,
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Bottles » Illustrative » (broken,) of severe judgments
Yea he will break it - as the breaking of the pitcher of a potter, crushed, he will not spare; So that there shall not be found when it is smashed, A sherd wherewith to snatch fire from a hearth, Or to skim off water out of a cistern.
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Then shalt thou break the bottle, before the eyes of the men who are walking with thee;
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Therefore, lo! days are coming, Declareth Yahweh, When I will send to him tilters and they shall tilt him, - And his vessels, shall they empty, And their jars, shall they dash in pieces.
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Bottles » Illustrative » Of sinners ripe for judgment
Therefore shalt thou say unto them this word - Thus, saith Yahweh God of Israel, Every jar, is to be filled with wine; and they will say unto thee, Do we not, know well, that every jar, is to be filled with wine? Then shalt thou say unto them - Thus, saith Yahweh - Behold me! filling all the inhabitants of this land Even the kings that are sitting for David upon his throne and the priests and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem - with drunkenness; and I will dash them every man against his brother even the fathers and the sons together, Declareth Yahweh, - I will not pity, Neither will I snare Neither will I have compassion that I should not destroy them.
Bottles » Illustrative » (dried up,) of the afflicted
Though I have been like a wine-skin in the smoke, thy statutes, have I not forgotten.
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Bottles » Illustrative » Of God's remembrance
My wandering, hast, thou, recorded, - Put thou my tears in thy bottle, Are they not in thy record?
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Bottles » Illustrative » (ready to burst,) of the impatient
Lo! my bosom, is like wine not opened, Like new wine-skins, it will burst.
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Bottles » Illustrative » Of the clouds
Who can count the thin clouds, in wisdom? And, the bottles of the heavens, who can empty out;
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the Bow » Illustrative » (when broken,) of the overthrow of power
And it shall come to pass, in that day, that I will break the bow of Israel, in the vale of Jezreel.
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Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, Behold me! breaking the bow of Elam, - The beginning of their might;
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The bow of the mighty, is dismayed, - While, the fainting, are girded with strength;
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And I will solemnize to them a covenant, in that day, with the wild-beast of the field, and with the bird of the heavens, and the creeping thing of the ground, - and, bow and sword and battle, will I break in pieces out of the land, so will I cause them to lie down, in security.
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the Bow » Illustrative » Of the tongue of the wicked
For lo! the lawless, bend the bow They have fixed their arrow upon the string, To shoot in the darkness at the upright in heart:
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Who have prepared e their tongue as their bow of falsehood, And, not by faithfulness, have they become mighty in the land, - For from wickedness unto wickedness, have they gone forth, But me, have they not known, Declareth Yahweh.
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the Bow » Illustrative » (when deceitful,) of the hypocrite
But drew back and dealt treacherously, like their fathers, They turned aside, like deceitful bowmen;
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They would return - not to him who is on high! They have become like a deceitful bow, their rulers, shall fall by the sword, for the rage of their tongue, this, shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
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the Bow » Illustrative » Of strength and power
Mine honour, shall be young again with me, and, my bow, in my hand, be renewed.
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Bread » Illustrative » (seeking of begging,) of extreme poverty
Young, have I been, moreover am old, - Yet have I not seen, A righteous man forsaken, Nor his seed begging bread:
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And it shall be, that, any that is left in thy house, shall come bowing down to him for a small coin of silver, and for a cake of bread, and shall say: Appoint me, I pray thee, to one of the priestly offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.
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All her people, are sighing, seeking bread, They have given their precious things for food, to bring back life, - Behold, O Yahweh, and discern, that I have become worthless.
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Bread » Illustrative » (when broken,) of the death of Christ
And, as they were eating, Jesus, taking a loaf and blessing, brake, - and, giving to his disciples, said - Take, eat! This, is, my body.
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For, I myself, received from the Lord - that which I also delivered unto you, - how that, the Lord Jesus, in the night in which he was being delivered up, took a loaf, And, giving thanks, brake it, and said - This, is my body, which is for you, - this, do ye, in remembrance of me;
Bread » Illustrative » (partaking of,) of communion of saints
And, daily giving attendance with one intent in the temple and, at home, breaking bread, they were partaking of food with exultation and singleness of heart;
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Because, one loaf, one body, we, the many, are, for we, all, of the one loaf, partake.
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Bread » Illustrative » (want of,) of extreme poverty
Better slighted, and have a servant, than to honour oneself, and come short of bread.
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He will swear, in that day, saying - I will take no control, When in mine own house, is neither food nor clothing, - Ye must not set me for a ruler of people!
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Bread » Illustrative » (eating without scarceness,) of plenty
a land wherein not in scarcity, shalt thou eat food, thou shalt lack nothing therein, - a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest hew copper.
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Bread » Illustrative » (of deceit,) of unlawful gain
Sweet to a man, may be the bread of falsehood, but, afterward, shall his mouth be filled with gravel.
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Bread » Illustrative » (of idleness,) of sloth
She looketh well to the goings of her household, and, the bread of idleness, will she not eat.
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Bread » Illustrative » (of wickedness,) of oppression
For they consume bread gotten by lawlessness, and, wine obtained by violence, they drink.
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Bread » Illustrative » (fulness of,) of abundance
Lo! this became the iniquity of Sodom thy sister, - Pride, fulness of bread, and careless security came to her and to her daughters, And the hand of the oppressed and the needy, she strengthened not.
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Bread » Illustrative » (of adversity,) of heavy affliction
Though My Lord, should give you bread in short measure and water in scant allowance Yet will thy Teacher not hide himself any more, But thine eyes shall ever be looking on thy Teacher.
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Bread » Illustrative » Of Christ
For, the bread of God, is that which is coming down out of heaven, and giving, life, unto the world. They said, therefore, unto him - Sir! Evermore, give us this bread. Jesus said unto them - I, am the bread of life: he that cometh unto me, in nowise shall hunger, and, he that believeth on me, in nowise shall thirst, any more.
Bread » Illustrative » (of tears,) of sorrow
Thou hast fed them with the food of tears, And hast caused them to drink the water of weeping in threefold abundance.
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Brooks » Illustrative » Of wisdom
Deep waters, are the words of a man's mouth, - a bubbling brook, the well-spring of wisdom.
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Brooks » Illustrative » (drinking of, by the way,) of help in distress
Of the torrent in the way, will he drink; - For this cause, will he lift up his head.
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Brooks » Illustrative » Of temporal abundance
Let him not see in the channels the flowings of torrents of honey and milk.
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Brooks » Illustrative » (deceptive,) of false friends
Mine own brethren, have proved treacherous like a torrent, like a channel of torrents which disappear:
Cities of refuge » Illustrative » Of Christ
For thou didst become A refuge to the weak. A refuge to the needy, when distress was upon him, - A shelter from the storm. A shade from the heat, When the blast of tyrants was like a storm against a wall.
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Saying of Yahweh - My refuge and my fortress, My God, in whom I will trust.
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Cities of refuge » Illustrative » (the way to,) of Christ
Jesus saith unto him - I, am the way, and the truth, and the life: No one, cometh unto the Father, but through me.
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And there shall be there, a raised way - even a high road, And the Highroad of Holiness, shall it be called, There shall not pass over it one who is unclean; But He Himself, shall be one of them travelling the road, And the perverse, shall not stray thereinto .
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Cities of refuge » Illustrative » Of the hope of the gospel
In order that, through means of two unchangeable things, in which it was impossible for God to make himself false, a mighty consolation, we might have, who have fled along to grasp, the fore-lying hope,
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Clouds » Illustrative » Of judgments of God
As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day he is in the midst of his sheep that are scattered, So! will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all the places where they were scattered in the day of cloud and thick darkness;
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How could My Lord, in his anger, enshroud in gloom, the daughter of Zion? have cast from the heavens to the earth, the beauty of Israel? and not have remembered his footstool, in the day of his anger?
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For near, is a day, Yea near, is a day pertaining to Yahweh, A day of cloud, A time of nations, shall it be!
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A day of obscurity and deep gloom, a day of cloud, and thick darkness, as dusk, spread over the mountains, - a people, many and bold, like whom, hath not been from age-past times, and, after whom, shall not be again unto the years of generation after generation.
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Clouds » Illustrative » Of hostile armies
Lo! like clouds, shall he come up, Even as a storm-wind, his chariots, Swifter than eagles, his horses, - Woe to us for we are laid waste!
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Then shalt thou come up, Like a storm, shalt thou enter, Like a cloud covering the land, shalt thou be, - Thou and all thy hordes, and many peoples with thee.
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Therefore wilt thou come up, against my people Israel, like a cloud covering the land, - In the afterpart of the days, shall it be. that I will suffer thee to enter upon my land, To the end the nations may know me, when I hallow myself in thee before their eyes O Gog!
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Clouds » Illustrative » Of unsearchableness of God
So then I beheld and lo! a tempestuous wind coming out of the North, a great cloud and a fire catching hold of itself, and it had a brightness round about, -
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And made of the darkness around him, pavilions, - gathering of waters, clouds of vapours.
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Clouds and thick darkness, are round about him, Righteousness and justice, are the establishing of his throne.
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Clouds » Illustrative » Of multitudes of persons
Therefore, indeed, seeing that, we also, have encircling us, so great a cloud of witnesses, stripping off every incumbrance and the easily entangling sin, with endurance, let us be running, the race that is lying before us,
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Who are these that, As a cloud, do fly? and, As doves to their cotes?
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Clouds » Illustrative » (riding upon,) of the power and greatness of God
The oracle on Egypt: Lo! Yahweh, riding upon a swift cloud, and he will enter Egypt, And the idols of Egypt shall shake at his presence, And, the heart of Egypt, shall melt within him;
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Building, in the waters, his upper chambers, - Who maketh clouds his chariot, Who passeth along on the wings of the wind;
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Clouds » Illustrative » (passing away,) of the goodness and prosperity of hypocrites
What can I do unto thee, O Ephraim? What can I do unto thee, O Judah? for, your lovingkindness, is like a morning cloud, yea, like the dew, early departing!
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Therefore, shall they become like the morning cloud, and like the dew early departing, - like chaff storm-driven out of the threshing-floor, and like smoke out of a chimney.
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Clouds » Illustrative » (a morning without,) of wise rulers
Said the God of Israel, Unto me, spake the Rock of Israel: - One Ruling over Men, A Righteous One, ruling in the reverence of God, Is even as the light of the morning when ariseth the sun, - A morning, without clouds, As from brightness, and from rain, the fresh shoots out of the earth.
Clouds » Illustrative » (when seasonable,) of the favor of good rulers
In the light of a king's countenance, is life, and, his good-pleasure, is like the cloud of harvest-rain.
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Clouds » Illustrative » (without rain,) of the fraudulent
Clouds and wind, when rain there is none, is the man who boasteth himself of a pretended gift.
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Clouds » Illustrative » (carried away by a tempest,) of false teachers
These, are fountains without water, and mists, by a tempest, driven along, - for whom, the gloom of darkness, hath been reserved;
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Clouds » Illustrative » Of sins of men
O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me, I have wiped out, As with a thick cloud, thy transgressions, And as with a broad cloud, thy sins, - Return unto me, for I have redeemed thee.
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Clouds » Illustrative » (without water,) of false teachers
These are they - who, in your love-feasts, are hidden rocks, as they fare sumptuously together, fearlessly, themselves, shepherding, - clouds without water, by winds swept along, trees autumnal, fruitless, twice dead, uprooted,
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Covenants » Illustrative » Of the united determination of a people to serve God
And Jehoiada solemnised a covenant between Yahweh, and the king, and the people, that they should become a people unto Yahweh, - also between the king and the people.
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And they entered into a covenant, to seek Yahweh, God of their fathers, - with all their heart, and with all their soul;
were holding fast unto their distinguished brethren, and were entering into a curse and into an oath, to walk in the law of God, which was given through Moses the servant of God, - and to observe and do, all the commandments of Yahweh our Lord, and his regulations, and his statutes;
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Covenants » Illustrative » Of God's promises to man
That ye were, in that season, separate from Christ, alienated from the citizenship of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and godless in the world;
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I, therefore, behold me! establishing my covenant with you, - and with your seed after you; and with every living soul that is with you, of birds, of tame-beasts and of all wild-beasts of the earth that are with you, - of all coming forth out of the ark, even to all wild-beasts of the earth; yea, I will establish my covenant with you, so that all flesh shall not be cut off any more, by reason of the waters of a flood, - neither shall there he any more a flood to destroy the earth.
Covenants » Illustrative » (with death and hell,) of carnal security
Because ye have said - We have solemnised a covenant with death, And with hades, have we effected a vision, - The overflowing scourge when it sweepeth by, shall not reach unto us, For we have made lying our refuge. And in falsehood, have we hid ourselves,
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So shall be wiped out your covenant with death, And your vision with hades, not stand, - When the overflowing scourge, sweepeth past, then shall ye be thereby beaten down:
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Covenants » Illustrative » (with stones and beasts of the earth,) of peace and prosperity
And I will solemnize to them a covenant, in that day, with the wild-beast of the field, and with the bird of the heavens, and the creeping thing of the ground, - and, bow and sword and battle, will I break in pieces out of the land, so will I cause them to lie down, in security.
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For, with the stones of the field, shall be thy covenant, and, the wild beast of the field, hath been made thy friend;
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Covenants » Illustrative » Of the contract of marriage
Yet ye say, For what cause? Because, Yahweh, hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, with whom, thou, hast dealt treacherously, though, she, was thy consort, and thy covenant wife.
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Covenants » Illustrative » Of good resolutions
A covenant, I solemnised for mine eyes, - How then could I gaze upon a virgin?
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Defilement » Illustrative » Of sin
Not that which entereth into the mouth, defileth the man, but, that which proceedeth out of the mouth, the same, defileth the man,
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while, the things which proceed out of the mouth, out of the heart, come forth, and, they, defile the man.
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Defilement » Illustrative » Of unholy doctrines
Know ye not that ye are a shrine a of God, and that the Spirit of God within you doth dwell? If anyone doth mar the shrine of God, God, will mar him; for the shrine of God is holy, - and such are ye.
the Deluge » Illustrative » Of the destruction of sinners
Lo! My Lord hath one who is, strong and bold, Like a storm of hail, a destroying tempest, Like a storm of mighty waters overflowing, Hath he thrust it down to the earth with force:
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So shall be wiped out your covenant with death, And your vision with hades, not stand, - When the overflowing scourge, sweepeth past, then shall ye be thereby beaten down:
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For this cause, will every man of lovingkindness pray unto thee, in time to obtain, - Surely, in the overflow of many waters, unto him, shall they not reach.
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the Deluge » Illustrative » (unexpectedness of,) of suddenness of Christ's coming
But, concerning that day and hour, no one, knoweth, neither the messengers of the heavens, nor the Son, - save the Father only. For, just as the days of Noah, so, will be the presence of the Son of Man; For, as they were in those days that were before the flood, feeding and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, - until the day Noah entered into the ark; read more.
And they observed not, until the flood came and took away all together, so, will be, the presence of the Son of Man.
And they observed not, until the flood came and took away all together, so, will be, the presence of the Son of Man.
And, as it came to pass in the days of Noah, so, will it be, even in the days of the Son of Man: They were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage, - until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. In like manner, as it came to pass in the days of Lot, They were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building, - read more.
But, on the day Lot came out from Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all: - According to the same things, will it be on the day the Son of Man is revealed.
But, on the day Lot came out from Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all: - According to the same things, will it be on the day the Son of Man is revealed.
the Deluge » Illustrative » Of baptism
Spirits unyielding at one time, when the longsuffering of God was holding forth a welcome in the days of Noah, there being in preparation an ark - going into which, a few, that is eight, souls, were brought safely through by means of water, - Which water in manner corresponding, doth, now, save, you also - even immersion, - not a putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the request unto God, for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, -
Dogs » Illustrative » Of obstinate sinners
Do not give what is holy unto dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, - lest once they trample, them, down with their feet, and, turning, tear, you.
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Outside, are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the unchaste, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one loving and doing falsehood.
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Dogs » Illustrative » (dead,) of the mean
After whom, hath the king of Israel come forth? After whom, art thou in pursuit? After a dead dog! after a single flea!
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And he did homage, and said - What is thy servant, - that thou hast turned towards such a dead dog as I?
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Dogs » Illustrative » Of gentiles
And lo! a Canaanite woman, from those bounds, coming forth, began crying out, saying, Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter, is miserably demonized.
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But, he, answering, said, It is, not seemly, to take the loaf of, the children, and cast, to the little dogs.
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Dogs » Illustrative » Of persecutors
For dogs have surrounded me, - An assembly of evil doers, have encircled me, They have pierced my hands and my feet,
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Rescue, from the sword, my life, from the power of the dog, my solitary self:
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Dogs » Illustrative » Of false teachers
Beware of the dogs, beware of mischievous workers, beware of the mutilation;
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Dogs » Illustrative » Of fools
As, a dog, returneth onto his own vomit, a dullard, repeateth his folly.
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Dogs » Illustrative » (dumb,) of unfaithful ministers
His watchmen, are blind None of them, know, All of them, are dumb dogs, they cannot bark, - Dreaming, sleeping, loving to slumber.
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Dogs » Illustrative » Of covetous ministers
And, the dogs, are greedy they know not to be satisfied. Yea, they, are shepherds who know not to discern, - All of them unto their own way, have turned, Every man to his unjust gain, on every hand:
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Dogs » Illustrative » Of apostates
There hath befallen them the thing spoken of in the true proverb - A dog, turning back unto his own vomit, and - A sow, as soon as washed, unto wallowing in mire.
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Doves » Illustrative » Of the church
SHEI, was sleeping, but, my heart, was awake, - The voice of my beloved - knocking! Open to me, my sister, my fair one, my dove, my perfect one, for, my head, is filled with dew, my locks, with the moisture of the night.
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HEO my dove! In the retreats of the crag, in the hiding-place of the terrace, Let me see thy form, Let me hear thy voice, - For, thy voice, is sweet, and, thy form, comely.
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Doves » Illustrative » Of mourners
We growl like bears all of us, And, like doves, do we, mournfully coo, - We wait For justice, and there is none, For salvation it is far from us!
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As a twittering swallow, so, do I chatter, I coo as a dove, - Mine eyes languish through looking on high, O My Lord! distress is upon me - my Surety!
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Doves » Illustrative » Of the holy ghost
And Jesus, having been immersed, straightway, went up from the water, - and lo! the heavens were opened and he saw the Spirit of God, descending like a dove coming upon him;
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And John bare witness, saying - I have gazed upon the Spirit, descending like a dove, out of heaven, - and it abode upon him.
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Doves » Illustrative » Of the meekness of Christ
His eyes, like doves, by the channels of water, - bathing in milk, set as gems in a ring:
Doves » Illustrative » (in its flight,) of the return of israel from captivity
Let them come trembling like a small bird out of Egypt, and like a dove out of the land of Assyria, - so will I cause them to dwell by their own houses, Declareth Yahweh.
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Doves » Illustrative » Of converts to the church
Who are these that, As a cloud, do fly? and, As doves to their cotes?
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the Dragon » Illustrative » Of the devil
and he laid hold of the dragon, the ancient serpent, who is Adversary and the Accuser, and bound him for a thousand years, -
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And, as soon as the thousand years, shall be ended, the Accuser shall be loosed out of his prison,
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And, the beast which I saw, was like unto a leopard; and, his feet, as of a bear, and, his mouth, as the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave unto him his power, and his throne, and great authority.
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the Dragon » Illustrative » Of cruel and persecuting kings
Speak, and thou shalt say - Thus, saith My Lord Yahweh Behold me! against thee O Pharaoh king of Egypt, The great Crocodile that lieth along in the midst of his rivers: Who saith - My river is, mine own, Since I myself made it me!
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In that day, will Yahweh With his sword - the hard and the great and the strong, Bring punishment Upon Leviathan, the fleeing serpent, And upon Leviathan, the crooked serpent, - And will slay the monster which is in the sea.
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Awake, awake put on strength, O arm of Yahweh, Awake, As in days of old, The generations of bygone ages: Art not thou that which - Hewed down Rahab, Piercing the Crocodile?
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the Dragon » Illustrative » (poison of,) of wine
The poison of large serpents, is their wine, - Yea the fierce venom of asps.
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the Dragon » Illustrative » Of enemies of the church
On the lion and adder, shalt thou tread, Shalt trample on young lion and crocodile.
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the Dragon » Illustrative » Of wicked men
That thou shouldst have crushed us down in the place of wild dogs, And covered us over with a deadly shadow.
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Eagles » Illustrative » (swiftness of,) of the swiftness of hostile armies
For, thus, saith Yahweh, Lo! as an eagle, shall one dart along, - And shall spread out his wings towards Moab.
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Lo! like clouds, shall he come up, Even as a storm-wind, his chariots, Swifter than eagles, his horses, - Woe to us for we are laid waste!
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Swifter are our pursuers, than the eagles of the heavens, - Over the mountains, have they come hotly after us, In the wilderness, have they lain in wait for us.
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Yahweh will bring against thee a nation from afar, from the end of the earth, as darteth a bird of prey, - a nation whose tongue thou canst not understand;
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Eagles » Illustrative » (mode of teaching her young to fly,) of God's care of his church
As, an eagle, stirreth up his nest, Over his young ones, fluttereth, Spreadeth abroad his wings, taketh one, Beareth it up on his pinions,
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Ye, have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, - And how I bare you upon wings of eagles, And brought you in unto myself: -
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Eagles » Illustrative » Of wisdom and zeal of God's ministers
and the likeness of their faces was the face of a man, with the face of a lion to the right of the four of them, and the face of an ox on the left, of the four of them, - the face of an eagle, also had they four;
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and, the first living creature, is like unto a lion, and, the second living creature, like unto a calf, and, the third living creature, hath the face as of a man, and, the fourth living creature, is like unto an eagle flying;
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Eagles » Illustrative » (height and security of its dwelling,) of the fancied but fatal security of the wicked
Thy monstrous thing, hath deceived thee, The insolence of thy heart, O thou that inhabitest the hidden recesses of the cliff, That boldest fast the height of the hill, - Though thou set high as an eagle, thy nest, From thence, will I bring thee down, Declareth Yahweh;
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Though thou build high like an eagle, and though, among the stars, thou set thy nest, from thence, will I bring thee down, Declareth Yahweh.
