Thematic Bible: In prison


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But the king of Assyria uncovered a conspiracy involving Hoshea, who had sent envoys to King So of Egypt and stopped offering tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done annually. As a result, the king of Assyria placed him under arrest and sent him to prison. Verse ConceptsArrestingMessengers Sent OutenvoyConspiraciesImprisonmentsPrisonersTaxationPrisons

Then the Philistines grabbed him, gouged out his eyes, brought him down to Gaza, tied him up in bronze chains, and made him grind grain in their prison. Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesGrindingImprisonmentsKnivesMonotonyMutilationPrisonersTortureCaptivesHeartlessnessHard LaborPrisonsBrassGrinding FoodEyes HarmedBlindingOther BlindingBronze Shackles

that he locked them up in the prison dungeon operated by the captain of the guard, the very place where Joseph was imprisoned. Verse ConceptsImprisonmentsPrisonersPrisons

Then they confined him until it could be declared what should be done to him. Verse ConceptsPrisons

But this is a people who have been robbed and plundered, all of them trapped in pits or hidden away in prisons. They have become prey, with no one to rescue them; they have been made loot, with no one to say, "Send them back!' Verse ConceptsPlunderingRescueTrapPrisonscredibilityjail

He blinded Zedekiah and bound him in bronze shackles. Then the king of Babylon took him to Babylon and put him in prison until he died. Verse ConceptsImprisonmentsPrisonersPrisonsLifelongKings ExiledBlindingOther BlindingBronze Shackles

Suddenly, there was an earthquake so violent that the foundations of the prison were shaken. All the doors immediately flew open, and everyone's chains were unfastened. Verse ConceptsFoundationsearthquakesChainsPrisonsSudden EventsIron ChainsFoundations Of BuildingsGod ShakingGod Freeing CaptivesBreaking Chainsjailevangelising


So the Egyptians placed supervisors over them, oppressing them with heavy burdens. The Israelis built the supply cities of Pithom and Rameses for Pharaoh. Verse ConceptsAbuse Of Authority, Examples OfOppression, Nature OfStoringSuffering, Causes OfSuffering, HardshipSuffering, Nature OfTaskmastersStores Of FoodForced Labour

Years later, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his own people, and took notice of their heavy burdens. He saw an Egyptian beating up a Hebrew, one of his own people. Verse ConceptsVisitingGrowing UpForced Labourempathymanhood

The king of Egypt replied to them, "Moses and Aaron, why are you keeping the people from their labor? Go back to your work!" Verse ConceptsDoing One's Workdistractions

Our ancestors went down to Egypt, where we lived for many years. But the Egyptians treated us and our ancestors viciously. Verse ConceptsPeople Actually Doing EvilStaying A Long Time

He caused them to hate his people and to deceive his servants. Verse ConceptsHating Peoples

"This is what God promised: His descendants would be strangers in a foreign country, and its people would enslave them and oppress them for 400 years. Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions Of100 Years And MoreThose OppressedReckoned As ForeignersGroups Of SlavesStrangers in israelslaveryoppression

You've locked my feet in stocks; you watch all my steps; You've limited where I can walk. Verse ConceptsPaths Of BelieversGod Seeing All PeoplePathsfootprints

All of a sudden he follows her like an ox fit for slaughter or like a fool fit for a trap Verse ConceptsBeing Killed Like An AnimalKilled Like An AnimalDeerimpulsiveness

The next day, Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, and Jeremiah told him, "The LORD has not named you Pashhur, but rather Magor-missabib. Verse ConceptsPeople Renaming PeopleFear Will Cometerrorism

The LORD made you a priest instead of Jehoiada the priest to serve in the LORD's Temple as an official against every crazy prophet, and to put him in stocks and restraints. Verse ConceptsMadmenDeposed PriestsExchange Of IndividualsReckoned Insane

Having received these orders, he put them into the inner cell and fastened their feet in leg irons. Verse ConceptsImprisonmentsInjury To Feet

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