Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Correction » Correction despised
And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons:
My son, do not take the Lord’s discipline lightly
or faint when you are reproved by Him,
Verse Concepts
or faint when you are reproved by Him,
they did not seek the Lord of Hosts.
they would not accept discipline.
Your own sword has devoured your prophets
like a ravaging lion.
the locust devoured
your many gardens and vineyards,
your fig trees and olive trees,
yet you did not return to Me.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
and blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, yet they did not repent of their actions.
Verse Concepts
Why do you keep on rebelling?
The whole head is hurt,
and the whole heart is sick.
and the power of war.
It surrounded him with fire, but he did not know it;
it burned him, but he paid no attention.
You have struck them, but they felt no pain.
You finished them off,
but they refused to accept discipline.
They made their faces harder than rock,
and they refused to return.
and accept correction.
Then her dwelling place
would not be cut off
based on all that I had allocated to her.
However, they became more corrupt
in all their actions.
spiritual Disease » General references to
Is there no physician there?
So why has the healing of my dear
not come about?
> Verse Concepts
Why do you keep on rebelling?
The whole head is hurt,
and the whole heart is sick.
and has reached even Judah;
it has approached the gate of my people,
as far as Jerusalem.
When Jesus heard this, He told them, “Those who are well don’t need a doctor, but the sick do need one. I didn’t come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
Diseases » Illustrative of sin
Why do you keep on rebelling?
The whole head is hurt,
and the whole heart is sick.
Head » Liable to » Internal disease
Why do you keep on rebelling?
The whole head is hurt,
and the whole heart is sick.
Suddenly he complained to his father, “My head! My head!”
His father told his servant, “Carry him to his mother.” Verse Concepts
His father told his servant, “Carry him to his mother.” Verse Concepts
Rebellion » Examples of rebellion against God
They flung Your law behind their backs
and killed Your prophets
who warned them
in order to turn them back to You.
They committed terrible blasphemies.
rather, they wail on their beds.
They slash themselves
they turn away from Me.
Why do you keep on rebelling?
The whole head is hurt,
and the whole heart is sick.
But the Lord told him, “Listen to the people and everything they say to you. They have not rejected you; they have rejected Me as their king.
Verse Concepts
turning away from following our God,
speaking oppression and revolt,
conceiving and uttering lying words from the heart.
Rebellion against God » Exhibited in » Revolting from him
Return to the One the Israelites have greatly rebelled against.
Verse Concepts
Why do you keep on rebelling?
The whole head is hurt,
and the whole heart is sick.
Rebellion against God » They who are guilty of » Increase in, though chastised
Why do you keep on rebelling?
The whole head is hurt,
and the whole heart is sick.
The sick » Figurative
and Judah his wound,
Ephraim went to Assyria
and sent a delegation to the great king.
But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.
Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep on rebelling? The whole head is hurt, and the whole heart is sick. From the sole of the foot even to the head, no spot is uninjured- wounds, welts, and festering sores not cleansed, bandaged, or soothed with oil.
national Sins » Pervade all ranks
Why do you keep on rebelling?
The whole head is hurt,
and the whole heart is sick.
everyone is making profit dishonestly.
From prophet to priest,
everyone deals falsely.
Roam through the streets of Jerusalem. Look and take note; search in her squares. If you find a single person, anyone who acts justly, who seeks to be faithful, then I will forgive her. When they say, "As the Lord lives," they are swearing falsely. Lord, don't Your eyes [look for] faithfulness? You have struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They made their faces harder than rock, and they refused to return. read more.
Then I thought: They are just the poor; they have played the fool. For they don't understand the way of the Lord, the justice of their God. I will go to the powerful and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the Lord, the justice of their God. However, these also had broken the yoke and torn off the fetters.
Then I thought: They are just the poor; they have played the fool. For they don't understand the way of the Lord, the justice of their God. I will go to the powerful and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the Lord, the justice of their God. However, these also had broken the yoke and torn off the fetters.
national Sins » Exemplified
and if He reduced the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes and condemned them to ruin, making them an example to those who were going to be ungodly;
Verse Concepts
So Moses returned to the Lord and said, “Oh, these people have committed a grave sin; they have made a god of gold for themselves.
Verse Concepts
Hear the word of the Lord, people of Israel, for the Lord has a case against the inhabitants of the land: There is no truth, no faithful love, and no knowledge of God in the land! Cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.
Moses continued, “The Lord will give you meat to eat this evening and more than enough bread in the morning, for He has heard the complaints that you are raising against Him. Who are we? Your complaints are not against us but against the Lord.”
Then the Lord said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is immense, and their sin is extremely serious.
Verse Concepts
They had lived according to the customs of the nations that the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites and the customs the kings of Israel had introduced. The Israelites secretly did what was not right against the Lord their God. They built high places in all their towns from watchtower to fortified city. They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree. read more.
They burned incense on all the high places just like those nations that the Lord had driven out before them. They did evil things, provoking the Lord. They served idols, although the Lord had told them, "You must not do this."
They burned incense on all the high places just like those nations that the Lord had driven out before them. They did evil things, provoking the Lord. They served idols, although the Lord had told them, "You must not do this."
Even Judah did not keep the commands of the Lord their God but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced.
Verse Concepts
Listen, heavens, and pay attention, earth, for the Lord has spoken: "I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me. The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master's feeding-trough, [but] Israel does not know; My people do not understand." Oh-sinful nation, people weighed down with iniquity, brood of evildoers, depraved children! They have abandoned the Lord; they have despised the Holy One of Israel; they have turned their backs [on Him]. read more.
Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep on rebelling? The whole head is hurt, and the whole heart is sick. From the sole of the foot even to the head, no spot is uninjured- wounds, welts, and festering sores not cleansed, bandaged, or soothed with oil. Your land is desolate, your cities burned with fire; before your very eyes foreigners devour your fields- a desolation overthrown by foreigners.
Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep on rebelling? The whole head is hurt, and the whole heart is sick. From the sole of the foot even to the head, no spot is uninjured- wounds, welts, and festering sores not cleansed, bandaged, or soothed with oil. Your land is desolate, your cities burned with fire; before your very eyes foreigners devour your fields- a desolation overthrown by foreigners.
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Disease
Is there no physician there?
So why has the healing of my dear
not come about?
> Verse Concepts
Why do you keep on rebelling?
The whole head is hurt,
and the whole heart is sick.
and has reached even Judah;
it has approached the gate of my people,
as far as Jerusalem.
When Jesus heard this, He told them, “Those who are well don’t need a doctor, but the sick do need one. I didn’t come to call the righteous, but sinners.”