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Eagles » Illustrative » Of great and powerful kings
So then thou shalt say, Thus, saith My Lord. Yahweh, - A great eagle, with large wings of long pinion, full of plumage, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:
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To thy mouth, with a horn! Like an eagle, on the house of Yahweh, - because they have violated my covenant, and, against my law, have they transgressed.
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Eagles » Illustrative » (wings of,) of protection afforded to the church
And there were given unto the woman the two wings of the great eagle, that she might fly into the desert, into her place, - where she is nourished, a season and seasons and half a season, from the face of the serpent.
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Eagles » Illustrative » (swiftness of,) of the melting away of riches
Wilt thou let thine eye fly thereupon, when it is nothing? for it will, surely make, itself wings, Like an eagle, will it wing its way across the heavens.
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Eagles » Illustrative » (upward flight of,) of the saint's rapid progress toward heaven
But, they who wait for Yahweh, shall renew their strength, They shall mount on strong pinion like eagles, - They shall run and not grew weary, They shall walk and not faint.
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Eagles » Illustrative » (renewed strength and beauty of,) of the renewal of saints
Who satisfieth, with good, thine age, Thy youth, reneweth itself like an eagle.
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Eagles » Illustrative » (increased baldness of, in the moulting season,) of calamities
Make thee bald, and cut off thy hair, for the children of thy pleasures, - enlarge thy baldness, like a vulture, for they are exiled from thee.
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Eagles » Illustrative » (hasting to the prey,) of the swiftness of man's days
They have passed away with boats of paper-reed, like a vulture which rusheth upon food.
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Eyes » Illustrative » (open,) of spiritual illumination
Unveil thou mine eyes, that I may discern Wondrous things out of thy law.
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Turn away mine eyes, from beholding vanity, In thy way, give me life.
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Eyes » Illustrative » (anointing with eyesalve,) of healing by the spirit
I counsel thee to buy of me, gold refined by fire, that thou mayest become rich, - and white raiment, that thou mayest array thyself, and, the shame of thy nakedness, may not be made manifest, - and eye-salve, to anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see.
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Eyes » Illustrative » Of the mind
The lamp of the body, is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body, shall be, lighted up; But, if thine eye be, evil, thy whole body, shall be, in the dark; - if therefore, the light which is in thee, is, darkness, the darkness, how great!
Feet » Illustrative » (sliding,) of yielding to temptation
For ruin, there is contempt, in the thought of the man at ease, - ready, for such as are of faltering foot!
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Thou hast held fast my goings on to thy ways, My footsteps have not been shaken:
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For I said, Lest they rejoice over me! When my feet were tottering, against me, have they magnified themselves:
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If I say, My foot, hath slipped, Thy lovingkindness, O Yahweh, supporteth me.
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Feet » Illustrative » (treading under,) of complete destruction
In that time, shall there be borne along. As a present unto Yahweh of hosts A people drawn out and polished, Even from a people terrible from their beginning and onwards, - nation most mighty and subduing Whose land rivers, have cut through, Unto the place of the Name of Yahweh of hosts. Mount Zion.
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My Lord, hath flouted at all my magnates, in my midst, He hath called against me a host, to crush my young men, - A winepress, hath My Lord trodden, to the virgin, the daughter of Judah.
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Feet » Illustrative » (washed or dipped in oil,) of abundance
And, of Asher, he said, Most blessed of sons, be Asher, - Let him have the goodwill of his brethren, And let him dip, in oil, his foot:
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When my steps were bathed in milk, and, the rock, poured out beside me, rivulets of oil:
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Feet » Illustrative » (dipped in blood,) of victory
That thou mayest bathe thy foot in blood, - The tongue of thy dogs, from the foes, hath its portion.
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Feet » Illustrative » (set in a large place,) of liberty
And hast not shut me up in the hand of the foe, Thou hast given standing, in a roomy place, unto my feet.
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Feet » Illustrative » (set on a rock,) of stability
So he brought me up, Out of the destroying pit, Out of the swampy mire, - And set, upon a cliff, my feet, Making firm my steps:
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Fig tree » Illustrative » (barren,) of mere professors of religion
and, seeing one fig-tree by the way, he came up to it, and nothing, found he thereon, save leaves only, - and he saith unto it - No more, from thee, let fruit spring forth, unto times age-abiding, - and the fig-tree, instantly withered away.
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And he went on to speak this parable: - A certain man had, a fig-tree, planted in his vineyard, and he canto seeking fruit therein, and found none. And he said unto the vine-dresser - Lo! three years, I come, seeking fruit in this fig-tree, and find none. Cut it down! Why doth it make, even the round useless?
Fig tree » Illustrative » (sitting under one's own,) of prosperity and peace
And they shall dwell - every man - under his own vine and under his own fig-tree, with none to make them afraid, - for, the mouth of Yahweh of hosts, hath spoken.
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And Judah and Israel dwelt securely, every man under his own vine, and under his own fig-tree, from Dan even unto Beer-sheba, - all the days of Solomon.
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Fishes » Illustrative » Of men ignorant of future events
For, indeed, man could not know his own time, like fishes which were caught in a cruel net, and like little birds which were caught in a trap, - like them, were ensnared the sons of men, by a time of misfortune, when it fell upon them suddenly.
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Fishes » Illustrative » (bad,) of mere professors
which, when it was filled, they dragged up on the beach, and, sitting down, collected the good into vessels, but, the worthless, forth they cast. So, will it be in the conclusion of the age: The messengers will come forth, and separate the wicked from among the righteous;
Fishes » Illustrative » (good,) of saints
which, when it was filled, they dragged up on the beach, and, sitting down, collected the good into vessels, but, the worthless, forth they cast. So, will it be in the conclusion of the age: The messengers will come forth, and separate the wicked from among the righteous;
Fishes » Illustrative » Of the whole population of egypt
Therefore will I put hooks in thy jaws, And cause the fish of thy rivers to stick fast in thy scales,- And will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, And lull the fish of thy rivers Ito thy scales shall stick fast; And I will stretch thee out towards the desert thee and all the fish of thy rivers, Off the face of the field, shalt thou lie Thou shalt not be carried away. nor shalt thou be gathered, To the wild beast of the earth and to the bird of the heavens, have I given thee for food.
Fishes » Illustrative » Of those ensnared by the wicked
So wouldst thou have made Men, like the fishes of the sea, - like the creeping thing that hath no ruler over it:
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Fishes » Illustrative » Of the visible church
which, when it was filled, they dragged up on the beach, and, sitting down, collected the good into vessels, but, the worthless, forth they cast.
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Forests » Illustrative » (destroyed by fire,) of destruction of the wicked
For lawlessness, hath consumed like fire, Briars and thorns, doth it devour, - Yea it hath kindled upon the thickets of the forest, And they have rolled up as a column of smoke.
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So shall, the Light of Israel, become, a fire, And his Holy One, a flame, Which shall burn and consume his thorns and his briars, in one day; And the glory of his forest and of his garden land, both soul and body, shall it bring to an end, - And it shall be like the wasting away of a consumptive.
Forests » Illustrative » (a fruitful field turned into,) of the jews rejected by God
Until there be poured out upon us the spirit, from on high, - Then shall the wilderness become, garden-land, And the garden-land, for a forest, be reckoned;
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Is it not yet a very little while, And Lebanon shall be turned, into garden land, - And garden land, for a forest, be reckoned?
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Forests » Illustrative » Of the unfruitful world
But it shall hail during the felling of the forest, And in a sunken place, shall, the city, sink.
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Fountains and springs » Illustrative » Of God
For two wicked things, have my people committed, - Me, have they forsaken a fountain of living water, To hew out for themselves cisterns broken cisterns, that cannot hold water.
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Thou hope of Israel Yahweh, All who forsake thee, shall turn pale, - Yea, all who depart from me, in the ground, shall be written, For they have forsaken a fountain of living water, even Yahweh.
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For, with thee, is the fountain of life, In thy light, we see light.
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Fountains and springs » Illustrative » Of spiritual wisdom
Deep waters, are the words of a man's mouth, - a bubbling brook, the well-spring of wisdom.
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A well-spring of life, is discretion to its owner, but, the correction of the foolish, is folly.
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Fountains and springs » Illustrative » (corrupt,) of the natural heart
Doth, the fountain, out of the same opening, teem forth the sweet and the bitter?
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while, the things which proceed out of the mouth, out of the heart, come forth, and, they, defile the man. For, out of the heart, come forth wicked designs, - murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, profane speakings:
Fountains and springs » Illustrative » Of eternal life
And he said unto me - Accomplished! I, am the A, and the Z, the Beginning and the End: I, unto him that is thirsting, will give of the fountain of the water of life, freely:
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But, whosoever shall drink of the water which, I, will give him, in nowise shall thirst, unto times age-abiding, - but, the water which I will give him, shall become, within him, a fountain of water, springing up unto life age-abiding.
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Fountains and springs » Illustrative » Of the means of grace
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drip sweet wine, and the hills shall flow down with milk, and, all the channels of Judah, shall flow down with waters, - and, a spring, out of the house of Yahweh, shall come forth, and shall water the torrent-valley of the acacias.
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I will open, On bare hills rivers, and In the midst of plains, fountains, - I will make The desert, a lake of water, and Parched land, springs of water;
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Fountains and springs » Illustrative » (sealed up,) of the church
A garden barred, is my sister, bride, - a spring barred, a fountain sealed:
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Fountains and springs » Illustrative » Of a numerous posterity
Thus hath Israel settled down securely, Alone, the fountain of Jacob, Within a land both of corn and new wine, - His heaven also droppeth down dew.
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Fountains and springs » Illustrative » (troubled,) of saints led astray
A fountain fouled, a spring spoiled, is a righteous man tottering before one who is lawless.
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Fountains and springs » Illustrative » Of the law of the wise
the instruction of the wise, is a well-spring of life, by departing from the snares of death.
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Fountains and springs » Illustrative » Of Godly fear
The reverence of Yahweh, is a well-spring of life, that a man may avoid the snares of death.
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Fountains and springs » Illustrative » Of Christ
In that day, there shall be an opened fountain, for the house of David, and for the Inhabitants of Jerusalem, - for sin and for uncleanness.
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Fountains and springs » Illustrative » Of a good wife
Let thy well-spring be blessed, - and get thy joy from the wife of thy youth: -
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Fountains and springs » Illustrative » (always flowing,) of unceasing wickedness of the jews
Like the casting forth by a wall of its waters, So, hath she cast forth her wickedness, - Violence and destruction, are heard in her, Before my face, continually, are suffering and smiting.
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Fountains and springs » Illustrative » (not failing,) of the church
Then will Yahweh guide thee continually, And will satisfy, even in scorched regions thine own soul, Yea Shy very bones, will he invigorate, - So shall thou become like a garden well - watered, And like a spring of water whose waters do not deceive;
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Fountains and springs » Illustrative » Of the holy ghost
He that believeth on me - just as said the Scripture, - River, from within him, shall flow, of living water. Now, this, spake he concerning the Spirit which they who believed on him were about to receive; for, not yet, was there Spirit, because, Jesus, not yet, was glorified!
Fountains and springs » Illustrative » Of constant supplies of grace
As well the singers as the flute-players are saying , - All my springs, are in thee!
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Fruits » Illustrative » Of a holy conversation
Of the fruit of a man's mouth, shall his inmost mind be satisfied, with the product of his lips, shall he be satisfied.
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Of the fruit of a man's mouth, shall he be satisfied with good, and, the dealing of the hands of a son of earth, shall be paid back to him.
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Fruits » Illustrative » Of effects of industry
She considereth a field, and procureth it, Out of the fruit of her hands, she planteth a vineyard:
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Give her of the fruit of her own hands, and let her own works, praise her in the gates.
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Fruits » Illustrative » (bad,) of the conduct and conversation of evil men
Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree worthless, and its fruit worthless; for, from the fruit, the tree is known.
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So, every good tree, fine fruit, produceth, - whereas, the worthless tree, evil fruit, produceth:
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Fruits » Illustrative » Of converts to the church
May there be an abundance of corn in the earth, in the top of the mountains, - Let the fruit thereof, wave like Lebanon, And they of the city bloom like the fresh shoots of the earth.
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he that reapeth, receiveth, a reward, and gathereth fruit unto life age-abiding; that, he that soweth, together may rejoice, with him that reapeth.
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Fruits » Illustrative » Of doctrines of Christ
SHEAs an apple-tree among the trees of the forest, So, is my beloved, among the sons: In his shade, I greatly delighted and sat down, And, his fruit, was sweet to my taste.
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Fruits » Illustrative » Of works of the spirit
But, the fruit of the Spirit, is - love, joy, peace, long-suffering, graciousness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, self-control; - against such things as these, there is no law.
Fruits » Illustrative » Of the reward of the wicked
Deceitful is the heart above all things And, dangerously wayward, - Who can know it? I - Yahweh, Searching the heart, Testing the affections; And giving to every man According to his way, According to the fruit of his doings.
Fruits » Illustrative » Of good works
So, every good tree, fine fruit, produceth, - whereas, the worthless tree, evil fruit, produceth: It is, impossible, for a, good tree, to be bearing, evil fruit, neither doth, a worthless tree, produce, fine fruit.
Fruits » Illustrative » Of the example, &c of the Godly
The fruit of the righteous, is a tree of life, and, he that rescueth souls, is wise.
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Fruits » Illustrative » Of praise
Through him, let us be offering up a sacrifice of praise, continually, unto God; that is, a fruit of lips confessing unto his name.
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Fruits » Illustrative » Of effects of repentance
Bring forth, therefore, fruit worthy of repentance;
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Fruits » Illustrative » Of the reward of saints
Say ye to the righteous It is well! For the fruit of their doings, shall they eat:
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Gardens » Illustrative » Of the church
HEI have entered my garden, my sister, bride, I have plucked my myrrh, with my balsam, I have eaten the honey of my thicket, I have drunk my wine, with my milk: - Eat ye, O friends, Drink, yea drink abundantly, ye beloved!
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SHEMy beloved, is gone down to his garden, to the beds of balsam, - to pasture in the gardens, and to gather lilies,
HETo the garden of nuts, I went down, to look at the fresh shoots of the ravine, - to see whether: had burst forth the vine, had blossomed the pomegranate: -
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Gardens » Illustrative » (well watered,) of spiritual prosperity of the church
Then will Yahweh guide thee continually, And will satisfy, even in scorched regions thine own soul, Yea Shy very bones, will he invigorate, - So shall thou become like a garden well - watered, And like a spring of water whose waters do not deceive;
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Then shall they come in and shall shout in triumph on the height of Zion, And shall stream unto the goodness of Yahweh To the wheat, and to the new wine, and to the oil, and to the young of the flocks and of the herds, - So shall their soul become like a garden well watered, And they shall not again languish any more.
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Gardens » Illustrative » (enclosed,) of the pleasantness, fruitfulness, and security of the church
A garden barred, is my sister, bride, - a spring barred, a fountain sealed:
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Gardens » Illustrative » (when dried up,) of the wicked
For ye shall be as an oak with its leaf faded, And as a garden that hath no, water;
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Garments » Illustrative » (white,) of righteousness
I counsel thee to buy of me, gold refined by fire, that thou mayest become rich, - and white raiment, that thou mayest array thyself, and, the shame of thy nakedness, may not be made manifest, - and eye-salve, to anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see.
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Now his appearance, was, as lightning, and, his clothing, white as snow;
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Garments » Illustrative » (washed in wine,) of abundance
Binding, to the vine, his ass, And to the choice vine his ass's colt, He hath washed in wine his raiment, And in the blood of grapes, his mantle:
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Garments » Illustrative » (rolled in blood,) of victory
Surely, every boot of one tramping in tumult, and the war-cloak rolled in blood Then shall serve for burning, food for fire;
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Gates » Illustrative » (of heaven,) of access to God
And he dreamed, and lo! a stairway, planted earthwards, with, its top, reaching towards the heavens, - and lo! messengers of God, ascending and descending thereon; and lo! Yahweh, standing by him, - and he said, I, am Yahweh, God of Abraham thy father and God of Isaac, - The land whereon, thou, art lying, to thee, will I give it and to thy seed; And thy seed shall become as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt break forth westward and eastward, and northward and southward, - And all the families of the ground shall be blessed in thee and in thy seed. read more.
Lo! then, I, am with thee, so will I keep thee in every place whithersoever thou mayest go, and will bring thee back unto this soil, - For I will not forsake thee until I have done that of which I have spoken to thee. And Jacob awoke from his sleep, and said. Surely, Yahweh was in this place, And I, knew it not. And he feared and said, How fearful is this place! None other this, than the house of God! Nor this than the gate of the heavens
Lo! then, I, am with thee, so will I keep thee in every place whithersoever thou mayest go, and will bring thee back unto this soil, - For I will not forsake thee until I have done that of which I have spoken to thee. And Jacob awoke from his sleep, and said. Surely, Yahweh was in this place, And I, knew it not. And he feared and said, How fearful is this place! None other this, than the house of God! Nor this than the gate of the heavens
Gates » Illustrative » (of hell,) of satan's power
And, I also, unto thee, say - Thou, art Peter, - and, upon this rock, will I build my assembly, and, the gates of hades, shall not prevail against it.
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Gates » Illustrative » (strait,) of the entrance to life
Because, narrow, is the gate, and, confined, the way, that leadeth unto life, - and, few, are they who find, it.
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Gates » Illustrative » (wide,) of the entrance to ruin
Enter ye in at, the narrow gate; because broad and roomy is the way that leadeth unto destruction, - and, many, are they who enter thereby:
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Gates » Illustrative » (of the grave,) of death
I, said - In the noontide of my days, I must enter the gates of hades, - I am deprived of the residue of ray years!
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Gates » Illustrative » Of Christ
I, am the door: through me, if anyone enter, he shall be saved, and shall come in and go out, and, pasture, shall find.
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Goat » Illustrative » Of the wicked
Against the shepherds, is kindled mine anger, and, upon the leaders of the flock, will I bring punishment, - for Yahweh of hosts hath visited his flock, the house of Judah, and will make them like his noble horse in battle:
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And there will be gathered before him, all the nations, and he will separate them one from another, just as, the shepherd! separateth the sheep from the goats, - And he will set, the sheep, indeed, on his right hand, but, the goats, on the left.
Goat » Illustrative » Of macedonian empire
Now, I, was observing, when lo! a he-goat, coming in out of the west, over the face of all the earth, but it meddled not with the earth, - and, the goat, had a conspicuous horn between his eyes.
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and, the he-goat, is the king of Greece, - and, the great horn which was between his eyes, the same, is the first king.
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Goat » Illustrative » (flock of,) of the church
HELo! thou art beautiful, my fair one, Lo! thou art beautiful, Thine eyes, are doves, from behind thy veil, - Thy hair, is like a flock of goats, which are reclining on the sides of Mount Gilead:
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Grass » Illustrative » Of shortness and uncertainty of life
Inasmuch as - All flesh, is as grass, and, all the glory thereof, as the flower of grass, - The grass hath withered, and the flower hath fallen out,
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Thou hast snatched them away, A sleep, do they become, In the morning, they are like grass that shooteth up,
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As for man, like grass, are his days, Like the blossom of the field, so, doth he blossom;
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A voice saying Cry! And one said - What should I cry? All flesh, is grass, And, all the grace thereof, like the flower of the field: The grass hath withered The flower hath faded, Because, the breath of Yahweh, hath blown upon it! Surely the people is grass!
Grass » Illustrative » (on tops of houses,) of the wicked
And, their inhabitants, being powerless, were overthrown and put to shame, - they became grass of the field, and young herbage, grass on housetops, and seed withered before it came up.
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And their inhabitants, being powerless, were overthrown and put to shame - They became - Grass of the field and Young herbage, Grass on housetops, and Seed parched before it came up.
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Grass » Illustrative » (refreshed by dew and showers,) of the saints refreshed by grace
Let him come down, Like rain on fields to be mown, Like myriad drops on land to be reaped.
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And, the remnant of Jacob, shall be, in the midst of many peoples, as dew from Yahweh, as myriad drops on plants, - which tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of Adam.
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Grass » Illustrative » Of prosperity of the wicked
When the lawless do thrive like grass, And all the workers of iniquity have blossomed, It is that they may be destroyed for ever.
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hands » Illustrative » (opened,) of liberality
but thou shalt, open, thy hand unto him, - and, lend, him enough to meet the poverty which doth impoverish him.
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Thou givest unto them, they gather, Thou openest thy hand, they are satisfied with good.
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hands » Illustrative » Of power
but, the hand of Yahweh, came upon Elijah, so he girded his loins, - and ran before Ahab, until thou enterest Jezreel.
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So Yahweh gave unto Israel a saviour, and they went forth from under the hand of Syria, - and the sons of Israel dwelt in their own homes, as aforetime.
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hands » Illustrative » (shut,) of illiberality
When there cometh to be among you a needy person any one of thy brethren within any one of thy gates, in thy land, which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart nor shut thy hand from thy needy brother;
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hands » Illustrative » (lifted up against another,) of rebellion
Not so, is the matter! but, a man of the hill country of Ephraim, Sheba son of Bichri, his name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David, give up him alone, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Lo! his head, shall be cast unto thee, through the wall.
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The Heart » Illustrative » Of Christ
SHECome quickly, my beloved, and resemble thou a gazelle, or a young stag, upon the mountains of balsam-trees.
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Resembleth, my beloved, a gazelle, or a young stag, - Lo! here he is, standing behind our wall, looking in at the windows, peeping in at the lattice.
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The Heart » Illustrative » (sure-footedness of,) of experienced saints
Yahweh, My Lord, is my strength, therefore hath he made my feet like hinds, and, upon my high places, will he cause me to march along. To the chief musician, on my double harp.
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Planting my feet like hinds' feet , yea, on my high places, he caused me to stand:
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The Heart » Illustrative » (without pasture,) of the persecuted
Thus hath gone forth from the daughter of Zion, all that adorned her, - Her princes have become like harts that have found no pasture, and have gone strengthless before the pursuer.
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The Heart » Illustrative » (panting for water,) of afflicted saints longing for God
BOOK THE SECOND As, the hart, cometh panting up to the channels of water, So my soul, panteth for thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for a GOD who liveth, - When shall I enter in, and see the face of God?
The Heart » Illustrative » Of converted sinners
Then, shall leap as a hart the lame, Then shall shout the tongue of the dumb, For, there have broken forth - In the desert - waters, And streams, in the waste plain:
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Harvest » Illustrative » Of the end of the world
Suffer both to grow together until the harvest, and at, harvest time, I will say unto the reapers, - Collect ye first, the darnel, and bind it into bundles, with a view to the burning it up; but, the wheat, be gathering it into my barn.
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And, the enemy that sowed them, is the adversary, and, the harvest, is, the conclusion of an age, and, the reapers, are, messengers.
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Harvest » Illustrative » Of ripeness for wrath
Thrust ye in the vintage knife, for, grown ripe, is the vintage, - Go in, tread down, for full is the winepress, flow over do the vats, for abundant is their wickedness.
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And, another messenger, came forth out of the sanctuary, crying out with a loud voice, unto him that was sitting upon the cloud - Thrust in thy sickle, and reap; because the hour to reap is come, because the harvest of the earth is ripe.
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Harvest » Illustrative » Of a time of judgment
For, thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, The daughter of Babylon, is like a threshing, floor at the time of treading her: Yet a little, and the time of harvest shall overtake her.
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Judah too! a harvest is appointed for thee, - in that I will bring back the captivity of my people.
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Harvest » Illustrative » Of a time when many are ready to receive the gospel
Then, saith he unto his disciples, The harvest, indeed, is great, but, the labourers, few; Beg ye, therefore, of the Lord of the harvest, - That he would thrust forth labourers, into his harvest.
Harvest » Illustrative » (cold in,) of a refreshing message
As the cold of snow in the day of harvest, is a faithful messenger to them who send him, - when, the life of his masters, he restoreth.
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Harvest » Illustrative » (rain in,) of honor given to fools
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so, unbecoming to a dullard is honour.
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Harvest » Illustrative » Of seasons of grace
The harvest is passed, The fruit-gathering, is ended; And we are not saved!
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Harvest » Illustrative » (dew in,) of God's protection
For, thus, said Yahweh unto me, - I must be quiet I must look on in my fixed place of abode, - Like a bright heat on the light, Like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
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Head » Illustrative » Of Christ
And did put, all things, in subjection beneath his feet. And gave him to be head over all things unto the assembly,
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And not holding fast the head: from which, all the body, through means of its joints and uniting bands, receiving supply, and connecting itself together, groweth with the growth of God.
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But I wish you to know - that, the head of every man, is, the Christ, and, the head of a woman, is, the man; and, the head of the Christ, is, God.
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Head » Illustrative » (made bald,) of heavy judgments
He hath gone up to Bayith and Dibon, to the high places, to weep, - On Nebo and on Medeba, Moab is howling, On all their heads, a baldness, Every beard, clipped.
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And, when My Lord Yahweh of hosts called in that day, - for weeping, and for lamentation, and for shaving bare and for girding with sackcloth,
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Make thee bald, and cut off thy hair, for the children of thy pleasures, - enlarge thy baldness, like a vulture, for they are exiled from thee.
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And it shall come to pass - That instead of fragrance, a putrid odour, shall be, And instead of a girdle, an encircling rope, And instead of braided hair, baldness, And instead of a festal robe, a girding of sackcloth, Branding instead of beauty:
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Head » Illustrative » (covered,) of subjection
But, every woman, praying, or prophesying, with her head, unveiled, putteth to shame her head, - for it is, one and the same, with her having been shaven.
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For this cause, ought the woman to have, permission, upon her head, because of the messengers.
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Head » Illustrative » Of rulers
and, wheresoever the sons of men do dwell, the wild beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens, hath he given into thy hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou, art the head of gold.
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And Samuel said, Was it not, when, little, thou wast in thine own eyes, that thou wast made, head of the tribes of Israel, - and that Yahweh anointed thee to be king over Israel?
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Head » Illustrative » (lifted up,) of exaltation
In three days more, will Pharaoh lift up thy head, and restore thee to thine office, and thou shalt set the cup of Pharaoh in his hand, according to the former custom when thou wast his butler.
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Now, therefore, shall my head be raised high above my foes round about me, and I will sacrifice in his tent the sacrifices of triumphant joy, I will sing and touch the strings, to Yahweh.
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Head » Illustrative » (anointed,) of joy and prosperity
But thou wilt exalt, as those of the buffalo, my horn, I have been anointed, with fresh oil.
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Thou spreadest before me a table, in face of mine adversaries, Thou hast anointed, with oil, my head, My cup, hath run over.
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Head » Illustrative » (lifted up,) of joy and confidence
But, thou, Yahweh, art a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter up of my head.
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And, when these things are beginning to come to pass, unbend and lift up your heads, because that, your redemption, is drawing near.
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Head » Illustrative » Of God
But I wish you to know - that, the head of every man, is, the Christ, and, the head of a woman, is, the man; and, the head of the Christ, is, God.
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Head » Illustrative » Of chief men
Therefore hath Yahweh cut off from Israel - Head and tail Palm-top and rush, In one day. The eider and favourite, he, is the head, - And the prophet teaching falsehood, he, is the tail;
Head » Illustrative » (covered,) of defense and protection
O Yahweh, My Lord, my saving strength, thou hast screened my head in the day of battle.
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Head » Illustrative » Of the chief city of a kingdom
For, though the head of Syria is Damascus, And, the head of Damascus, is Rezin, Yet within threescore and five years more, shall Ephraim be broken that it shall not be a people;
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Head » Illustrative » (lifted up,) of pride, &c
Hedges » Illustrative » Of heavy judgments
He hath walled up around me, that I cannot get out, hath weighted my fetter;
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Therefore, behold me! hedging up her way, with thorns, - and I will wall her in, and, her footpaths, shall she not find.
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Hedges » Illustrative » Of holy ordinances, &c
Another parable, hear ye: - A man there was, a householder, who planted a vineyard, and, a wall around it, placed, and digged in it a wine-vat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, - and left home.
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And he thoroughly digged it, And gathered out the stones thereof, And planted it with a precious vine, And built a tower in the midst thereof, Moreover also a wine-press, hewed he therein, - Then waited he that it should bring forth grapes. And it brought forth wild grapes:
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Hedges » Illustrative » (broken down,) of the taking away of protection
Now, therefore, I pray you, let me tell, you, what I am about to do to my vineyard, - To take away the fence thereof And it shall be eaten up, To destroy the wall thereof And it shall be trodden down;
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Wherefore hast thou broken down its fences, So that all who pass along the way, pluck its fruit?
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Hedges » Illustrative » Of numerous afflictions
To a man, whose way is concealed, And GOD hath straitly enclosed him?
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My way, hath he walled up, that I cannot pass, and, upon my paths, hath he made darkness rest;
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Hedges » Illustrative » Of the way of the slothful
The way of the sluggard, is like a thorn hedge, but, the path of the upright, is a raised road.
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Hedges » Illustrative » Of God's protection
Hast not, thou thyself, made a hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath, on every side? The work of his hands, thou hast blessed, and, his substance, hath broken forth in the land.
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Herbs » Illustrative » Of the wicked
And, their inhabitants, being powerless, were overthrown and put to shame, - they became grass of the field, and young herbage, grass on housetops, and seed withered before it came up.
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For, like grass, soon shall they wither, and, like green herbage, shall they fade.
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Herbs » Illustrative » (dew on,) of grace given to saints
For, thus, said Yahweh unto me, - I must be quiet I must look on in my fixed place of abode, - Like a bright heat on the light, Like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
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Highways » Illustrative » Of facilities for the restoration of the jews
Pass ye through pass ye through the gates, Prepare ye the way of the people, - Cast ye up, cast ye up the highway, Clear it of stones, Lift ye high a standard unto the peoples.
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So shall there be a highway for the remnant of his people who shall be left out of Assyria, - Like as it was to Israel, in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt!
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Highways » Illustrative » (made in the deserts,) of facilities for the spread of the gospel
A voice of one crying! - In the desert, prepare ye the way of Yahweh, - Make smooth in the waste plain a highway for our God:
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Behold me! doing a new thing, Now, shall it spring forth, Will ye not take note thereof? Surely I will set In the desert, a way, In a desolate land, rivers:
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Highways » Illustrative » (broad,) of the way to destruction
Enter ye in at, the narrow gate; because broad and roomy is the way that leadeth unto destruction, - and, many, are they who enter thereby:
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Highways » Illustrative » (narrow,) of the way of life
Because, narrow, is the gate, and, confined, the way, that leadeth unto life, - and, few, are they who find, it.
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Highways » Illustrative » Of the way of holiness
And there shall be there, a raised way - even a high road, And the Highroad of Holiness, shall it be called, There shall not pass over it one who is unclean; But He Himself, shall be one of them travelling the road, And the perverse, shall not stray thereinto .
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Highways » Illustrative » Of Christ
Jesus saith unto him - I, am the way, and the truth, and the life: No one, cometh unto the Father, but through me.
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Horns » Illustrative » Of antiChristian powers
And the messenger said unto me - Wherefore wast thou astonished? I, will tell thee the secret of the woman, and of the wild-beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and the ten horns.
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And I saw, out of the sea, a wild-beast coming up; having ten horns, and seven heads, and, upon his horns, ten diadems, and, upon his head, names of blasphemy.
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And he carried me away into a desert, in spirit. And I saw a woman, sitting upon a scarlet wild-beast full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
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Horns » Illustrative » Of kings
Now, I, was observing, when lo! a he-goat, coming in out of the west, over the face of all the earth, but it meddled not with the earth, - and, the goat, had a conspicuous horn between his eyes.
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The ram which thou sawest, having the two horns, representeth the kings of Media and Persia;
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After that, I was looking in the visions of the night, when lo! a fourth wild beast, terrible and well-hipped and exceeding strong, and it had, large teeth of iron, it devoured and brake in pieces, and, the residue - with its feet, it trampled down, - and, it, was diverse from all the wild beasts that were before it, and it had, ten horns. I was considering the horns, when lo! another horn, a little one, came up among them, and, three of the former horns, were uprooted from before it, - and lo! eyes, like the eyes of a man, in this horn, and, a mouth, speaking great things.
So then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and lo! a ram, standing before the river, and, it, had two horns, - and, the two horns, were high, but, the one, was higher than the other, and, the higher, had come up, last.
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Horns » Illustrative » (cutting off,) of destruction of power
But, all the horns of the lawless, will I hew off, - Exalted shall be the horns of the Righteous One.
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Cut off is the horn of Moab, Yea, his arm, is broken, - Declareth Yahweh.
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He hath broken off - in the glow of his anger - the whole horn of Israel, hath turned back his right hand, from the face of the foe, - and hath kindled against Jacob, a very fire of flame, devouring round about.
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Horns » Illustrative » (pushing with,) of conquests
His firstborn ox, be an honour to him. And the horns of a buffalo, be his horns, With them, let him thrust, peoples, All at once, to the ends of the earth, - Yea, with these, the myriads of Ephraim, And, with those, the thousands of Manasseh.
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Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion, for, thy horn, will I make to be iron, and, thy hoofs, will I make to he bronze, so shalt thou beat in pieces many peoples, - and shalt devote to Yahweh their unrighteous gain, and their substance, to the Lord of all the earth.
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when Zedekiah son of Chenaanah made himself horns of iron, - and said - Thus, saith Yahweh, - With these, shalt thou push down the Syrians, until thou hast consumed them.
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Horns » Illustrative » (budding of,) of the commencement or revival of a nation
There, will I cause to bud a horn to David, I have prepared a lamp for mine Anointed One;
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In that day, will I cause to bud a horn for the house of Israel, And to thee, will I give an opening of mouth in their midst, So shall they know that, I, am Yahweh.
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Horns » Illustrative » (exalting,) of increase of power and glory
As for Yahweh, - they shall be shattered who contend with him, Over him, in the heavens will he thunder, Yahweh, will judge the ends of the earth, - That he may give strength to his King, And exalt the horn of his Anointed One.
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Then prayed Hannah, and said, My heart hath leaped for joy in Yahweh, My horn is exalted in Yahweh, My mouth is opened wide, o'er my foes, Because I rejoice in thy salvation.
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Horns » Illustrative » Of power of Christ
And hath raised up a horn of salvation for us, In the house of David his servant:
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And I saw, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb, standing, showing that it had been slain, - having seven horns, and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.
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Horns » Illustrative » Of power of the wicked
But, all the horns of the lawless, will I hew off, - Exalted shall be the horns of the Righteous One.
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Save me from the mouth of the lion, - Yea, from the horns of wild beasts, hast thou delivered me.
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Horns » Illustrative » Of power of God
Yahweh, was my mountain crag and my stronghold, and my deliverer: My GOD, was my rock, I sought refuge in him, My shield, and my horn of salvation, my high tower.
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And, a brightness, as light, appeareth, Rays, out of his hand, hath he, - and, there, is the hiding of his power.
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Horns » Illustrative » Of power of ephraim, &c
His firstborn ox, be an honour to him. And the horns of a buffalo, be his horns, With them, let him thrust, peoples, All at once, to the ends of the earth, - Yea, with these, the myriads of Ephraim, And, with those, the thousands of Manasseh.
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Horns » Illustrative » (raising up,) of arrogance
I have said to the boasters, Do not boast, And to the lawless, Do not lift up a horn; Do not lift up on high your horn, Nor speak of the Rock, with arrogance;
Horns » Illustrative » (bringing down,) of degradation
Sackcloth, sewed I on my skin, and rolled - in the dust - my horn:
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Iron » Illustrative » Of severe affliction
whereas you, hath Yahweh taken, and brought you forth out of a smelting-pot of iron, out of Egypt, - that ye might become his own inherited people as at this day.
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The dwellers in darkness and death-shade, bound with oppression and iron;
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Iron » Illustrative » Of severe exercise of power
and he shall shepherd them with a sceptre of iron, - as, vessels of earthenware, are dashed in pieces: - as, I also, have received from my Father.
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Thou shalt shepherd them with a sceptre of iron, - as a potter's vessel, shalt thou dash them in pieces.
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Iron » Illustrative » Of strength
its legs, of iron, - and, its feet, part of them, of iron, and, part of them, of clay.
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And, the fourth kingdom, shall be hard as iron, - in like manner as iron breaketh in pieces and crusheth all things, - even as iron which bringeth to ruins all these, shall it break in pieces and bring to ruins.
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Iron » Illustrative » Of a hard barren soil
And thy heavens which are over thy head shall become bronze, - and the earth which is under thee iron.
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Iron » Illustrative » (seared with,) of insensibility of conscience
in hypocrisy, speaking falsehood, of demons cauterised in their own conscience, -
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Iron » Illustrative » Of stubbornness
Because I knew that - Obstinate, thou wast, - And, a sinew of iron, was thy neck, And thy brow, brazen,
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Jerusalem » Illustrative » Of the church glorified
And, the holy city, new Jerusalem, saw I coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
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He that overcometh, I will make, him, a pillar in the sanctuary of my God, and, outside, shall he in nowise go forth any more; and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God, and I will write upon him my new name.
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And he carried me away, in spirit, unto a mountain great and high, and pointed out to me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God;
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Jerusalem » Illustrative » Of the church
And, the Hagar, is Mount Sinai, in Arabia, - she answereth, however, unto the present Jerusalem, for she is in bondage with her children; But, the Jerusalem above, is free, - the which is our mother;
Jerusalem » Illustrative » (its strong position,) of saints under God's protection
Lambs » Illustrative » Of any thing dear or cherished
Wherefore, hast thou despised the word of Yahweh, by doing that which is wicked in mine eyes? Uriah the Hittite, hast thou smitten with the sword, and, his wife, hast thou taken to thyself to wife, yea, him, hast thou slain with the sword of the sons of Ammon!
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whereas the, poor, man had, nothing, - save one little lamb, which he had made his own, and sustained, and it had grown up with him and with his children, all together, - of his own morsel, used it to eat, and, out of his own cup, used it to drink, and, in his own bosom, used it to lie, and it was to him, as a daughter.
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Lambs » Illustrative » Of Christ as a sacrifice
On the morrow, he beholdeth Jesus, coming unto him, and saith - See! the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sin of the world.
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And I saw, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb, standing, showing that it had been slain, - having seven horns, and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.
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Lambs » Illustrative » Of the lord's people
And the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, And, the leopard, with the kid, shall lie down, - And the calf and the young lion and the fatling - together, With, a little child, leading them;
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Then shall the young rams feed where they please, - And, the wastes of the wealthy, shall strangers consume.
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Lambs » Illustrative » Of weak believers
When, therefore, they had broken their fast, Jesus saith unto Simon Peter - Simon, son of John! lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him - Yea, Lord! thou, knowest that I am fond of thee, he saith unto him - Be feeding my lambs.
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Like a shepherd, his flock, will he tend, In his own arm, will he take up the lambs, And in his own bosom, will he carry them , - Them which are with young, will he lead to a place of rest.
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Lambs » Illustrative » (patience of,) of the patience of Christ
Hard pressed - yet, he, humbled himself Nor opened his mouth - As, a lamb, to the slaughter, is led, And, as a sheep, before her shearers, is dumb - Nor opened his mouth.
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Now, the passage of Scripture which he was reading, was, this: - As a sheep, unto slaughter, was he led, and, as a lamb, before him that sheareth it, is dumb, so, he openeth not his mouth.
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Lambs » Illustrative » (brought to slaughter,) of the wicked under judgments
I will bring them down As fat lambs to slaughter, - As rams with he-goats.
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Lambs » Illustrative » Of purity of Christ
But with precious blood, as of a lamb, unblemished and unspotted, of an Anointed One, -
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Lambs » Illustrative » (consumed in sacrifice,) of complete destruction of the wicked
For, the lawless, shall perish, and, the foes of Yahweh, be like the glory of the meadows, They have vanished! In smoke, have they vanished!
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Lambs » Illustrative » (deserted and exposed,) of israel deprived of God's protection
For, as a heifer that is stubborn, hath Israel, been stubborn, - Now, can Yahweh, turn them out to pasture, like a young ram in a wide place?
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Lambs » Illustrative » (among wolves,) of ministers among the unGodly
Withdraw! Lo! I send you forth as lambs amid wolves.
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Lamps » Illustrative » (put out,) of destruction of the wicked
How oft, the lamp of the lawless, goeth out, and their calamity, cometh upon them, Sorrows, apportioneth he in his anger;
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Even the light of the lawless, shall go out, - Neither shall shine the flame of his fire;
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The light of the righteous, rejoiceth, but, the lamp of the lawless, goeth out.
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Lamps » Illustrative » Of omniscience of Christ
whose body, was like Tarshish-stone, and, his face, like the appearance of lightning, and, his eyes, were like torches of fire, and, his arms and his feet, like the look of bronze burnished, - and, the sound of his words, was like the sound of a multitude.
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And his head and hair, white, like white wool - like snow, and, his eyes, like a flame of fire,
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Lamps » Illustrative » Of the word of God
[NUN] A lamp to my feet, is thy word, and a light to my path.
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For, a lamp, is the commandment, and, the instruction, a light, and, the way of life, are the reproofs of correction:
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Lamps » Illustrative » Of a succession of heirs
But, for the sake of David, did Yahweh his God give him a lamp, in Jerusalem, - by raising up a son of his after him, and by suffering Jerusalem to stand;
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Nevertheless, go his son, will I give one tribe, - to the end there may remain a lamp unto David my servant always before me, in Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen for myself, to put my Name there.
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Lamps » Illustrative » Of God's guidance
For, thou, didst light up my lamp, Yahweh my God, enlightened my darkness;
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For, thou, wast my lamp, O Yahweh, - and, Yahweh, enlightened my darkness;
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Lamps » Illustrative » Of salvation of God
For Zion's sake, will I not hold my peace, And for Jerusalem's sake, will I not rest, - Until her righteousness, go forth as brightness, And her salvation, as a torch that is lighted.
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So it came to pass when, the sun, had gone in, and Ira thick darkness, had come on, that lo there was a smoking hearth and torch of fire, which passed through between these pieces.
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Lamps » Illustrative » Of severe judgments
And, the third messenger, sounded; and there fell, out of heaven, a great star, burning as a torch, and it fell upon the third of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters.
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Lamps » Illustrative » (totally quenched,) of complete destruction of those who curse parents
Whoso revileth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in deep darkness.
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Lamps » Illustrative » Of graces of the holy ghost
And, out of the throne, are coming forth lightnings, and voices, and thunderings; and there are seven torches of fire, burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God;
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Lamps » Illustrative » Of spirit of man
The lamp of Yahweh, is the spirit of a son of earth, searching all the chambers of the inner man.
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Lamps » Illustrative » Of wise rulers
but Abishai son of Zeruiah, came to his help, and smote the Philistine, and slew him. Then, sware the men of David unto him, saying - Thou must not go forth any more with us, to battle, that thou quench not the lamp of Israel.
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Lamps » Illustrative » Of glory of the cherubim
As for the likeness of the living ones, their appearance was like live coals of fire burning up like the appearance of torches, the same went to and fro between the living ones, - and the fire had brightness and out of the fire, went forth a lightning.
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Lamps » Illustrative » Of ministers
He, was the burning and shining lamp, and, ye, were willing to exult, for an hour, in his light.
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Lebanon » Illustrative » (fragrance of,) of the graces of the church
With sweetness, thy lips do drip, O bride, - Honey and milk, are under thy tongue, and, the fragrance of thy garments, is like the fragrance of Lebanon.
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His branches, shall spread, that, like an olive-tree, may be his fresh beauty, - and his fragrance, like Lebanon. They who dwell in his shade shall again show life like the corn, and break forth as the vine, - and, the remembrance of him, shall be like the wine of Lebanon.
Lebanon » Illustrative » Of the jewish nation
O inhabitress of Lebanon that makest thy nest in the cedars, - How hast thou bemoaned thyself Now that pangs have overtaken thee, Anguish, as of her that giveth birth.
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For Thus, saith Yahweh Concerning the house of the king of Judah, - Though thou wast Gilead, to me, The summit of Lebanon, Yet surely I will make thee, A wilderness, Cities, not habitable;
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Lebanon » Illustrative » Of great and powerful monarchs
Then will he fell the thickets of the forest with iron, - And, Lebanon by a majestic one shall fall.
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Therefore, thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh of hosts, Do not fear O my people dwelling in Zion, because of Assyria, - When with his rod, he would smite thee, And when his staff, he would lift up against thee in the manner of Egypt;
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Lebanon » Illustrative » (glory of,) of the glory of the church
It shall, blossom abundantly, and exult, Yea with exultation and shouts of triumph, The glory of Lebanon, hath been given to it, The splendour of Carmel, and Sharon, - They, shall see the glory of Yahweh, the splendour of our God.
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The glory of Lebanon, unto thee, shall come, The fir-tree the holm-oak, and the sherbin-cedar, together, To adorn the place of my sanctuary, And the place of my feet, will I make glorious.
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Lebanon » Illustrative » Of the temple
Open, O Lebanon, thy doors, - that a fire, may devour, thy cedar,
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Lebanon » Illustrative » (mourning of,) of deep affliction
Thus, saith My Lord Yahweh, In the day when he descended into hades, I caused a mourning. I covered over him the roaring deep, And restrained the currents thereof And stayed were the mighty waters, So caused I gloom over him unto Lebanon, And all the trees of the field for him were covered with a shroud.
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Lebanon » Illustrative » Of the gentile world
Is it not yet a very little while, And Lebanon shall be turned, into garden land, - And garden land, for a forest, be reckoned?
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Lebanon » Illustrative » (shaking of its forests,) of prodigious growth of the church
May there be an abundance of corn in the earth, in the top of the mountains, - Let the fruit thereof, wave like Lebanon, And they of the city bloom like the fresh shoots of the earth.
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Leopard » Illustrative » Of antiChrist
And, the beast which I saw, was like unto a leopard; and, his feet, as of a bear, and, his mouth, as the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave unto him his power, and his throne, and great authority.
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Leopard » Illustrative » (tamed,) of the wicked subdued by the gospel
And the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, And, the leopard, with the kid, shall lie down, - And the calf and the young lion and the fatling - together, With, a little child, leading them;
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Leopard » Illustrative » Of the macedonian empire
After that, I was looking, and lo! another like a leopard, and it, had four wings of a bird upon its back, - and four heads, had the wild beast, and dominion, was given to it,
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Leopard » Illustrative » Of God in his judgments
Therefore am I become to them as a lion, - As a leopard by the way, do I watch.
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Lions » Illustrative » Of God in executing judgments
A bear lying in wait, he is to me, a lion, in secret places;
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I will fall upon them as a bear bereaved, and will read asunder the enclosure of their heart, - that I may devour them there, like a lioness, the wild beast of the field, shall tear them in pieces.
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For, I, will be as a lion unto Ephraim, and as a young lion to the house of Judah, - I, I, will tear in pieces, and depart, I will carry off, and none be able to rescue.
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I cried out, until morning, like a lion, Thus, will he break all my bones! From day until night, Thou wilt finish me!
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Lions » Illustrative » Of cruel and powerful enemies
Lo! like a lion, will he come up from the majesty of the Jordan, unto the pasture perennial, But I will wink - I will make him run away therefrom, Who then shall be the Chosen One whom over it, I may set in charge? For who shall be like unto, me? And who shall appoint me, a time? And who is the Shepherd that shall stand before, me?
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A roar, hath he, like a lioness, - He will roar like wild lions - And will growl, and lay hold on prey, and carry into safety, and there be none to deliver.
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Together, like wild lions, shall they roar, - They have growled like lions' whelps.
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Lions » Illustrative » Of imaginary fears of the slothful
Saith the sluggard, A lion outside! Amidst the broadways, shall I be slain.
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Saith the sluggard, A roaring lion in the road! A tearing lion in the midst of the broadways.
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Lions » Illustrative » (roaring of,) of a king's wrath
The growl as of a young lion, is the rage of a king, but, like dew upon the grass, is his good pleasure.
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The growl as of a young lion, is the dread inspired by a king, he that provoketh him, endangereth his own life.
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Lions » Illustrative » Of brave men
Saul and Jonathan, delightfully loving in their lives, even, in their death, were not divided, - Beyond eagles, were they swift, beyond lions, were they strong!
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Benaiah also, son of Jehoiadah, son of an active man, hero of many a deed, a man of Kabzeel, he, smote the two sons of Ariel of Moab, he, also went down and smote a lion in the midst of a pit, on a day of snow;
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Lions » Illustrative » Of persecutors
But, the Lord, stood by me, and empowered me, in order that, through me, the proclamation, might be fully made, and, all the nations, might hear; and I was delivered out of the mouth of a lion: -
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They have opened wide against me their mouth, A lion rending and roaring.
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Lions » Illustrative » (tamed,) of the natural man subdued by grace
And the cow, with the bear shall find pasture, Together, shall their young ones, lie down, - And, the lion, like the ox, shall eat straw;
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The wolf and the lamb, shall feed, in unity, And, the lion, as an ox, shall eat straw; But as for the serpent, dust, shall be his food: They shall not harm - Nor shall they destroy, In all my holy mountain, saith Yahweh.
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Lions » Illustrative » Of the tribe of gad
And, of Gad, he said: Blessed, be he that hath made room for Gad, - As a lioness, hath he laid himself down, And hath torn an arm likewise the crown of the head;
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Lions » Illustrative » Of Christ
And, one of the elders, saith unto me - Do not weep! Lo! the lion that is of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, hath overcome, to open the scroll and the seven seals thereof.
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Lions » Illustrative » Of boldness of saints
The lawless, fleeth when no man pursueth, but, the righteous, like a lion, are confident.
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Lions » Illustrative » Of the tribe of judah
A lion's whelp, is Judah, From the prey, my son hast thou come up! He hath stooped - hath crouched As a lion - or as a lioness, Who shall rouse him?
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Lions » Illustrative » Of israel
He hath knelt - hath lain down, Like a strong lion, yea like a lioness, Who shall rouse him up? Such as bless thee are each one blessed, But, such, as curse thee, are each one cursed.
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Lions » Illustrative » Of God in protecting his church
For Thus, hath Yahweh said unto me - Like as a lion or a young lion growleth over his prey. Who - though there be called out against him a multitude of shepherds - Will not at their voice, be dismayed, Nor, at their noise, be daunted, So, will Yahweh of hosts come down, to make war over Mount Zion, and over the hill thereof.
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Lions » Illustrative » Of the devil
Be sober! be watchful! Your slanderous adversary, as a roaring lion, is walking about - seeking to devour:
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Locusts » Illustrative » Of destructive enemies
For, a nation, hath come up over my land, bold, and without number, - his teeth, are the teeth of a lion, and, the fangs of a lioness, hath he!
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A day of obscurity and deep gloom, a day of cloud, and thick darkness, as dusk, spread over the mountains, - a people, many and bold, like whom, hath not been from age-past times, and, after whom, shall not be again unto the years of generation after generation. Before him, hath a fire, devoured, and, after him, shall a flame, consume, - As the garden of Eden, is the land before him, but, after him, a desert most desolate, Moreover also, escape, giveth he none. As the appearance of horses, is his appearance, and, as war-horses, so, shall they run: read more.
Like the noise of chariots on the tops of the mountains, shall they rattle along, like the noise of a flame of fire, devouring dry straw, - like a people bold, arrayed for battle. Because of him, shall peoples', be in anguish, - all faces, have withdrawn their colour. Like heroes, shall they run, like men of war, shall they mount a wall, - and, every one - along his own road, shall they march along, and shall not change their paths; Nor, against each other, shall they strike, Each - on his own highway, shall they march, - though, in among the weapons, they fall, they shall not stop. Upon the city, shall they leap, on the wall, shall they run, up the houses, shall they climb, - through the windows, shall they enter, like a thief,
Like the noise of chariots on the tops of the mountains, shall they rattle along, like the noise of a flame of fire, devouring dry straw, - like a people bold, arrayed for battle. Because of him, shall peoples', be in anguish, - all faces, have withdrawn their colour. Like heroes, shall they run, like men of war, shall they mount a wall, - and, every one - along his own road, shall they march along, and shall not change their paths; Nor, against each other, shall they strike, Each - on his own highway, shall they march, - though, in among the weapons, they fall, they shall not stop. Upon the city, shall they leap, on the wall, shall they run, up the houses, shall they climb, - through the windows, shall they enter, like a thief,
Locusts » Illustrative » Of false teachers of the apostacy
And, out of the smoke, came forth, locusts, upon the earth; and there was given unto them licence, as the scorpions of the earth have licence.
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Locusts » Illustrative » (destruction of,) of destruction of God's enemies
There, shall a fire devour thee, the sword, shall cut thee off, it shall devour thee like the grass locust, make thyself numerous like the grass locust, make thyself numerous as the swarming locust:
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Locusts » Illustrative » Of unGodly rulers
Thy mercenary crowds, are like the swarming locust, and, thy mixed multitudes, like locusts - swarms of locusts, - which settle in the hedges on a cold day, the sun, hath broken forth, and they are in flight, and unknown is the place where they are!
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Measures » Illustrative » (drinking water, by measure) of severe famine
And he said unto me, Son of man Behold me! breaking the staff of bread in Jerusalem, So shall they eat bread by weight and with anxious care, And water by measure, and in astonishment, shall they drink:
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and water by measure, shalt thou drink the sixth part of a hin,-from time to time shalt thou drink;
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Measures » Illustrative » (weighing the waters in a measure,) of God's infinite wisdom
GOD, understandeth the way thereof, and, he, discerneth the place thereof;
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Making, for the wind, a weight, and, the waters, he proved by measure,
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Measures » Illustrative » (the measure of the stature of Christ,) of perfection
Until we all advance - into the oneness of the faith, and the personal knowledge of the Son of God, into a man of full-growth, into the measure of the stature of the fulness of the Christ;
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Measures » Illustrative » (correcting in measure,) of mitigated afflictions
For with thee, am, I, Declareth Yahweh To save thee, - Though I make an end of all the nations whither I have scattered thee, Yet will I not of thee, make an end, But will chastise thee in measure, not holding thee, guiltless!
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Measures » Illustrative » (measuring the dust of the earth,) of God's greatness
Who hath measured, with the hollow of his hand, the waters. Or the heavens with a span, hath meted out, Or hath comprehended, in a measure, the dust of the earth, Or weighed, in scales, the mountains, Or the hills, in a balance?
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Measures » Illustrative » (opening the mouth without measure,) of the insatiableness of hell
Therefore, hath hades enlarged her desire, And opened her mouth to its widest, - And their glory, and their multitude and their pomp. and he that is uproarious shall descend thereinto.
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Measures » Illustrative » (drinking tears in great measure,) of severe afflictions
Thou hast fed them with the food of tears, And hast caused them to drink the water of weeping in threefold abundance.
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Measures » Illustrative » (the measure of our days,) of the shortness of life
Let me know, O Yahweh, mine end, And the measure of my days - what it is, I would know how short-lived I am.
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Mills » Illustrative » (ceasing,) of desolation
And sound of harp-singers, and musicians, and flute-players, and trumpeters, - in nowise be heard in thee any more; and any artisan of any art, - in nowise be found in thee any more; and sound of millstone, - in nowise be found in thee any more;
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And I will banish from among them - The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, The voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, - The sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp:
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Mills » Illustrative » (grinding at,) of degradation, &c
Down - and sit in the dust, O virgin Daughter of Babylon, Sit on the ground - throneless, Daughter of the Chaldeans; For thou shalt no more be called Tender and Dainty. Take millstones, and grind meal, - Put back thy veil - tuck up thy train Bare the leg, wade through streams:
Moon » Illustrative » (withdrawing her light,) of deep calamities
But, straightway after the tribulation of those days, the sun, will be darkened, and, the moon, will not give her brightness, and, the stars, will fall from heaven, - and, the powers of the heavens, will be shaken;
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For the stars of the heavens and their constellations, shall not flash forth their light, - Obscured shall be the sun in his going forth, And the moon, shall not shed her light.
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Before him, hath quaked the earth, have trembled the heavens, - the sun and the moon, have become dark, and, the stars, have withdrawn their shining;
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The sun and the moon, have become dark, - and, the stars, have withdrawn their shining,
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Moon » Illustrative » Of fairness of the church
THEYWho is this, that looketh forth like the dawn, beautiful as the moon, pure as the sun, majestic as bannered hosts?
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Moon » Illustrative » Of changeableness of the world
And, a great sign, appeared in heaven: a woman arrayed with the sun, and, the moon, beneath her feet, and, upon her head, a crown of twelve stars;
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Moon » Illustrative » (becoming blood,) of judgments
And I saw, when he opened the sixth seal, that a, great earthquake, took place; and, the sun, became black as sackcloth of hair, and, the full moon, became as blood,
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Moon » Illustrative » Of glory of Christ in the church
No more shall go in, thy sun, Nor thy moon, withdraw itself, - For, Yahweh, will become to thee an age-abiding light, So shall be ended the days of thy mourning.
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Morning » Illustrative » (breaking forth,) of the glory of the church
THEYWho is this, that looketh forth like the dawn, beautiful as the moon, pure as the sun, majestic as bannered hosts?
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Then, shall break forth, as the dawn, thy light, And thy new flesh shall speedily grow, - Then shall go before thee, thy righteousness, the glory of Yahweh shall bring up thy rear:
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Morning » Illustrative » (star of,) of the glory of Christ
I, Jesus, have sent my messenger, to bear witness unto you of these things, for the assemblies. I, am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright and the morning Star.
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Morning » Illustrative » (star of,) of reward of saints
And I will give unto him the morning star.
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Morning » Illustrative » (wings of,) of rapid movements
If I mount the wings of the dawn, settle down in the region beyond the sea,
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Morning » Illustrative » Of the resurrection day
Like sheep - into hades, are they driven, Death shall shepherd them, - And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning, Even their form, is to decay, Hades, is all that remaineth of a habitation for him.
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Morning » Illustrative » (clouds in,) of the short lived profession of hypocrites
What can I do unto thee, O Ephraim? What can I do unto thee, O Judah? for, your lovingkindness, is like a morning cloud, yea, like the dew, early departing!
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Morning » Illustrative » (spread upon the mountains,) of heavy calamities
A day of obscurity and deep gloom, a day of cloud, and thick darkness, as dusk, spread over the mountains, - a people, many and bold, like whom, hath not been from age-past times, and, after whom, shall not be again unto the years of generation after generation.
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Moths » Illustrative » (eating a garment,) of God's judgments
Lo! My Lord, Yahweh, will help me, Who is he that shall prove me lawless? Lo! they all, as a garment, shall fall to pieces, the moth shall consume them.
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For like a garment, shall they be eaten of the moth, And like wool, shall they he eaten of the larva; But, my righteousness, unto times age-abiding shall continue, And, my salvation, unto the remotest generation.
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Moths » Illustrative » Of God in the execution of his judgments
But, I, was like a moth, to Ephraim, - and like rotten wood to the house of Judah.
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Moths » Illustrative » (making its house in garments,) of man's folly in providing earthly things
He hath built, like a moth, his house, - like a hut, which a watcher hath made.
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Moths » Illustrative » (garments eaten by,) of those who have suffered severe judgments
And, a man himself, as a rotten thing, weareth out, as a garment which the moth hath eaten.
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Mountains » Illustrative » Of difficulties
And, he, saith unto them - Because of your little faith. For, verily, I say unto you - If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say to this mountain, remove hence yonder; and it shall be removed, and, nothing, shall be impossible to you.
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Who, art, thou, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel, brought down to a plain! So shall he bring forth the headstone, with thundering shouts Beautiful! Beautiful! thereunto.
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Let, every valley, be exalted, And every mountain and hill, be made low, - And, the steep ground become, level, And, the chain of hills - a plain:
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Mountains » Illustrative » Of the church of God
Then were broken in pieces at once, the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold, and became like chaff out of the summer threshing-floors, and the wind, carried them away, and, no place, was found for them, - but, the stone that smote the image, became a mighty rock, and filled all the land.
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But it shall come to pass, in the afterpart of the days, That the mountain of the house of Yahweh Shall be, set up, as the head of the mountains, And be exalted above the hills, - And all the nations, shall stream thereunto;
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And, in the days of those kings, shall the God of the heavens, set up, a kingdom which, to the ages, shall not be destroyed, and, the kingdom, to another people, shall not be left, - it shall break in pieces and make an end of all these kingdoms, but, itself, shall stand to the ages. Forasmuch as thou sawest that, out of the rock, a stone tare itself away, but not with hands, and brake in pieces the clay, the iron, the bronze, the silver and the gold, the mighty God, hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter. Exact then is the dream, and trusty its interpretation.
Mountains » Illustrative » (burning,) of destructive enemies
Behold me! against thee, O destroying mountain Declareth Yahweh, That destroyest all the earth, - Therefore will I stretch out my hand over thee, And roll thee down from the crags, And make of thee a burning mountain:
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And, the second messenger, sounded; and, as it were a great mountain burning with fire, was cast into the sea; and the third of the sea became blood,
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Mountains » Illustrative » (breaking forth into singing,) of exceeding joy
Shout in triumph ye heavens for Yahweh, hath effectually wrought. Shout, O ye underparts of the earth, Ring out, Ye mountains, into cries of triumph, Thou forest, and every tree therein, - For, Yahweh, hath redeemed, Jacob, And in Israel, will he get himself glory.
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For with gladness shall ye come forth, And in peace, shall ye be led, - the mountains and the hills shall break out, before you, into shouts of triumph, And all the wild trees shall clap their hands:
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Mountains » Illustrative » (made waste,) of desolation
And, Esau, have I hated, - and made his mountains a desolation, and his inheritance a dwelling for the jackals of the wilderness.
I will lay waste mountains, and hills, And all their vegetation, will I wither, - And I will make rivers to be shores, And lakes, will I dry up:
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Mountains » Illustrative » Of persons in authority
Shout in triumph ye heavens for Yahweh, hath effectually wrought. Shout, O ye underparts of the earth, Ring out, Ye mountains, into cries of triumph, Thou forest, and every tree therein, - For, Yahweh, hath redeemed, Jacob, And in Israel, will he get himself glory.
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May the mountains bring peace to the people, And the hills be laden with righteousness;
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Mountains » Illustrative » (threshing of,) of heavy judgments
Lo! I have made of thee a new pointed threshing sledge, owning teeth, - Thou shalt thresh mountains and crush them, And, hills - like chaff, shalt thou make:
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Mountains » Illustrative » Of proud and haughty persons
And upon all the lofty mountains, - And upon all the uplifted hills;
Mountains » Illustrative » Of God's righteousness
Thy righteousness, is like mighty mountains, and, thy just decrees, are a great resounding deep, - Man and beast, thou savest, O Yahweh!
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Mountains » Illustrative » (dropping new wine,) of abundance
Lo! days are coming, Declareth Yahweh, that, the plowman, shall overtake, the reaper, and, he that treadeth out the grapes, him that traileth the seed, - so shall, the mountains, drip sweet wine, and, all the hills, shall melt;
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Music » Illustrative » Of joy and gladness
Yahweh, thy God, in the midst of thee, as a mighty one, will save, - will be glad over thee with rejoicing, will be silent in his love, will exult over thee with shouts of triumph.
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Speaking to yourselves, with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs; singing, and striking the strings, with your heart unto the Lord;
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Music » Illustrative » Of heavenly felicity
And, when he took the scroll, the four living creatures, and the four-and-twenty elders, fell down before the Lamb, having, each one, a harp, and bowls of gold full of incense, - which are the prayers of the saints; and they sing a new song, saying - Worthy, art thou, to take the scroll and to open the seals thereof; because thou wast slain, and didst redeem unto God by thy blood men out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation,
Music » Illustrative » (ceasing of,) of calamities
Ceased hath the mirth of timbrels, Ended is the noise of the uproarious, - Ceased hath the mirth of the lyre: With a song, they drink not wine, - Bitter is strong drink, to them who drink it:
Oak Trees » Illustrative » Of wicked rulers
And upon all cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, - And upon all the oaks of Bashan;
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Howl, fir-tree, for fallen is the cedar, because, the majestic ones, are spoiled: howl, ye oaks of Bashan, for the inaccessible forest, hath come down.
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Oak Trees » Illustrative » (fading,) of the wicked under judgments
For ye shall be as an oak with its leaf faded, And as a garden that hath no, water;
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Oak Trees » Illustrative » Of the church
Yet still shall there be in it a tenth, Though it again be consumed, - Like an oak and like a terebinth Which when felled, have a stock in them, A holy seed, shall be the stock thereof. Courage.
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Oak Trees » Illustrative » Of strong and powerful men
Yet it was, I, who destroyed the Amorite, from before them, whose height was, like the height of cedars, and, strong, was he, like the oaks, - but I destroyed his fruit above, and his roots beneath.
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Olive Trees » Illustrative » (when wild,) of the gentiles
For, if, thou, out of the naturally wild olive was cut out, and, beyond nature, hast been engrafted into the good olive, how much rather, shall these, the natural branches be engrafted into their own olive tree?
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If, however, some of the branches, have been broken out, and, thou, being a wild olive hast been grafted in among them, and hast become a joint partaker of the root of the fatness of the olive,
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Olive Trees » Illustrative » Of Christ
For, if, thou, out of the naturally wild olive was cut out, and, beyond nature, hast been engrafted into the good olive, how much rather, shall these, the natural branches be engrafted into their own olive tree?
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If, however, some of the branches, have been broken out, and, thou, being a wild olive hast been grafted in among them, and hast become a joint partaker of the root of the fatness of the olive,
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Olive Trees » Illustrative » (gleaning of,) of the remnant of grace
Yet shall there be left therein, a gleaning. As in the beating of an olive-tree, - Two-three berries in the head of the tree-top, - Four - five, among her fruitful boughs, Declareth Yahweh God of Israel.
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When, thus, it shall be in the earth in the midst of the peoples, There shall be like the shaking of an olive-tree, like the going round to pick when closed is the harvest.
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Olive Trees » Illustrative » Of the righteous
But, I, am like a flourishing olive-tree, in the house of God, I have put confidence in the lovingkindness of God, for times age-abiding and beyond.
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His branches, shall spread, that, like an olive-tree, may be his fresh beauty, - and his fragrance, like Lebanon.
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Olive Trees » Illustrative » Of the two witnesses
And I will give unto my two witnesses, that they shall prophesy, a thousand two hundred and sixty days, arrayed in sackcloth. These, are the two olive-trees, and the two lamps, which, before the Lord of the earth, do stand.
Olive Trees » Illustrative » Of the jewish church
A green olive-tree, fair with goodly fruit, did Yahweh call thy name, - with the noise of a great tumult, hath he kindled fire upon it, and the branches thereof shall be broken.
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Olive Trees » Illustrative » Probable origin of its being the emblem of peace
And the dove came in unto him at eventide, and lo! a newly sprouted olive-leaf, in her mouth, - so Noah knew that the waters had abated from off the earth.
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Olive Trees » Illustrative » Of children of pious parents
Thy wife, like a fruitful vine, within the recesses of thy house, - Thy children, like plantings of olive-trees, round about thy table.
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Ostriches » Illustrative » Of the unnatural cruelty of the jews in their calamities
Even wild dogs, draw out the breast, give suck to their whelps - The daughter of my people, hath become cruel, like the ostriches in the desert.
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Ostriches » Illustrative » (companionship with,) of extreme desolation
A brother, became I to the brutes that howl, and a companion to the birds that screech:
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Oxen » Illustrative » (prepared for a feast,) of the provision of the gospel
Again, sent he other servants, saying - Say to the invited, Lo! my dinner, have I prepared, mine oxen and my fatlings, are slain, - and, all things, are, ready: Come ye into the marriage-feast.
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hath slaughtered her beasts, hath mingled her wine, hath even set in order her table;
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Oxen » Illustrative » (engaged in husbandry,) of ministers
How happy are ye who sow beside all waters, - Who send forth the foot of the ox and the ass.
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And the oxen and the young asses that till the ground, salted provender, shall eat, which hath been winnowed with shovel or fan.
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Oxen » Illustrative » (not muzzled in treading corn,) of minister's right to support
For, in the law of Moses, it is written - Thou shalt not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the corn: - Is it, for the oxen, God is caring? Or, for our sakes altogether, is he saying it? For our sakes, it was written; because, he that ploweth, ought, to plow, in hope, - and, he that thresheth, to thresh in hope of partaking.
Oxen » Illustrative » (led to slaughter,) of saints under persecution
But, I, was as a gentle lamb that is to be led to the slaughter, - and I knew not that against me, they had devised devices saying - Let us destroy the tree with its fruit Yea let us cut him off out of the land of the living, And, his name, shall be remembered no more!
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Oxen » Illustrative » (stall fed,) of sumptuous living
Better is an allowance of herbs, and love, there, than a fatted ox, and hatred therewith.
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Oxen » Illustrative » (led to slaughter,) of a rash youth
Going after her instantly, as an ox, to the slaughter, he entereth, and, as in fetters, unto the correction of a fool.
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Plowing » Illustrative » Of peace and prosperity
And he will judge between the nations, And be umpire to many peoples, - And they will beat their swords into ploughshares and their spears into pruning-hooks, Nation - against nation, shall not lift up sword, Neither shall they learn any more to make war,
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And he will judge between many peoples, and be umpire to strong nations far and wide, - and they will beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks, Nation - against nation - shall not lift up sword, neither shall they learn - any more - to make war.
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Plowing » Illustrative » Of a course of sin
So far as I have seen, They who plow for iniquity and sow misery, reap the same:
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Ye have plowed lawlessness, perversity, have ye reaped, ye have eaten the fruit of deception, - because thou didst trust in thy chariots, in the multitude of thy mighty men.
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Plowing » Illustrative » Of the labor ministers
Or, for our sakes altogether, is he saying it? For our sakes, it was written; because, he that ploweth, ought, to plow, in hope, - and, he that thresheth, to thresh in hope of partaking.
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Plowing » Illustrative » Of repentance and reformation
For thus saith Yahweh Unto the men of Judah and unto Jerusalem, Till ye the untilled ground, - And do not sow among thorns.
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Plowing » Illustrative » Of a severe course of affliction
But, Ephraim, shall be a heifer broken in, loving to tread out corn, when, I, have passed over upon her fair neck, - I will drive Ephraim, Judah, shall plow, Jacob, shall harrow to him.
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Plowing » Illustrative » (attention and constancy required in,) of continued devotedness
But Jesus said unto him - No one, laying the hand on a plough and looking unto the things behind, is, fit, for the kingdom of God.
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Pomegranate-trees » Illustrative » Of saints
HETo the garden of nuts, I went down, to look at the fresh shoots of the ravine, - to see whether: had burst forth the vine, had blossomed the pomegranate: -
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Let us get up early to the vineyards, Let us see whether the vine, hath burst forth, the blossom, hath opened, the pomegranates, have bloomed, - There, will I give my caresses to thee.
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Pomegranate-trees » Illustrative » (fruit of,) of the graces of the church
Like a cord of crimson, are thy lips, and, thy mouth, is lovely, - Like a slice of pomegranate, are thy temples, behind thy veil:
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Like a slice of pomegranate, are thy temples, from behind thy veil:
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Pomegranate-trees » Illustrative » (an orchard of,) of the church
Thy buddings forth, are a paradise of pomegranates, with precious fruits, - henna bushes, with nard blossoms:
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Pools and ponds » Illustrative » (in the wilderness,) of the gifts of the spirit
I will open, On bare hills rivers, and In the midst of plains, fountains, - I will make The desert, a lake of water, and Parched land, springs of water;
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Then shall the glowing sand, become a lake, And thirsty ground - springs of water, - In the home of the wild dog - its lair, Shall he an enclosure for cane and paper - reed.
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Pools and ponds » Illustrative » (turning cities into,) of great desolation
And will make her a possession for the bittern, And marshes of water, - And will sweep it with the besom of destruction, Declareth Yahweh of hosts.
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Pools and ponds » Illustrative » Of nineveh
Yet, as for Nineveh, like a reservoir of waters, are her waters, - but, those men, are in flight! Stand! stand but no one is turning.
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Rain » Illustrative » Of spiritual blessings
Passing through the balsam-vale, A place of fountains, they make it, Yea, with blessings, is it covered by the early rain.
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A bounteous rain, dost thou shed abroad, O God, upon thine inheritance, When exhausted, thou thyself, hast supported it:
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And I, will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing,- And I will cause the abundant rain to come down in its season abundant rains of blessing, shall they be;
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Rain » Illustrative » (destructive,) of God's judgments
He will rain upon the lawless live-coals, Fire and brimstone and a burning wind, are the portion of their cup.
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Then will I contend with him by pestilence and by blood,- And an overflowing downpour and ha- stones fire and brimstone, will I rain Upon him, and Upon his hordes, and Upon the many peoples who are with him.
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It shall be that, to fill his belly, he will thrust at him the glow of his anger, and rain it upon him for his punishment.
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Rain » Illustrative » Of Christ in the communication of his graces
Let him come down, Like rain on fields to be mown, Like myriad drops on land to be reaped.
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Then let us know - let us press on to know - Yahweh, Like the dawn, is his coming forth assured, - that he may come like a down-pour upon us, like the harvest-rain, and the seed-rain of the land.
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Rain » Illustrative » Of the doctrine of faithful ministers
Let my teaching drop as the rain, Let my speech distil as the dew, - As copious rains on tender grass, As myriad drops on seeding plants.
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Rain » Illustrative » Of the word of God
For, as the rain and the snow descend from the heavens. And thither, do not return, Except they have watered the earth. And caused it to bring forth and bud, - And given seed to the sower, and bread to the eater, So, shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth, It shall not return unto me void, - But shall accomplish that which I please, And shall prosper in that whereunto I have sent it.
Rain » Illustrative » (destructive,) of a poor man oppressing the poor
A poor man, who oppresseth the helpless, is like a rain beating down, leaving no food.
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Rain » Illustrative » Of righteousness
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap ye at thc bidding of lovingkindness, furrow to yourselves the newly-ploughed soil, - then will be the time to seek Yahweh, until he come, that he may rain down righteousness for you.
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Rings » Illustrative » Of the glory of Christ
His hands, cylinders of gold, set with topaz, - His body, wrought work of ivory, covered with sapphires:
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Rings » Illustrative » (put on the hands,) of favor
But the father said unto his servants - Quick! bring forth a robe - the best! and put on him, and get out a ring for his hand, and sandals for his feet.
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Rivers » Illustrative » (drying up of,) of God's judgments
Though he pass through a sea of affliction, yet shall he smite the sea, with its waves, and the roaring depths of the Nile, shall appear dry, - So shall be brought down the pride of Assyria, and, the sceptre of Egypt, shall depart;
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Who rebuketh the sea and hath made it dry, and, all the streams, hath he dried up, - withered are Bashan and Carmel, Even the bloom of Lebanon, is withered:
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Therefore, Thus, sith Yahweh, Behold me! pleading thy cause, So then I will execute the avenging of thee; And will dry up her sea, And make dry her spring:
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The oracle on Egypt: Lo! Yahweh, riding upon a swift cloud, and he will enter Egypt, And the idols of Egypt shall shake at his presence, And, the heart of Egypt, shall melt within him; And I will stir up Egyptians against Egyptians, And they shall fight - Every one against his brother and Every one against his neighbour, - City against city, and Kingdom against kingdom. And the spirit of Egypt, shall vanish, within them, Yea the sagacity thereof, will I swallow up, - And they will seek Unto the idols and Unto them that mutter, and Unto them that have familiar spirits, and Unto the wizards; read more.
And I will deliver the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel lord, - And a fierce king shall rule over them, Declareth the Lord, Yahweh of hosts. And the waters shall be dried up from the great stream, - And the River, shall waste and be dry; And rivers, shall stink, The canals of Egypt be shallow and waste, Reed and rush, he withered; The meadows by the Nile, by the mouth of the Nile. And all that is sown in the Nile, Shall be dry, driven away, and not be! Then shall the fishers, lament, And all shall mourn who cast in the Nile a hook, - And they who spread nets on the face of the waters shall languish;
And I will deliver the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel lord, - And a fierce king shall rule over them, Declareth the Lord, Yahweh of hosts. And the waters shall be dried up from the great stream, - And the River, shall waste and be dry; And rivers, shall stink, The canals of Egypt be shallow and waste, Reed and rush, he withered; The meadows by the Nile, by the mouth of the Nile. And all that is sown in the Nile, Shall be dry, driven away, and not be! Then shall the fishers, lament, And all shall mourn who cast in the Nile a hook, - And they who spread nets on the face of the waters shall languish;
Rivers » Illustrative » Of the gifts and graces of the holy spirit
A river! whose channels, shall gladden the city of God, The Most High, hath hallowed his habitation.
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I will open, On bare hills rivers, and In the midst of plains, fountains, - I will make The desert, a lake of water, and Parched land, springs of water;
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Behold me! doing a new thing, Now, shall it spring forth, Will ye not take note thereof? Surely I will set In the desert, a way, In a desolate land, rivers: The wild beast of the field shall honour me, Jackals, and ostriches, Because I have given - In the desert, waters, Rivers in, desolate land, To give drink unto my people, my chosen:
Rivers » Illustrative » (overflowing of,) of God's judgments
Lo! My Lord hath one who is, strong and bold, Like a storm of hail, a destroying tempest, Like a storm of mighty waters overflowing, Hath he thrust it down to the earth with force:
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now therefore, lo! the Lord is about to bring up against them the waters, strong and many, of the River, even the king of Assyria and all his glory, - and he shall rise over all his channels, and flow over all his banks;
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So shall be wiped out your covenant with death, And your vision with hades, not stand, - When the overflowing scourge, sweepeth past, then shall ye be thereby beaten down:
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Rivers » Illustrative » (fruitfulness of trees planted by,) of the permanent prosperity of saints
So doth he become like a tree planted by streams of waters, - that yieldeth, its fruit, in its season, whose leaf, also doth not wither, and, whatsoever he doeth, prospereth.
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For he shall become like a tree planted by waters, And, by a stream, shall he send out his roots, Neither shall he perceive when heat cometh, But, his leaf shall continue green: Even in a year of dearth, shall he not be anxious, Neither shall he cease from hearing fruit.
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Rivers » Illustrative » Of heavy afflictions
I have sunk in deep swamp, Where there is no place to stand, I have come into abysses of waters, Where a flood hath overflowed me;
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When thou passest through the waters, with thee, I am, Or, through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee, - When thou walkest through fire, thou shall not be scorched, And, a flame, shall not kindle upon thee;
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Rivers » Illustrative » Of the abundance of grace in Christ
So shall each one become As a hiding-place from the wind And a covert from the storm, - As channels of water ill a dry place, As the shadow of a massive cliff in a weary land.
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Because, out of his fulness, we all, received, even favour over against favour.
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Rivers » Illustrative » Of abundance
Let him not see in the channels the flowings of torrents of honey and milk.
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When my steps were bathed in milk, and, the rock, poured out beside me, rivulets of oil:
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Rivers » Illustrative » (steady course of,) of peace of saints
For, thus, saith Yahweh, - Behold me! extending unto her like a river, prosperity, And as a torrent o'erflowing, the glory of the nations. That ye may draw it forth - Upon the side, shall ye be carried, and Upon the knees, shall ye be caressed:
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Rivers » Illustrative » Of people flying from judgments
Pass through thy land as the Nile, - O daughter of Tarshish, there is no restraint any longer!
Sackcloth » Illustrative » (girding with,) of heavy afflictions
And, when My Lord Yahweh of hosts called in that day, - for weeping, and for lamentation, and for shaving bare and for girding with sackcloth,
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And it shall come to pass - That instead of fragrance, a putrid odour, shall be, And instead of a girdle, an encircling rope, And instead of braided hair, baldness, And instead of a festal robe, a girding of sackcloth, Branding instead of beauty:
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Tremble, ye women in comfort, Be troubled ye daughters so confident, - Strip! and bare yourselves, and gird some-what on your loins:
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Sackcloth » Illustrative » (heavens becoming black as,) of severe judgments
And I saw, when he opened the sixth seal, that a, great earthquake, took place; and, the sun, became black as sackcloth of hair, and, the full moon, became as blood,
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Sackcloth » Illustrative » (covering the heavens with,) of severe judgments
I clothe the heavens with gloom, And, of sackcloth, make I their covering.
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Sackcloth » Illustrative » (putting of,) of joy and gladness
Thou hast turned my lamentation, into a dance for me, - Thou hast torn off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness:
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Salt » Illustrative » (without savor,) of graceless professors
Ye, are the salt of the earth; but, if the salt become tasteless, wherewith shall it be salted? it is good, for nothing, any more, save, being cast out, to be trampled on by men.
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Salt is, good: but, if, salt, become, saltless, wherewith will ye, prepare, it? Have, within yourselves, salt, and be at peace, one with another.
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Salt » Illustrative » Of wisdom in speech
Your discourse being always with benefit, with salt, seasoned, - that ye may know how it behoveth you, unto each one, to be making answer.
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Salt » Illustrative » (pits of,) of desolation
Wherefore, as I live, declareth Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, Surely, Moab, like Sodom, shall become, and, the sons of Ammon, like Gomorrah, a possession for the thorn, and a pit of salt, Yea a desolation, unto times age-abiding: The remnant of my people, shall make of them a prey, and, the residue of my nation, shall inherit them.
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Salt » Illustrative » Of saints
Ye, are the salt of the earth; but, if the salt become tasteless, wherewith shall it be salted? it is good, for nothing, any more, save, being cast out, to be trampled on by men.
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Salt » Illustrative » Of grace in the heart
Salt is, good: but, if, salt, become, saltless, wherewith will ye, prepare, it? Have, within yourselves, salt, and be at peace, one with another.
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Salt » Illustrative » Preparation » The wicked » For destruction
For, everyone, with fire, shall be salted.
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Scorpions » Illustrative » Ministers of antiChrist
And, out of the smoke, came forth, locusts, upon the earth; and there was given unto them licence, as the scorpions of the earth have licence.
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And it was given unto them, that they should not slay them, but that they should be tormented five months; and, the torture of them, was as of a scorpion's torture, whensoever it smiteth a man.
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and they have tails like unto scorpions, and stings, and, in their tails, is their licence to injure men five months.
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Scorpions » Illustrative » Severe scourges
Now, therefore, whereas, my father, laid upon you a heavy yoke, I, will add to your yoke, - My father, did chastise you with whips, but, I, will chastise you with scorpions.
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Scorpions » Illustrative » Wicked men
But thou son of man Be not afraid of them Nor of their words, be afraid Though thorns and thistles are about thee, And amongst prickly plants, thou dost dwell, Of their words, be not afraid nor At their faces, be thou dismayed, For a perverse house, they are!
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the Sea » Illustrative » (smooth as glass,) of the peace of heaven
And I saw as a glassy sea mingled with fire, and them who escape victorious from the beast, and from his image, and from the number of his name, standing upon the glassy sea, having harps of God;
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and, before the throne, is as a glassy sea, like unto crystal. And, in the midst of the throne, and around the throne, are four living creatures full of eyes, before and behind;
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the Sea » Illustrative » Of heavy afflictions
When thou passest through the waters, with thee, I am, Or, through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee, - When thou walkest through fire, thou shall not be scorched, And, a flame, shall not kindle upon thee;
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How shall I solemnly admonish thee? What shall I liken to thee, thou daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare with thee, that I may comfort thee, thou virgin, daughter of Zion? for, great as the sea, is thy grievous injury, Who can heal thee?
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the Sea » Illustrative » (covered with waters,) of the diffusion of spiritual knowledge over the earth in the latter days
For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Yahweh, - as, the waters, cover the sea.
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They shall not hurt - nor destroy, in all my holy mountain, - For filled is the land with the knowledge of Yahweh, As the waters, to the sea, form a covering.
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the Sea » Illustrative » (roaring,) of hostile armies
Yea he will growl at him in that day, like the growling of the sea, - Though he look hard for the land, lo! the darkness of distress, Yea the light, hath grown dark in its clouds!
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Bow and javelin, shall they grasp, Cruel, is he! So they will not have compassion, Their voice, like the sea, will roar, And on horses, will they ride, - Arrayed each one, like a man for battle, Against thee, O daughter of Zion!
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the Sea » Illustrative » (waves of,) of devastating armies
Therefore, Thus, saith My Lord Yahweh, Behold me! against thee O Tyre, - So then I will bring up against thee many nations, As the sea bringeth up its rolling waves; And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre. And break down her towers, And I will scrape clean her dust from off her, - And make of her the glaring face of a cliff:
the Sea » Illustrative » (waves of,) of righteousness
Oh! that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments, - Then had been, like a river, thy prosperity, And, thy righteousness, like the waves of the sea:
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the Sea » Illustrative » (trouble,) of the wicked
But, the lawless, are like the sea when tossed, - For, rest, it cannot! But its waters toss out mire and dirt.
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the Sea » Illustrative » (waves of,) of the unsteady
But let him be asking in faith, nothing, doubting, for, he that doubteth, is like a wave of the sea, wind-driven and storm-tossed, -
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Seed » Illustrative
As to this, however, he that soweth sparingly, sparingly, also shall reap, and, he that soweth with blessings, with blessings, also shall reap:
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In the morning, sow thy seed, and, until evening, do not withhold thy hand, - for thou knowest not - whether shall thrive, either this or that, or whether, both alike, shall be fruitful.
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Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap ye at thc bidding of lovingkindness, furrow to yourselves the newly-ploughed soil, - then will be the time to seek Yahweh, until he come, that he may rain down righteousness for you.
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Be not deceiving yourselves! God, is not to be mocked; for, whatsoever a man soweth, the same, shall he also reap, - Because, he that soweth into his own flesh, out of the flesh, shall reap corruption, whereas, he that soweth into the Spirit, out of the Spirit, shall reap age-abiding life.
Serpents » Illustrative » Of the devil
and he laid hold of the dragon, the ancient serpent, who is Adversary and the Accuser, and bound him for a thousand years, -
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And the great dragon was cast out, - the ancient serpent, he that is called Adversary and the Satan, that deceiveth the whole habitable world, - he was cast to the earth, and his messengers, with him, were cast.
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Now, the serpent, was more crafty than any living thing of the field which Yahweh God had made, so he said unto the woman, Can it really be that God hath said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
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But I fear lest, by any means, as, the serpent, completely deceived Eve, in his craftiness, your minds should be corrupted from the singleness and the chastenesswhich are due unto the Christ.
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Serpents » Illustrative » (poisonous bite of,) of baneful effects of wine
Its after effect, is that, like a serpent, it biteth, and, like a viper, it doth sting.
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For, the tippler and the glutton, shall come to poverty, and, rags, shall Slumber put on!
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Serpents » Illustrative » Of enemies who harass and destroy
For behold me! sending among you serpents - vipers which there is no charming, - And they shall fatally bite you declareth Yahweh.
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Do not rejoice, Philistia, any of thee, In that the rod of him that smote thee, is broken, - For, out of the root of the serpent, shall come forth, a viper, And his fruit be a fiery dragon that flieth.
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Serpents » Illustrative » Of the tribe of dan
It cometh to pass that, Dan, is a serpent upon the way, A horned viper, upon the path, - That biteth the heels of the horse, And his rider falleth backwards: -
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Serpents » Illustrative » Of hypocrites
Serpents! broods of vipers! how should ye flee from the judgment of gehenna?
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Serpents » Illustrative » (sharp tongue of,) of malice of the wicked
They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent, - The poison of the asp, is under their lips. Selah.
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Sheep » Illustrative » (in proneness to wander,) of those who depart from God
We all, like sheep, had gone astray, Every man - to his way, had we burned, - And Yahweh! caused to light upon him The guilt of, us all!
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I have strayed like a wandering sheep, O seek thy servant, For, thy commandments, have I not forgotten.
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That which is straying, will I seek out. And that which hath been driven away, will I bring back, And that width is tern, will I bind up, And the weak, will I strengthen,- But the fat and the strong, will I watch I will feed them with justice.
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Sheep » Illustrative » Of the jews
And he set forth, like sheep, his people, And guided them, like a flock in the desert;
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Wherefore, O God, hast thou cast off utterly? Shall thine anger smoke against the flock of thine own pasturing?
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So, we, thy people, and the sheep of thy pasture, will give thanks unto thee, to times age-abiding, - To generation after generation, will we recount thy praise.
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Sheep » Illustrative » Of the people of Christ
He saith unto him, again, the second time - Simon, son of John! lovest thou me? He saith unto him - Yea, Lord! thou, knowest that I am fond of thee. He saith unto him - Be shepherding my sheep. He saith unto him, the third time - Simon, son of John! art thou fond of me? Peter was grieved, that he said unto him, the third time, Art thou fond of me? and he said unto him - Lord! all things, thou, knowest: thou perceivest that I am fond of thee. Jesus saith unto him - Be feeding my sheep.
Jesus, therefore, said, again - Verily, verily, I say unto you: - I, am the door of the sheep: All, as many as came before me, are thieves, and, robbers: but the sheep hearkened nor unto them. I, am the door: through me, if anyone enter, he shall be saved, and shall come in and go out, and, pasture, shall find. read more.
The thief, cometh not, save that he may thieve and slay and destroy: I, came, that, life, they might have, and, above measure, might have. I, am the good shepherd: The good shepherd, his life, layeth down, for the sheep. The hireling, even because he is no shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, vieweth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth, - and, the wolf, seizeth them and scattereth, - Because, a hireling, he is, and hath no care for the sheep. I, am the good shepherd, and know my own, and, my own, know me, - Just as, the Father, knoweth me, and, I, know, the Father; and, my life, I lay down for the sheep. And, other sheep, have I, which are not of this fold: those also, I must needs bring, and, unto my voice, will they hearken, and there shall come to be, One flock, One shepherd. Therefore, doth the Father, love, me, because, I, lay down my life, that, again, I may receive it: - No one, forced it from me, but, I, lay it down, of myself, - Authority, have I, to lay it down, and, authority, have I, again, to receive it: This commandment, received I, from my Father. A division, again, took place among the Jews, because of these words. But many from among them were saying - A demon, he hath, and is raving, - Why, unto him, do ye hearken? Others, said - These sayings, are not those of one demonized, - Can, a demon, open the eyes of, the blind? The feast of dedication took place at that time, in Jerusalem: it was, winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the porch of Solomon. The Jews, therefore, surrounded him, and were saying unto him - How long, holdest thou, our lives, in suspense? If, thou, art the Christ, tell us, plainly. Jesus answered them - I told you, and ye believe not: The works which, I, am doing in the name of my Father, the same, bear witness concerning me. But, ye, believe not, because ye are not of my sheep.
The thief, cometh not, save that he may thieve and slay and destroy: I, came, that, life, they might have, and, above measure, might have. I, am the good shepherd: The good shepherd, his life, layeth down, for the sheep. The hireling, even because he is no shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, vieweth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth, - and, the wolf, seizeth them and scattereth, - Because, a hireling, he is, and hath no care for the sheep. I, am the good shepherd, and know my own, and, my own, know me, - Just as, the Father, knoweth me, and, I, know, the Father; and, my life, I lay down for the sheep. And, other sheep, have I, which are not of this fold: those also, I must needs bring, and, unto my voice, will they hearken, and there shall come to be, One flock, One shepherd. Therefore, doth the Father, love, me, because, I, lay down my life, that, again, I may receive it: - No one, forced it from me, but, I, lay it down, of myself, - Authority, have I, to lay it down, and, authority, have I, again, to receive it: This commandment, received I, from my Father. A division, again, took place among the Jews, because of these words. But many from among them were saying - A demon, he hath, and is raving, - Why, unto him, do ye hearken? Others, said - These sayings, are not those of one demonized, - Can, a demon, open the eyes of, the blind? The feast of dedication took place at that time, in Jerusalem: it was, winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the porch of Solomon. The Jews, therefore, surrounded him, and were saying unto him - How long, holdest thou, our lives, in suspense? If, thou, art the Christ, tell us, plainly. Jesus answered them - I told you, and ye believe not: The works which, I, am doing in the name of my Father, the same, bear witness concerning me. But, ye, believe not, because ye are not of my sheep.
Sheep » Illustrative » (when found,) of restored sinners
I say unto you - Thus, joy in heaven, will there be, over one sinner repenting, rather than over ninety-nine righteous persons, who indeed have, no need, of repentance.
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And, finding it, he layeth it upon his shoulders, rejoicing;
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Sheep » Illustrative » (separated from the goats,) of the separation of saints from the wicked
And there will be gathered before him, all the nations, and he will separate them one from another, just as, the shepherd! separateth the sheep from the goats, - And he will set, the sheep, indeed, on his right hand, but, the goats, on the left.
Sheep » Illustrative » (lost,) of the unregenerate
But be going, rather, unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
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Sheep » Illustrative » (in patience and simplicity,) of patience, &c of Christ
Hard pressed - yet, he, humbled himself Nor opened his mouth - As, a lamb, to the slaughter, is led, And, as a sheep, before her shearers, is dumb - Nor opened his mouth.
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Sheep » Illustrative » Of the wicked in their death
Like sheep - into hades, are they driven, Death shall shepherd them, - And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning, Even their form, is to decay, Hades, is all that remaineth of a habitation for him.
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Sheep » Illustrative » Of those under God's judgment
O God! with our own ears, have we heard, Our fathers, have recounted to us, - The work thou didst work, In their day, In the days of aforetime:
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Shepherds » Illustrative » (ignorant and foolish,) of bad ministers
Thus, saith My Lord. Yahweh, Behold me! against the shepherds So then I will require my flock at their hand And will cause them to cease tending the fleck, Neither shall the shepherds any longer tend themselves, But I will deliver my flock out of their mouth, that they may not be their food.
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And, the dogs, are greedy they know not to be satisfied. Yea, they, are shepherds who know not to discern, - All of them unto their own way, have turned, Every man to his unjust gain, on every hand:
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Son of man, Prophesy against the shepherds of Israel,- Prophesy, and thou shalt say unto them, even to the shepherds - Thus, saith My Lord Yahweh - Alas! for the shepherds of Israel who have been tending, themselves, Is it not the flock that the shepherds should tend?
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Wandering sheep, have my people, been, Their own shepherds led them astray, On the mountains, they seduced them, From mountain to hill, have they gone, They have forgotten their couching-place.
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Shepherds » Illustrative » Of Christ as the good shepherd
O Sword! awake against my shepherd, even against the man that is my companion, urgeth Yahweh of hosts, - Smite the shepherd, and let the flock, be scattered, Howbeit I will turn back my hand over the little ones.
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But, the God of peace, He that led up from among the dead the great Shepherd of the sheep, with the blood of an age-abiding covenant, - our Lord Jesus,
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And I will raise up over them one shepherd And he shall tend them, Even my servant David, - Hell will tend them, And libel will become to them a shepherd;
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I, am the good shepherd, and know my own, and, my own, know me, -
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Shepherds » Illustrative » Of kings as the leaders of the people
Who saith of Cyrus - My Shepherd! and All my pleasure, shall he make good Even saying of Jerusalem - She shall be built! And of the temple - Be her foundation laid!
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Lo! like a lion, will he come up from the majesty of the Jordan, unto the pasture perennial, But I will wink - I will make him run away therefrom, Who then shall be the Chosen One whom over it, I may set in charge? For who shall be like unto, me? And who shall appoint me, a time? And who is the Shepherd that shall stand before, me?
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Against her, shall come shepherds with their flocks; They have pitched against her their tents, round about, They tend their flocks every one near at hand.
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Shepherds » Illustrative » (their care and tenderness,) of tenderness of Christ
Like a shepherd, his flock, will he tend, In his own arm, will he take up the lambs, And in his own bosom, will he carry them , - Them which are with young, will he lead to a place of rest.
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And I will bring them out from among the peoples And will gather them out of the lands, And will bring them upon their own soil, And will tend them Upon the mountains of Israel, In the ravines. And in all the habitable places of the land: In good pastures, will I feed them, And on the mountains of the height of Israel, shall be their fold, - There, shall they lie down in a fold that is good, And on pasture that is fat, shall they feed. among the mountains of Israel. myself will tend my flock. And, I, myself will cause them to lie down, Declareth My Lord Yahweh: read more.
That which is straying, will I seek out. And that which hath been driven away, will I bring back, And that width is tern, will I bind up, And the weak, will I strengthen,- But the fat and the strong, will I watch I will feed them with justice.
That which is straying, will I seek out. And that which hath been driven away, will I bring back, And that width is tern, will I bind up, And the weak, will I strengthen,- But the fat and the strong, will I watch I will feed them with justice.
Shepherds » Illustrative » (searching out straying sheep,) of Christ seeking the lost
As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day he is in the midst of his sheep that are scattered, So! will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all the places where they were scattered in the day of cloud and thick darkness;
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and both the Pharisees and the Scribes were murmuring, saying, This man, unto sinners, giveth welcome, and eateth with them. And he spake unto them this parable, saying - What man from among you, having a hundred sheep, and losing, from among them, one, doth not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go his way after the lost one, until he find it? read more.
And, finding it, he layeth it upon his shoulders, rejoicing; and, coming unto his house, calleth together the friends and the neighbours, saying unto them - Rejoice with me! because I have found my sheep that was lost! I say unto you - Thus, joy in heaven, will there be, over one sinner repenting, rather than over ninety-nine righteous persons, who indeed have, no need, of repentance.
And, finding it, he layeth it upon his shoulders, rejoicing; and, coming unto his house, calleth together the friends and the neighbours, saying unto them - Rejoice with me! because I have found my sheep that was lost! I say unto you - Thus, joy in heaven, will there be, over one sinner repenting, rather than over ninety-nine righteous persons, who indeed have, no need, of repentance.
Shepherds » Illustrative » Of God as leader of israel
Thou didst lead, like a flock, thy people, By the hand of Moses and Aaron.
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O Shepherd of Israel, give ear, Thou who leddest forth Joseph like a rock, Thou who art throned on the cherubim, appear!
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Shepherds » Illustrative » Ministers » Of the gospel
And I will raise up over them shepherds who will tend them, - So shall they not be afraid any more, nor be dismayed nor be missing, Declareth Yahweh.
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Ships » Illustrative » (wrecked,) of departure from the faith
Holding faith and a good conscience, - which some, thrusting from them, concerning their faith, have made shipwreck: -
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Ships » Illustrative » Of industrious women
She is like the ships of the merchant, from afar, she bringeth in her food;
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Shoes » Illustrative » Of the beauty conferred on saints
But the father said unto his servants - Quick! bring forth a robe - the best! and put on him, and get out a ring for his hand, and sandals for his feet.
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How beautiful, are thy feet in sandals, O daughter of a noble, - The curvings of thy hips, are like ornaments wrought by the hands of a skilled workman:
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Shoes » Illustrative » (taken off,) of an ignominious and servile condition
Withhold thy foot from being unshod, And thy throat from thirst! But thou saidst Hopeless! No! for I love foreigners and after them, will I go.
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Take millstones, and grind meal, - Put back thy veil - tuck up thy train Bare the leg, wade through streams:
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Shoes » Illustrative » (thrown over a place,) of subjection
Moab, is my wash-bowl, Upon Edom, will I throw my shoe, Over Philistia! raise shout of triumph.
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Moab, is my wash-bowl, Upon Edom, will I throw my shoe, Over Philistia, raise a shout of triumph.
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Shoes » Illustrative » Of the preparation of the gospel
And shod your feet with the readiness of the glad-message of peace;
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Shoes » Illustrative » (having blood on,) of being engaged in war and slaughter
Moreover also, thou, knowest what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me, how he dealt with two generals of the armies of Israel - with Abner son of Ner, and with Amasa son of Jether - both of whom he slew, shedding the blood of war in peace, - and putting the blood of war upon his girdle that was on his loins, and upon his sandals, that were on his feet.
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Silver » Illustrative » Of saints purified by affliction
And I will bring the third into the fire, and will smelt them as one smelteth silver, and will try them, as one trieth gold, - It, will call upon my name, and, I, will answer it, and will say, My people, it is! and, it, will say, Yahweh, is my God!
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For thou didst prove us, O God, Thou didst refine us, according to the refining of silver:
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Silver » Illustrative » (dross of,) of the wicked
Son of man, The house of Israel hath become to me, dross, - They all are copper and tin and iron and lead in the midst of a furnace, The dross of silver, have they become.
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Thy silver, hath become dross, - Thy wine, weakened with water;
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Silver » Illustrative » Of the medo-persian kingdom
As for this image, its head, was of fine gold, its breast and its arms, were of silver, - its belly and its thighs, of bronze;
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And, after thee, shall arise another kingdom, inferior to thee, - and another - a third kingdom, of bronze, which shall bear rule throughout all the earth.
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Silver » Illustrative » Of the tongue of the just
Choice silver, is the tongue of the righteous, but, the sense of the lawless, is very small.
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Silver » Illustrative » Of good rulers
Thy silver, hath become dross, - Thy wine, weakened with water; Thy rulers, are unruly, and companions of thieves, Every one of the people, loveth a bribe, and runneth after rewards, - The fatherless, they do not vindicate, And, the plea of the widow, reacheth them not.
Silver » Illustrative » (reprobate,) of the wicked
Rejected silver, are they called, For, Yahweh, hath rejected them.
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Silver » Illustrative » (labor of seeking for,) of diligence required for attaining knowledge
If thou seek her as silver, and, like hid treasure, thou search for her,
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Silver » Illustrative » Of the words of the lord
The words of Yahweh, are words, that are pure, silver refined in a crucible of earth, purified seven times!
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Stars » Illustrative » (withdrawing their light,) of severe judgments
And when I quench thee, I will cover the heavens, And obscure their stars, - The sun - with a cloud, will I cover, And the moon shall not shed her light;
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For the stars of the heavens and their constellations, shall not flash forth their light, - Obscured shall be the sun in his going forth, And the moon, shall not shed her light.
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Before him, hath quaked the earth, have trembled the heavens, - the sun and the moon, have become dark, and, the stars, have withdrawn their shining;
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The sun and the moon, have become dark, - and, the stars, have withdrawn their shining,
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Stars » Illustrative » Of ministers
Unto the messenger of the assembly, in Ephesus, write: - These things, saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, he that walketh in the midst of the seven lamps of gold:
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And, having in his right hand, seven stars, and, out of his mouth, a sharp, two-edged sword, going forth; and, his whole appearance, as when, the sun, shineth in its strength.
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Stars » Illustrative » Of princes and subordinate governors
And, the fourth messenger, sounded; and the third of the sun was smitten, and the third of the moon, and the third of the stars, - in order that the third of them might be darkened, and the day might not shine for the third of it, and the night, in like manner.
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yea it became great as far as the host of the heavens, - and caused to fall, to the earth, some of the host and some of the stars, and trampled them underfoot;
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Stars » Illustrative » (bright and morning star,) of Christ
I, Jesus, have sent my messenger, to bear witness unto you of these things, for the assemblies. I, am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright and the morning Star.
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Stars » Illustrative » (morning star,) of glory to be given to faithful saints
And I will give unto him the morning star.
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Stars » Illustrative » Of Christ
I see One, who is not now, I observe One, who is not nigh, - There hath marched forth a Star out of Jacob. And arisen a Sceptre out of Israel, That hath dishonoured the beard of Mesh, Yea the crown of the head of all the tumultuous;
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Stars » Illustrative » (setting the nest amongst,) of pride and carnal security
Though thou build high like an eagle, and though, among the stars, thou set thy nest, from thence, will I bring thee down, Declareth Yahweh.
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Stars » Illustrative » (shining of,) of the reward of faithful ministers
and, they who make wise, shall shine like the shining of the expanse, - and, they who bring the many to righteousness, like the stars to times age-abiding and beyond.
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Stars » Illustrative » (wandering,) of false teachers
Wild waves of sea, foaming out their own infamies, wandering stars, for whom the gloom of darkness age-abiding hath been reserved.
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Stars » Illustrative » Of angels
When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
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The sun » Illustrative » Of the glory of Christ
and was transformed before them, - and his face shone as the sun, and, his garments, became white as the light.
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And I saw another, a mighty messenger, descending out of heaven, - arrayed with a cloud, and, the rainbow, was upon his head, and, his face, was as the sun, and, his feet, were as pillars of fire,
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And, having in his right hand, seven stars, and, out of his mouth, a sharp, two-edged sword, going forth; and, his whole appearance, as when, the sun, shineth in its strength.
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The sun » Illustrative » (darkened,) of severe calamities
The sun, shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, - before the coming of the great and awful day of Yahweh.
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And when I quench thee, I will cover the heavens, And obscure their stars, - The sun - with a cloud, will I cover, And the moon shall not shed her light;
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Before him, hath quaked the earth, have trembled the heavens, - the sun and the moon, have become dark, and, the stars, have withdrawn their shining;
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The sun » Illustrative » (its brightness,) of the future glory of saints
and, they who make wise, shall shine like the shining of the expanse, - and, they who bring the many to righteousness, like the stars to times age-abiding and beyond.
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Then, the righteous, will shine forth as the sun, in the kingdom of their Father. He that hath ears, let him hear!
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The sun » Illustrative » Of supreme rulers
For the stars of the heavens and their constellations, shall not flash forth their light, - Obscured shall be the sun in his going forth, And the moon, shall not shed her light.
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Then dreamed he, yet another, dream, and related it to his brethren, and said: - Lo! I have dreamed a dream, yet again, Lo! then, the sun and the moon, and eleven stars, were bowing themselves down to me.
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The sun » Illustrative » (going down at noon,) of premature destruction
Yea it shall come to pass, in that day, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh, that I will cause the sun to go in at high noon, - and will darken the earth on a day of brightness.!
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Languisheth! she who had given birth to seven, She hath breathed out her life Her sun hath gone in, while yet it was day, She hath turned pale and hath turned red, - And the remnant of them, to the sword, will I deliver before their enemies, Declareth Yahweh.
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The sun » Illustrative » (its clearness,) of the purity of the church
THEYWho is this, that looketh forth like the dawn, beautiful as the moon, pure as the sun, majestic as bannered hosts?
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The sun » Illustrative » (before or in sight of,) of public ignominy
Thus, saith Yahweh, - Behold me! raising up over thee calamity out of thine own household, and I will take thy wives, before thine eyes, and give unto thy neighbour, and he will lie with thy wives, in the eyes of this sun. For, thou, didst it, in secret, - but, I, will do this thing, before all Israel, and before the sun.
The sun » Illustrative » (no more going down,) of perpetual blessedness
No more shall go in, thy sun, Nor thy moon, withdraw itself, - For, Yahweh, will become to thee an age-abiding light, So shall be ended the days of thy mourning.
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The sun » Illustrative » (its power,) of the triumph of saints
So, perish all thine enemies, O Yahweh, But be, they who love him, as the going forth of the sun, in his might! And the land had rest forty years.
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The sun » Illustrative » Of Christ's coming
So shall the sun of righteousness, arise to you who revere my Name, with healing in his wings, - and ye shall come forth and leap for joy like calves let loose from the stall;
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The sun » Illustrative » Of God's favor
For, a sun and shield, is Yahweh God, - Grace and glory, will Yahweh give, He will not withhold what is good, from them who walk without blame.
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Swords » Illustrative » Of severe and heavy calamities
Or, a sword, I should bring upon that land, and should say. O sword! thou shalt go through the land, and so I should cut off therefrom, man and beast,
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A third part in the fire, shalt thou burn in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled, - and thou shalt take a third part, thou shalt smite it with the cuting instrument round about it, and a third part, shalt thou scatter to the wind, and sword, will I, make bare after then;
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Son of man, Prophesy and thou shalt say, Thus saith My Lord, - Say, A sword! a sword! Sharpened moreover also furbished:
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Swords » Illustrative » Of the tongue of the wicked
My soul, is in the midst of lions, I lie down amidst flames, As for the sons of men, Their teeth, are spear and arrows, And, their tongue, is a sharp sword.
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Who have sharpened, like a sword, their tongue, Have made ready their arrow - a bitter word;
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There is who babbleth, as with thrusts of a sword, but, the tongue of the wise, hath healing.
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Swords » Illustrative » Of the justice of God
O Sword! awake against my shepherd, even against the man that is my companion, urgeth Yahweh of hosts, - Smite the shepherd, and let the flock, be scattered, Howbeit I will turn back my hand over the little ones.
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If I whet my flashing sword, And my hand take bold on justice, I will return vengeance unto mine adversaries, And them who hate me, will I requite:
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Swords » Illustrative » (drawing of,) of war and destruction
When, even you, I scatter among the nations, And make bare after you, a sword, Then shall your land become an astonishment, And your cities become a desolation.
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Thou shalt say then to the so of Israel Thus saith Yahweh, Behold me against thee, Therefore will I bring forth my sword out of its sheath, - and will cut off from thee the righteous and the lawless. Because I have cut off from thee the righteous and the lawless, Therefore shall my sword go forth out of its sheath against all flesh from south to north: So shall all flesh know that, I, Yahweh have brought forth my sword out of its sheath, - it shall not return any more.
Swords » Illustrative » Of the word of Christ
And he made my mouth, like a sharp sword, In the shadow of his hand, he concealed me, - And made of me a polished arrow, In his quiver, he hid me;
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And, having in his right hand, seven stars, and, out of his mouth, a sharp, two-edged sword, going forth; and, his whole appearance, as when, the sun, shineth in its strength.
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Swords » Illustrative » Of the word of God
And, the helmet of salvation, welcome ye, and the sword of the spirit, which is what God hath spoken,
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For, living, is the word of God, and, energetic, and more cutting than any knife with two edges, and penetrating as far as a dividing asunder of soul and spirit, of joints also, and marrow, and able to judge the impulses and designs of the heart;
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Swords » Illustrative » Of the protection of God
How happy art thou, O Israel! Who is like unto thee, O people victorious in Yahweh? Thy helpful shield, who also is thy majestic sword, - So that thy foes come cringing unto thee, And, thou, upon their heights, dost march along.
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Swords » Illustrative » (not departing from one's house,) of perpetual calamity
Now, therefore, the sword shall not depart from thy house, unto age-abiding times, - because thou hast despised me, and taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.
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Swords » Illustrative » Of false witnesses
A hammer and a sword, and a sharpened arrow, is a man becoming a false witness against his neighbour.
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Swords » Illustrative » (putting, into its sheath,) of peace and friendship
Ah! thou sword of Yahweh, How long, wilt thou not be quiet? Withdraw into thy scabbard, Rest thyself and be still.
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Swords » Illustrative » (living by,) of rapine
And on thy sword, shalt thou live, And thy brother, shalt thou serve: But it shall come to pass when thou shalt rove at large, Then shalt thou break his yoke from off thy neck.
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Swords » Illustrative » Of war and contention
Do not think, that I came to thrust peace upon the earth, - I came not to thrust, peace, but, a sword;
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Swords » Illustrative » Of the end of the wicked
But, the latter end of her, is bitter as wormwood, sharp, as a two-edged sword!
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Swords » Illustrative » Of persecuting spirit of the wicked
A sword, have the lawless, drawn out, and have trodden their bow, - To bring down the oppressed and the needy, To slaughter the upright in life:
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Swords » Illustrative » Of judicial authority
For, God's minister, is he unto thee for that which is good. But, if, that which is evil, thou be doing, be afraid! For, not in vain, the sword he beareth; for, God's minister, he is, - an avenger, unto anger, to him who practiseth what is evil.
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Swords » Illustrative » Of the wicked
Rise, Yahweh! Confront his face, Bring him down, Deliver my soul from the lawless one who is thy sword:
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Swords » Illustrative » Of deep mental affliction
And, thou! through thy very soul, shall pass a sword, that, reasonings, may be revealed, out of many hearts.
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Tabernacle » Illustrative » Of the church
O Yahweh! Who shall be a guest in thy tent? Who shall abide in thy holy mountain?
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Of the Holy place, a public minister, and of the Real Tent, which, the Lord, pitched and not man.
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Enlarge the space of thy tent And the curtains of thy habitations, let them spread forth do not spare, - Lengthen thy cords, And thy tent-pins, make thou fast;
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So shall be established, in lovingkindness, a throne, And one shall sit thereon, in truth, in the home of David, - Judging - and seeking justice and speeding righteousness.
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And, the holy city, new Jerusalem, saw I coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice out of the throne, saying - Lo! the tent of God, is with men, and he will tabernacle with them, and, they, shall be, his peoples, and, he, shall be, God with them;
Tabernacle » Illustrative » Of Christ
And, the Word, became, flesh, and pitched his tent among us, and we gazed upon his glory, - a glory, as an Only-begotten from his Father. Full of favour and truth.
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But, when Christ approached, as high-priest of the coming good things, through the greater and more perfect tent, not made by hand, that is, not of this creation, -
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And a pavilion, shall there be For a shade by day, from the heat, - and For a refuge and for a shelter, from storm and from rain.
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The Holy Spirit making this evident - that, not yet, hath been manifested, the way through the Holy place, so long as the first tent hath a standing. The which is a similitude for the present season, according to which both gifts and sacrifices are offered, which cannot, as to the conscience, perfect him that rendereth the divine service: -
Tabernacle » Illustrative » (the holy of holies,) of heaven
Having therefore, brethren, freedom of speech for the entrance through the Holy place, by the blood of Jesus,
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Which we have, as an anchor of the soul, both secure and firm, and entering into the interior of the veil:
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Nor yet through blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood he entered once for all into the Holy place, age-abiding redemption discovering.
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Tabernacle » Illustrative » Of the body
For we know that - -if, our earthly tent-dwelling, should be taken down, we have, a building of God, a dwelling not made by hand, age-abiding in the heavens.
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Right, nevertheless, I account it - as long as I am in this tent, to be stirring you up by putting you in remembrance,
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Tabernacle » Illustrative » (the vail,) of the obscurity of the mosaic dispensation
The Holy Spirit making this evident - that, not yet, hath been manifested, the way through the Holy place, so long as the first tent hath a standing.
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Only as to eatings, and drinkings, and diversified immersions, - righteous-appointments of the flesh, which, until a season of rectifying, are in force.
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Tabernacle » Illustrative » (the vail,) of Christ's body
Which entrance he hath consecrated for us, as a way recent and living, through the veil, that is, his flesh, -
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Tents » Illustrative » (spread out,) of the heavens
It is he who sitteth upon the circle of the earth, While the inhabitants thereof are, as grass-hoppers, - Who stretcheth forth, as a curtain, the heavens, And spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;
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Tents » Illustrative » (enlarging of,) of the great extension of the church
Enlarge the space of thy tent And the curtains of thy habitations, let them spread forth do not spare, - Lengthen thy cords, And thy tent-pins, make thou fast;
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Threshing » Illustrative » Of the judgments of God
For, thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, The daughter of Babylon, is like a threshing, floor at the time of treading her: Yet a little, and the time of harvest shall overtake her.
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In wrath, dost thou stride through the land, - in anger, dost thou thresh the nations.
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O thou My threshing! And the grain of my corn-floor! That which I have heard from Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, Have I declared, unto you.
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Threshing » Illustrative » (dust made by,) of complete destruction
Lo! I have made of thee a new pointed threshing sledge, owning teeth, - Thou shalt thresh mountains and crush them, And, hills - like chaff, shalt thou make:
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For he had not left remaining unto Jehoahaz a people, save only fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen, - for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like dust in threshing.
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Threshing » Illustrative » Of the labors of ministers
For, in the law of Moses, it is written - Thou shalt not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the corn: - Is it, for the oxen, God is caring? Or, for our sakes altogether, is he saying it? For our sakes, it was written; because, he that ploweth, ought, to plow, in hope, - and, he that thresheth, to thresh in hope of partaking.
Threshing » Illustrative » Of the church in her conquests
Lo! I have made of thee a new pointed threshing sledge, owning teeth, - Thou shalt thresh mountains and crush them, And, hills - like chaff, shalt thou make: Thou shalt fan them and, a wind, shall carry them away, And, a whirlwind, scatter, them, - But, thou, shalt exult in Yahweh, And, in the Holy One of Israel, shalt thou boast thyself.
Threshing » Illustrative » (an instrument for, with teeth,) of the church overcoming opposition
Lo! I have made of thee a new pointed threshing sledge, owning teeth, - Thou shalt thresh mountains and crush them, And, hills - like chaff, shalt thou make:
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Threshing » Illustrative » (gathering the sheaves for,) of preparing the enemies of the church for judgments
But, they, know not the purposes of Yahweh, neither have they discerned his counsel, - for he hath gathered them, as sheaves, to a threshing-floor.
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Trees » Illustrative » (good and fruitful,) of saints
To appoint unto the mourners of Zion - To give unto them A chaplet instead of ashes, The oil of joy instead of mourning, The mantle of praise instead of the spirit of dejection, - So shall they be called The oaks of righteousness, The plantation of Yahweh: That he may get himself glory
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Like ravines extended, Like gardens by a river, - Like aloe-trees Yahweh hath planted, Like cedars by waters:
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So, every good tree, fine fruit, produceth, - whereas, the worthless tree, evil fruit, produceth: It is, impossible, for a, good tree, to be bearing, evil fruit, neither doth, a worthless tree, produce, fine fruit.
So doth he become like a tree planted by streams of waters, - that yieldeth, its fruit, in its season, whose leaf, also doth not wither, and, whatsoever he doeth, prospereth.
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For he shall become like a tree planted by waters, And, by a stream, shall he send out his roots, Neither shall he perceive when heat cometh, But, his leaf shall continue green: Even in a year of dearth, shall he not be anxious, Neither shall he cease from hearing fruit.
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Trees » Illustrative » Of Christ
For, if, thou, out of the naturally wild olive was cut out, and, beyond nature, hast been engrafted into the good olive, how much rather, shall these, the natural branches be engrafted into their own olive tree?
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He that hath an ear, let him hear what, the Spirit, is saying unto the assemblies. Unto him that overcometh - I will give, unto him, to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.
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Happy, they who are washing their robes, that their right may be unto the tree of life and, by the gates, they may enter into the city.
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in the midst of the broadway thereof. And, on this side of the river and on that, was a tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, every several month, yielding its fruit; and, the leaves of the tree, were for the healing of the nations,
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Trees » Illustrative » Of kings, &c
Then will he fell the thickets of the forest with iron, - And, Lebanon by a majestic one shall fall.
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So shall all the trees of the field know that I Yahweh Have laid low the high tree Have exalted the low tree, Have dried up the moist tree, And have caused to flourish the tree, that was dry, - I, Yahweh, have spoken, and performed.
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Thus became he beautiful in his greatness, In the length of his waving branches, Because his root had gone towards mighty waters. s Cedars hid him not. in the garden of God, Fir-trees were not like unto his boughs, Nor plane-trees, like his branches, - no, tree in the garden of God, was like unto him in his beauty. Beautiful, I made him in the abundance of his waving branches,- Therefore was be envied by all the trees of Eden, which were in the garden of God. read more.
Therefore Thus, saith My Lord Yahweh, Because thou hast become lofty in stature, And he hath stretched his top among the clouds, And his heart is exalted in his loftiness.
Therefore Thus, saith My Lord Yahweh, Because thou hast become lofty in stature, And he hath stretched his top among the clouds, And his heart is exalted in his loftiness.
The visions then of my head upon my bed were these , - I was looking, when lo! a tree in the midst of the land, and, the height thereof, was great. The tree, grew, and became strong, - and, the height thereof, reached unto the heavens, and, the view thereof, unto the end of all the land: The foliage thereof, was beautiful, and, the fruit thereof, abundant, and there was food for all therein, - under it, the wild beast of the field found shade, and, among its branches, dwelt the birds of the heavens, and, therefrom, was well fed, all flesh. read more.
I was looking, in the visions of my head, upon my bed, when lo! a watcher and holy one, outer the heavens, coming down. He cried aloud, and, thus, he said - Hew ye down the tree, and lop off its branches, strip off its leaves, and scatter its fruit, - let the wild beasts flee from under it, and the birds, out of its branches;
I was looking, in the visions of my head, upon my bed, when lo! a watcher and holy one, outer the heavens, coming down. He cried aloud, and, thus, he said - Hew ye down the tree, and lop off its branches, strip off its leaves, and scatter its fruit, - let the wild beasts flee from under it, and the birds, out of its branches;
Trees » Illustrative » Of the life and conversation of the righteous
The fruit of the righteous, is a tree of life, and, he that rescueth souls, is wise.
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Gentleness of the tongue, is a tree of life, but, crookedness therein, a grievous wound in the spirit.
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Trees » Illustrative » (producing evil fruit,) of the wicked
So, every good tree, fine fruit, produceth, - whereas, the worthless tree, evil fruit, produceth: It is, impossible, for a, good tree, to be bearing, evil fruit, neither doth, a worthless tree, produce, fine fruit. Every tree that beareth not fine fruit, is hewn down, and, into fire, is cast.
Trees » Illustrative » Of wisdom
A tree of life, is she, to them who secure her, - and, they who hold her fast, are every one to be pronounced happy.
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Trees » Illustrative » (duration of,) of continued prosperity of saints
They shall not build, and another, dwell, They shall not plant, and, another, eat, - For as the days of a tree, shall be the days of ray people, And, the work of their own hands, shall my chosen ones, use to the full:
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Trees » Illustrative » of the elect
Yet still shall there be in it a tenth, Though it again be consumed, - Like an oak and like a terebinth Which when felled, have a stock in them, A holy seed, shall be the stock thereof. Courage.
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Trees » Illustrative » (dry,) of useless persons
And let not the son of the foreigner, who hath joined himself unto Yahweh, speak, saying, Yahweh, will separate, me from his people, Neither let the eunuch, say, Lo! I, am a tree dried up!
Trees » Illustrative » (evergreen,) of saints
How happy the man, who hath not walked in the counsel of the lawless, - and, in the way of sinners, hath not stood, and, in the seat of scoffers, hath not sat; But, in the law of Yahweh, is his delight, - and, in his law, doth he talk with himself day and night. So doth he become like a tree planted by streams of waters, - that yieldeth, its fruit, in its season, whose leaf, also doth not wither, and, whatsoever he doeth, prospereth.
Trees » Illustrative » (shaking of the leaves off,) of the terror of the wicked
And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria hath settled down upon Ephraim. Then shook his heart, and the heart of his people, as the trees of a forest shake before a wind.
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Trees » Illustrative » (dry,) of the wicked ripe for judgment
Because if, in moist wood, these things, they are doing, - in, the dry, what shall happen?
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Trees » Illustrative » (green,) of the innocence of Christ
Because if, in moist wood, these things, they are doing, - in, the dry, what shall happen?
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Trees » Illustrative » (barren,) of the wicked
Smitten is Ephraim, their root, hath dried up, fruit, shall they not bear, - yea, though they do bring forth, yet will I slay the darlings of their womb.
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Unicorn » Illustrative » Of God as the strength of israel
GOD having brought them forth out of Egypt, The very horns of the buffalo, are his:
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GOD having brought him forth out of Egypt, The very horns of the buffalo, are his, - He eateth up nations that assail him And the bones of them, he breaketh And the loins of him, he crusheth:
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Unicorn » Illustrative » (horns of,) of the strength of the descendants of joseph
His firstborn ox, be an honour to him. And the horns of a buffalo, be his horns, With them, let him thrust, peoples, All at once, to the ends of the earth, - Yea, with these, the myriads of Ephraim, And, with those, the thousands of Manasseh.
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Unicorn » Illustrative » (the position of its horns,) of the exaltation of saints
But thou wilt exalt, as those of the buffalo, my horn, I have been anointed, with fresh oil.
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Unicorn » Illustrative » (horns of,) of the strength of powerful enemies
Save me from the mouth of the lion, - Yea, from the horns of wild beasts, hast thou delivered me.
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Unicorn » Illustrative » Of the wicked
Then shall buffaloes come down with them, And bullocks with bulls, - So shall their land be soaked with blood, And, their dust, with fat, shall be enriched.
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Valleys » Illustrative » (filling up of,) of removing all obstructions to the gospel
Let, every valley, be exalted, And every mountain and hill, be made low, - And, the steep ground become, level, And, the chain of hills - a plain:
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Every chasm, shall be filled up, and, every mountain and hill, be made low; and the, crooked, places shall become, straight, and the, rugged, places, smooth ways; -
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Valleys » Illustrative » Of the church of Christ
HETo the garden of nuts, I went down, to look at the fresh shoots of the ravine, - to see whether: had burst forth the vine, had blossomed the pomegranate: -
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Valleys » Illustrative » (fruitful and well watered,) of the tents of israel
Like ravines extended, Like gardens by a river, - Like aloe-trees Yahweh hath planted, Like cedars by waters:
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Valleys » Illustrative » (dark,) of affliction and death
Yea, though I walk through a valley death-shadowed, I will fear no harm, for, thou, art with me, Thy rod and thy staff, they, comfort me.
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Veil or veil » Illustrative » Of the spiritual blindness of the jewish nation
But their thoughts were turned into stone: for, until this very day, the same veil, upon the reading of the old covenant, abideth, not to be removed, because, in Christ, it is to be done away; But, until this day, whensoever Moses is read, a veil upon their heart, doth lie; Howbeit, whensoever he turneth unto the Lord, he taketh off the veil:
Veil or veil » Illustrative » Of the spiritual blindness of the gentile nations
And he will swallow up in this mountain, The mask of the veil, the veil that is upon all the peoples, - And the web that is woven over all the nations.
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the sacred Veil » Illustrative » Of the flesh of Christ which concealed his divinity
When he came up as a sapling before him. And as a root-sprout out of dry ground, He had neither beauty nor majesty, - When we beheld him, there was nothing to behold, that we should desire him;
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Which entrance he hath consecrated for us, as a way recent and living, through the veil, that is, his flesh, -
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the sacred Veil » Illustrative » (rending of,) of the death of Christ which opened heaven to saints
Having therefore, brethren, freedom of speech for the entrance through the Holy place, by the blood of Jesus, Which entrance he hath consecrated for us, as a way recent and living, through the veil, that is, his flesh, -
the sacred Veil » Illustrative » Of the obscurity of the mosaic dispensation
The Holy Spirit making this evident - that, not yet, hath been manifested, the way through the Holy place, so long as the first tent hath a standing.
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The vine » Illustrative » (sitting under one's own) of peace and prosperity
And they shall dwell - every man - under his own vine and under his own fig-tree, with none to make them afraid, - for, the mouth of Yahweh of hosts, hath spoken.
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And Judah and Israel dwelt securely, every man under his own vine, and under his own fig-tree, from Dan even unto Beer-sheba, - all the days of Solomon.
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In that day, declareth Yahweh of hosts, Ye shall invite one another, - to come under the vine and under the fig-tree.
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The vine » Illustrative » Of israel
And he thoroughly digged it, And gathered out the stones thereof, And planted it with a precious vine, And built a tower in the midst thereof, Moreover also a wine-press, hewed he therein, - Then waited he that it should bring forth grapes. And it brought forth wild grapes:
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A vine out of Egypt, thou didst remove, Thou didst cast out nations, and plant it;
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Surely the vineyard of Yahweh of hosts, is the house of Israel, And, the men of Judah, are the plantation in which he dearly delighted, - And he waited, For equity but lo! murderous iniquity, For the rule of right but lo the cry of the wronged.
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The vine » Illustrative » (its unfruitful branches,) of mere professors
Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, He taketh it away; and, every one that beareth, fruit, He pruneth it, that, more fruit, it may bear.
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If one abide not me, he is cast out as the branch, and withered, and they gather them, - and, into fire, they cast them, and they are burned.
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The vine » Illustrative » (its rich clusters,) of the graces of the church
I said, I will ascend the palm-tree, I will lay hold of its fruit stalks - Oh then, let thy breasts, I pray thee, be like vine-clusters, And, the fragrance of thy nose, like apples;
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The vine » Illustrative » (worthlessness of its wood,) of the unprofitableness, of the wicked
Therefore Thus saith My Lord Yahweh, As a vine-tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given up to the fire for fuel, so have I given up the inhabitants of Jerusalem. Therefore will I set my face against them, Out of one fire, have they come forth But another fire, shall devour them, - So shall ye know that, I, am Yahweh, by my setting my face against them;
The vine » Illustrative » Of Christ
I, am the real vine, and, my Father, is, the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, He taketh it away; and, every one that beareth, fruit, He pruneth it, that, more fruit, it may bear.
The vine » Illustrative » (its quick growth,) of the growth of saints in grace
They who dwell in his shade shall again show life like the corn, and break forth as the vine, - and, the remembrance of him, shall be like the wine of Lebanon.
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The vine » Illustrative » (unfruitful,) of the wicked
A luxuriant vine, is Israel, fruit, beseemeth him, - According to the abundance of his fruit, hath he brought abundance to the altars, according to the goodliness of his land, hath he made goodly statues.
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The vine » Illustrative » (pruning of,) of God's purifying his people by afflictions
Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, He taketh it away; and, every one that beareth, fruit, He pruneth it, that, more fruit, it may bear.
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The vine » Illustrative » (its fruitful branches,) of saints
I, am the vine: Ye, are the branches. He that abideth in me and, I, in him, the same, beareth much fruit; because, apart from me, ye can bring forth, nothing.
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Vineyards » Illustrative » Of the jewish church
Many shepherds, have laid waste my vineyard, They have trampled down my portion, - They have turned my coveted portion into a desert of desolation:
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And, when he, entered, the temple, the Chief-priests and the Elders of the people, came unto him as he was teaching, saying, By what authority, these things, art thou doing? and, who, to thee, gave, this authority?
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Surely the vineyard of Yahweh of hosts, is the house of Israel, And, the men of Judah, are the plantation in which he dearly delighted, - And he waited, For equity but lo! murderous iniquity, For the rule of right but lo the cry of the wronged.
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In that day, A Wine-Vineyard! sing ye unto her:
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Vineyards » Illustrative » (gleaning grapes of,) of the elect
When, thus, it shall be in the earth in the midst of the peoples, There shall be like the shaking of an olive-tree, like the going round to pick when closed is the harvest.
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Vineyards » Illustrative » (failure of,) of severe calamities
Some days beyond a year, ye shall be troubled ye confident ones, - For failed hath the vintage, No, gathering, cometh in.
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Walls » Illustrative » Of ordinances as a protection to the church
Now, therefore, I pray you, let me tell, you, what I am about to do to my vineyard, - To take away the fence thereof And it shall be eaten up, To destroy the wall thereof And it shall be trodden down;
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Resembleth, my beloved, a gazelle, or a young stag, - Lo! here he is, standing behind our wall, looking in at the windows, peeping in at the lattice.
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Walls » Illustrative » Of those who afford protection
And upon every high tower, - And upon every fortress wall;
A wall, became they unto us, both by night and by day, all the days we were with them, tending the flock.
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Walls » Illustrative » Of salvation
In that day, shall be sung this song, in the land of Judah, - A strong city, have we! Salvation, will he set for walls and rampart,
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Violence, shall no more be heard, in thy land, Wasting nor destruction within thy boundaries, - But thou shalt call Thy walls, Victory, and Thy gates, Praise.
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Walls » Illustrative » (bowing or tottering,) of the wicked under judgments
Therefore, shall this iniquity become to you As a breach ready to fall, A bulging in a high wall, - Whose breaking down cometh, suddenly in a twinkling.
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How long will ye shout at a man? Ye shall be crushed all of you, - Like a wall that bulgeth, - a fence pushed in!
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Walls » Illustrative » Of the church as a protection to the nation
If, a wall, she is, we will build upon it a battlement of silver, - but if, a door, she is, we will close it up with a plank of cedar. SHEI, was a wall, and, my breasts, like towers, - Then, became I, in his eyes, one who did indeed find good content.
Walls » Illustrative » (daubed with untempered mortar,) of the teaching of false prophets
Because, yea, even because, they have led astray my people saying. Prosperity! when there was no prosperity, - and one man, was building a partition wall, when there they were! eating it with whitewash Say thou unto them who are coating with whitewash It shall fall,- There hath come an Overflowing rain And I will make ha-stones fall, And a tempestuous wind shall break it down. Lo! when the wall hath fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the coating, wherewith ye coated it? read more.
Therefore Thus saith my Lord, Yahweh, So will I break down with a tempestuous wind. in mine indignation, - And an overflowing rain in mine anger, shall there be, With hailstones in wrath to make an end; And I will pull down the wall which ye have coated with whitewash And will bring it unto the ground So shall be discovered its foundation, Yea it shall fall And ye shall come to an end in the midst thereof, So shall ye know that am Yahweh. Thus will I bring to an end mine indignation against the wall, and against them who were coating it with whitewash, And will say to you No more is the wall, And no more are they who were coating it:
Therefore Thus saith my Lord, Yahweh, So will I break down with a tempestuous wind. in mine indignation, - And an overflowing rain in mine anger, shall there be, With hailstones in wrath to make an end; And I will pull down the wall which ye have coated with whitewash And will bring it unto the ground So shall be discovered its foundation, Yea it shall fall And ye shall come to an end in the midst thereof, So shall ye know that am Yahweh. Thus will I bring to an end mine indignation against the wall, and against them who were coating it with whitewash, And will say to you No more is the wall, And no more are they who were coating it:
Walls » Illustrative » (brazen,) of prophets in their testimony against the wicked
Ascend the Lebanon and make outcry, And in Bashan, put forth thy voice, - And make outcry from Abarim, For all thy lovers are torn in pieces.
Walls » Illustrative » (of partition,) of separation of jews and gentiles
He, in fact, is our peace - who made both one, and, the enclosing middle-wall, took down,
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Walls » Illustrative » Of the wealth of the rich in his own conceit
The substance of a rich man, is his strong city, and like a high wall, in his imagination.
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Walls » Illustrative » Of the protection of God
And, I, will become to her, declareth Yahweh, A wall of fire round about, - and, a glory, will I become in her midst.
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Walls » Illustrative » (whited,) of hypocrites
Then, Paul, unto him, said - God is about to be smiting thee, thou whited wall! Dost, thou, then sit to judge me according to the law, and, unlawfully, orderest me to be smitten?
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Watchmen » Illustrative » Of ministers
Whose arrows, are sharpened, and all his bows, bent, - The hoofs of his horses, like flint, are accounted, And, his wheels, are like a storm-wind:
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Be yielding unto them who are guiding you, and submit yourselves; for they are watching over your souls, as having an account to render, that, with joy the same they may be doing, and not with sighing, - for, unprofitable unto you, were, this.
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Upon thy walls O Jerusalem, have I appointed watchmen, All the day and all the night through, let them not hold their peace, - O ye that put Yahweh in mind, Do not take rest to yourselves,
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Son of man, A watchman, have I appointed thee to the house of Israel, - and thou shalt hear, at my mouth a message, and shalt warn them from me.
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Watchmen » Illustrative » (looking for the morning,) of anxious waiting for God
I have waited for Yahweh, My soul hath waited for his word; I have hoped, O my soul, for My Lord, more than they who watch for the morning, who watch for the morning.
Watchmen » Illustrative » (blind,) of careless ministers
His watchmen, are blind None of them, know, All of them, are dumb dogs, they cannot bark, - Dreaming, sleeping, loving to slumber.
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Water » Illustrative » Of the gifts and graces of the holy spirit
As for the oppressed and the needy. Seeking water when there is none, Their tongue with thirst being parched I - Yahweh, will answer them, The God of Israel, I will not forsake them:
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And I will throw upon you clean water and ye shall he clean, - From all your uncleannesses and from all your manufactured gods, will I cleanse you;
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For I will pour, Water upon the thirsty soil, and Floods upon the dry ground, - I will pour My spirit upon thy seed, and My blessing upon thine offspring;
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He that believeth on me - just as said the Scripture, - River, from within him, shall flow, of living water. Now, this, spake he concerning the Spirit which they who believed on him were about to receive; for, not yet, was there Spirit, because, Jesus, not yet, was glorified!
Water » Illustrative » (deep,) of severe affliction
Save me, O God, For waters have entered as far as the life;
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Though My Lord, should give you bread in short measure and water in scant allowance Yet will thy Teacher not hide himself any more, But thine eyes shall ever be looking on thy Teacher.
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Thou didst let men ride at our head; We went into fire and into water, But thou didst bring us forth into freedom.
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When thou passest through the waters, with thee, I am, Or, through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee, - When thou walkest through fire, thou shall not be scorched, And, a flame, shall not kindle upon thee;
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Water » Illustrative » (many,) of different nations and people
And one of the seven messengers who had the seven bowls came, and spake with me, saying - Hither! I will point out to thee the judgment of the great harlot, who sitteth upon many waters,
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And he saith unto me - The waters which thou sawest, where the harlot sitteth, are, peoples and multitudes, and nations and tongues.
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Water » Illustrative » (covering the sea,) of the general diffusion of the knowledge of God
For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Yahweh, - as, the waters, cover the sea.
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They shall not hurt - nor destroy, in all my holy mountain, - For filled is the land with the knowledge of Yahweh, As the waters, to the sea, form a covering.
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Water » Illustrative » (its weakness,) of faintness and cowardice
And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty-six men, and pursued them before the gate as far as the Shebarim, and smote them on the slope, - so that the heart of the people melted and became as water.
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All hands shall be unnerved; and All knees shall be weak as water,
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Water » Illustrative » Of hostile armies
now therefore, lo! the Lord is about to bring up against them the waters, strong and many, of the River, even the king of Assyria and all his glory, - and he shall rise over all his channels, and flow over all his banks;
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Though nations like the rushing of many waters, shall rush, Yet shall one rebuke him, And he shall flee far away, - And be chased As the chaff of the mountains before a wind, And as whirling stubble before a storm!
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Water » Illustrative » (rapidly flowing away,) of the career of the wicked
Let such men flow away like waters that disperse themselves: He prepareth his arrow, Like grass let them be cut down:
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Swift is he on the face of the waters, Speedily vanished their share in the land, He turneth not to the way of the vineyards.
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Water » Illustrative » (noise of many,) of the word of Christ
And, his feet, like unto glowing copper, as if in a furnace refined, and, his voice, like a sound of many waters,
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Water » Illustrative » (difficulty of stopping,) of strife and contention
A letting forth of water, is the beginning of strife, therefore, before it breaketh out, abandon, contention.
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Water » Illustrative » (many,) of a variety of afflictions
He sent from on high, he took me, - he drew me out of many waters;
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Water » Illustrative » (spilled on the ground,) of death
For, when we, die, we become as water poured on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again, - therefore doth God not take away the life, but deviseth plans so as not to thrust out from him, a fugitive.
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Water » Illustrative » (deep,) of the words of the wise of the wise
Deep waters, are the words of a man's mouth, - a bubbling brook, the well-spring of wisdom.
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Water » Illustrative » (deep,) of counsel in the heart
Deep water, is counsel in a man's heart, but, a man of understanding, will draw it out.
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Water » Illustrative » Of persecutors
Then, the waters, had whelmed us, the torrent, gone over our soul; Then, had gone over our soul the waters so proud!
Water » Illustrative » (pouring, out of buckets,) of a numerous progeny
He poureth forth water from his buckets, And, his seed, is among many waters, - And taller than Agag is his King, And exalted is his kingdom.
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Water » Illustrative » (its instability,) of a wavering disposition
Boiling over like water, thou mayest not have pre-eminence, Because thou didst mount the bed of thy father, - Then, wast thou profane - My marriage-bed, he mounted!
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Water » Illustrative » (poured out,) of faintness by terror
Like water, am I poured out, and, put out of joint, are all my bones, - My heart, hath become, like wax, it is melted in the midst of my body;
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Water » Illustrative » Of persecutions
They have surrounded me like waters, all the day, They have come circling against me together:
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Water » Illustrative » (still,) of the ordinances of the gospel
Water » Illustrative » (poured out,) of the wrath of God
The rulers of Judah have become as they who remove a land-mark. Upon them, will I pour out, like water, my wrath.
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Water » Illustrative » Of the support of God
Because this people hath refused the waters of Shiloah which flow softly, - and are rejoicing with Rezin and the son of Remaliah,
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Weights » Illustrative » (heavy,) of the exceeding glory reserved for saints
For, the momentary lightness of thee tribulation, in a manner yet more and more excelling, is working out for us, an age-abiding weight of glory, -
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Weights » Illustrative » Of sins
Therefore, indeed, seeing that, we also, have encircling us, so great a cloud of witnesses, stripping off every incumbrance and the easily entangling sin, with endurance, let us be running, the race that is lying before us,
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Weights » Illustrative » Of the restraints put on the elements
Making, for the wind, a weight, and, the waters, he proved by measure,
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Wells » Illustrative » Of the holy spirit in saints
But, whosoever shall drink of the water which, I, will give him, in nowise shall thirst, unto times age-abiding, - but, the water which I will give him, shall become, within him, a fountain of water, springing up unto life age-abiding.
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A garden fountain, a well of living waters, - and flowings from Lebanon.
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Wells » Illustrative » Of wisdom and understanding in man
Deep waters, are the words of a man's mouth, - a bubbling brook, the well-spring of wisdom.
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A well-spring of life, is discretion to its owner, but, the correction of the foolish, is folly.
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Wells » Illustrative » Of the mouth of the righteous
A well-spring of life, is the mouth of the righteous, but, the mouth of the lawless, covereth wrong.
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Wells » Illustrative » (drinking from one's own,) of enjoyment of domestic happiness
Drink thou water out of thine own cistern, and flowing streams out of the midst of thine own well.
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Wells » Illustrative » (a fruitful bough by,) of joseph's numerous posterity
A fruitful bough over a fountain, - Branches creeping over a wail.
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Wells » Illustrative » (without water,) of hypocrites
These, are fountains without water, and mists, by a tempest, driven along, - for whom, the gloom of darkness, hath been reserved;
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Wells » Illustrative » Of the ordinances of the church
Therefore shall ye draw water, with rejoicing, - out of the fountains of salvation.
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Wind » Illustrative » (when destructive,) of the judgments of God
From Yahweh of hosts, shalt thou be visited, With thunder, and with earthquake and a great noise, hurricane and storm and flame of fire devouring;
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Thou shalt fan them and, a wind, shall carry them away, And, a whirlwind, scatter, them, - But, thou, shalt exult in Yahweh, And, in the Holy One of Israel, shalt thou boast thyself.
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By driving her away - by dismissing her, wouldest thou contend with her? He removed her by his rough wind in, a day of east wind.
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Wind » Illustrative » Of the operations of the holy spirit
Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the spirit, Prophesy, Son of man. and thou shalt say unto the spirit. Thus saith My Lord Yahweh- From the four winds, come thou, O spirit, And breathe into these slain That they may live.
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The spirit, where it pleaseth, doth breathe, and, the sound thereof, thou hearest; but knowest not, whence it cometh and whither it goeth: Thus, is every one who hath been born of the spirit.
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When there came suddenly out of heaven a sound, just as of a mighty rushing wind, - -and it filled all the house where they were sitting;
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Wind » Illustrative » (chaff or stubble before,) of the wicked
They become as straw before the wind, and as chaff, which the storm stealeth away.
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Not so, the lawless, - but as chaff which is driven about by the wind:
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Wind » Illustrative » (without rain,) of one who boasts of a false gift
Clouds and wind, when rain there is none, is the man who boasteth himself of a pretended gift.
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Wind » Illustrative » Of false doctrines
That we may, no longer, be infants - billow-tossed and shifted round with every wind of teaching, - in the craft of men, in knavery suited to the artifice of error;
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Wind » Illustrative » (bringing forth,) of disappointed expectations
We were with child - We were in pain, As it were we brought forth wind, - Salvation, we could not accomplish for the earth, Neither were horn the inhabitants of the world.
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Wind » Illustrative » Of molten images
Lo! as to all of them, Vanity - nothingness, are their works, Wind and emptiness, their molten images!
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Wind » Illustrative » Of iniquity which leads to destruction
But we have become as one unclean all of us, And, as a garment polluted, were all our righteous doings, - And so we faded like a leaf all of us, And, our iniquity, as a wind, carried us away;
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Wind » Illustrative » (feeding upon,) of vain hopes
Ephraim, feedeth on wind, and pursueth the east wind, all the day, falsehood and force, doth he magnify, - and, a covenant with Assyria, would they solemnize, and, oil into Egypt, must be borne along.
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Wind » Illustrative » Of terrors which pursue the soul
There are turned upon me terrors, - Chased away as with a wind, is mine abundance, and, as a cloud, hath passed away my prosperity.
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Wind » Illustrative » (sowing,) of a course of sin
For, to the wind, they sow, and, to the whirlwind, they reap: stalk, hath it none, That which shooteth forth, shall yield no meal, If so be it yield, foreigners, swallow it lip,
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Wind » Illustrative » Of the speeches of the desperate
To decide words, do ye intend, When, to the wind, are spoken the sayings of one in despair?
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Wind » Illustrative » Of the life of man
Remember thou, that, a wind, is my life, not again shall mine eye see blessing:
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Wine » Illustrative » Of the wrath and judgments of God
Therefore shalt thou say unto them this word - Thus, saith Yahweh God of Israel, Every jar, is to be filled with wine; and they will say unto thee, Do we not, know well, that every jar, is to be filled with wine? Then shalt thou say unto them - Thus, saith Yahweh - Behold me! filling all the inhabitants of this land Even the kings that are sitting for David upon his throne and the priests and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem - with drunkenness; and I will dash them every man against his brother even the fathers and the sons together, Declareth Yahweh, - I will not pity, Neither will I snare Neither will I have compassion that I should not destroy them.
For, a cup, is in the hand of Yahweh, Whose wine is foaming, It is full of spiced wine, Which he hath caused to flow from one to another, - Surely, the dregs thereof, they shall drain out - they shall drink, Even all the lawless ones of the earth.
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Thou hast suffered thy people to see hardship, Thou hast let them drink the wine of confusion.
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For, thus, said Yahweh, God of Israel unto me, Take this cup of indignation wine out of my hand, - and cause all the nations unto whom I am sending thee, to drink it: Yea they shall drink and reel to and fro and act as madmen, because of the sword which I am sending between them. So I took the cup out of the hand of Yahweh, - and caused all the nations unto whom Yahweh had sent me to drink: read more.
to wit said he - Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and her kings her princes, - making them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a contempt, as at this day;
to wit said he - Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and her kings her princes, - making them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a contempt, as at this day;
Wine » Illustrative » Of the abominations of the apostacy
Because, by reason of the wineof the wrath of her lewdness, have all the nations fallen, and, the kings of the earth, with her, did commit lewdness, and, the merchants of the earth, by reason of the power of her wantonness, waxed rich.
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with whom the kings of the earth committed lewdness, - and they who were dwelling upon the earth were made drunk with the wine of her lewdness.
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Wine » Illustrative » Of the blessings of the gospel
hath slaughtered her beasts, hath mingled her wine, hath even set in order her table;
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Come, feed on my food, and drink of the wine I have mingled;
Wine » Illustrative » Of the blood of Christ
And, taking a cup, and giving thanks, he gave unto them, saying - Drink of it, all of you; For, this, is my blood of the covenant, which, for many, is to be poured out, for remission of sins. Moreover, I say unto you - In nowise, will I drink, henceforth, of this produce of the vine, until that day, whensoever I shall drink it with you, new, in the kingdom of my Father.
Wine » Illustrative » Of violence and rapine
For they consume bread gotten by lawlessness, and, wine obtained by violence, they drink.
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Wolves » Illustrative » Of wicked rulers
Her rulers in her midst, are roaring lions, - her judges, evening wolves, they have left nothing until morning!
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Her rulers within her have been like wolves, rending prey,- In shedding blood In destroying lives, For the sake of getting dishonest gain.
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Wolves » Illustrative » Of fierce enemies
For this cause, hath the lion out of the forest smitten them, The wolf of the waste plains, preyeth upon them, The leopard, is keeping watch over their cities, Every one that goeth out from thence, is torn in pieces, - For they have multiplied their transgressions, Numerous are their apostasies.
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Then, swifter than leopards, are his horses, and, more sharply they attack, than evening wolves, and forward have leapt his chargers, - Yea, his chargers, from afar, will come in, they will fly as an eagle hath hastened to devour.
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Wolves » Illustrative » (taming of,) of the change effected by conversion
And the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, And, the leopard, with the kid, shall lie down, - And the calf and the young lion and the fatling - together, With, a little child, leading them;
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The wolf and the lamb, shall feed, in unity, And, the lion, as an ox, shall eat straw; But as for the serpent, dust, shall be his food: They shall not harm - Nor shall they destroy, In all my holy mountain, saith Yahweh.
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Wolves » Illustrative » Of false teachers
Beware of false prophets, who come unto you in clothing of sheep, - while, within, they are ravening wolves.
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I, know, that there will enter, after my departure, grievous wolves into your midst, not sparing the little flock;
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Wolves » Illustrative » Of the wicked
Lo! I, send you forth as sheep amidst wolves; become ye therefore - prudent, as serpents, and simple, as doves.
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Withdraw! Lo! I send you forth as lambs amid wolves.
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Wolves » Illustrative » Of the tribe of benjamin
Benjamin a wolf that teareth in pieces, In the morning, he eateth prey, And at eventide, he divideth spoil.
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Wolves » Illustrative » Of the devil
The hireling, even because he is no shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, vieweth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth, - and, the wolf, seizeth them and scattereth, -
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Woman » Illustrative » (chaste and holy,) of saints
Like the fragrance of thy precious oils, Oil poured out, is thy name, For this cause, virgins love thee.
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These, are they, who with women, were not defiled, for they are, virgin. These, are they who follow the Lamb whithersoever he is going. These, were redeemed from mankind, as a firstfruit unto God and the Lamb;
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For I am jealous over you with a jealousy, of God; for I myself betrothed you unto one husband, to present, a chaste virgin, unto the Christ, -
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Woman » Illustrative » (gloriously arrayed,) of the church of Christ
All glorious - the daughter of a king sitteth within, Brocades, wrought with gold, are her clothing!
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But, the Jerusalem above, is free, - the which is our mother;
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And, a great sign, appeared in heaven: a woman arrayed with the sun, and, the moon, beneath her feet, and, upon her head, a crown of twelve stars;
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Woman » Illustrative » (lewd,) of the roman apostacy
And, the woman whom thou sawest, is the great city, which hath sovereignty over the kings of the earth.
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And, the woman, was arrayed with purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stone and pearls, - having a cup of gold in her hand, full of abominations and the impurities of her lewdness;
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Woman » Illustrative » (wise,) of saints
But, the prudent, took oil in their vessels, with their torches.
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Then, will the kingdom of the heavens become like unto, ten virgins, who, taking their torches, went forth to meet the bridegroom. Now, five of them, were foolish, and, five, prudent.
Woman » Illustrative » (at ease and careless,) of a state of carnal security
Ye women in comfort! arise hear my voice, Ye daughters so confident give ear to my speech: -
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Tremble, ye women in comfort, Be troubled ye daughters so confident, - Strip! and bare yourselves, and gird some-what on your loins:
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Woman » Illustrative » (foolish,) of mere professors
Then, will the kingdom of the heavens become like unto, ten virgins, who, taking their torches, went forth to meet the bridegroom. Now, five of them, were foolish, and, five, prudent. For, the foolish - though they took, their torches, took not with them, oil:
Woman » Illustrative » (delicate,) of backsliding israel
To a comely and delicate woman, have I likened the daughter of Zion:
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Woman » Illustrative » (forsaken,) of israel in her captivity
For, like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, hath Yahweh caned thee, - Even the wife of youthful days, in that thou wast rejected saith thy God.
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Years » Illustrative » (of visitation,) of severe judgments
Therefore, shall their way become to them like slippery places in darkness, They shall be driven on and shall fall therein, - For I will bring in upon them calamity - The year of their visitation, Declareth Yahweh.
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And remnant, shall they have none, - For I will bring calamity against the men of Anathoth, in the year of their visitation.
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Years » Illustrative » (acceptable,) of the dispensation of the gospel
To proclaim - The year of acceptance of Yahweh, and The day of avenging of our God: To comfort all who are mourning;
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To proclaim the welcome year of the Lord.
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Years » Illustrative » (coming to,) of manhood
By faith, Moses, when grown up - refused to be called the son of a daughter of a Pharaoh,
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Years » Illustrative » (being full of,) of old age
So Abraham breathed his last, and died in a fine old age, old and satisfied, - and was gathered unto his people,
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Years » Illustrative » (of the right hand of the most high,) of prosperity
Then said I - An affliction to me, it is, The changing of the right hand of the Most High.
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Years » Illustrative » (of the redeemed,) of redemption by Christ
For, a day of avenging, was in my heart, And the year of my redeemed, had come.
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Years » Illustrative » (of recompenses,) of judgments
For a day of avenging, hath Yahweh, - A year of requitals for the quarrel of Zion.
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Years » Illustrative » (well stricken in,) of old age
and they had no child, inasmuch as Elizabeth was barren, and, both, had become, advanced in their days.
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