Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Armies » Marched » With noise and tumult
Ah! The roar of many peoples- they roar like the roaring of the seas. The raging of the nations- they rage like the raging of mighty waters. The nations rage like the raging of many waters. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills and like dead thistles before a gale.
Chaff » Figurative
His winnowing shovel is in His hand, and He will clear His threshing floor and gather His wheat into the barn. But the chaff He will burn up with fire that never goes out.”
Verse Concepts
like chaff
instead, they are like chaff that the wind blows away.
with the angel of the Lord driving them away.
and as dry grass shrivels in the flame,
so their roots will become like something rotten
and their blossoms will blow away like dust,
for they have rejected
the instruction of the Lord of Hosts,
and they have despised
the word of the Holy One of Israel.
He rebukes them, and they flee far away,
driven before the wind like chaff on the hills
and like tumbleweeds before a gale.
Then the iron, the fired clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were shattered and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors. The wind carried them away, and not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.
Verse Concepts
like the early dew that vanishes,
like chaff blown from a threshing floor,
or like smoke from a window.
His winnowing shovel is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and gather the wheat into His barn, but the chaff He will burn up with a fire that never goes out.”
Meteorology » Whirlwind » Symbol of the sudden destruction of the wicked
“This is what the Lord of Hosts says:
Pay attention! Disaster spreads
from nation to nation.
A great storm is stirred up
from the ends of the earth.”
Verse Concepts
from nation to nation.
A great storm is stirred up
from the ends of the earth.”
He rebukes them, and they flee far away,
driven before the wind like chaff on the hills
and like tumbleweeds before a gale.
and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
when trouble and stress overcome you.
the wicked are no more,
but the righteous are secure forever.
their stem hardly takes root in the ground
when He blows on them and they wither,
and a whirlwind carries them away like stubble.
Wrath has gone out,
a whirling storm.
It will whirl about the heads of the wicked.
Wrath has gone out,
a churning storm.
It will whirl about the heads of the wicked.
Water » Illustrative » Of hostile armies
the mighty rushing waters of the Euphrates River—
the king of Assyria and all his glory.
It will overflow its channels
and spill over all its banks.
He rebukes them, and they flee far away,
driven before the wind like chaff on the hills
and like tumbleweeds before a gale.
Whirlwind » Symbol of the sudden destruction of the wicked
“This is what the Lord of Hosts says:
Pay attention! Disaster spreads
from nation to nation.
A great storm is stirred up
from the ends of the earth.”
Verse Concepts
from nation to nation.
A great storm is stirred up
from the ends of the earth.”
He rebukes them, and they flee far away,
driven before the wind like chaff on the hills
and like tumbleweeds before a gale.
and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
when trouble and stress overcome you.
the wicked are no more,
but the righteous are secure forever.
their stem hardly takes root in the ground
when He blows on them and they wither,
and a whirlwind carries them away like stubble.
Wrath has gone out,
a whirling storm.
It will whirl about the heads of the wicked.
Wrath has gone out,
a churning storm.
It will whirl about the heads of the wicked.
Whirlwind » Illustrative of the » Sudden destruction of the wicked
He rebukes them, and they flee far away,
driven before the wind like chaff on the hills
and like tumbleweeds before a gale.
and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
when trouble and stress overcome you.
their stem hardly takes root in the ground
when He blows on them and they wither,
and a whirlwind carries them away like stubble.
Wrath has gone out,
a churning storm.
It will whirl about the heads of the wicked.
whether green or burning—
He will sweep them away.
and a wind will carry them away,
a gale will scatter them.
But you will rejoice in the Lord;
you will boast in the Holy One of Israel.
The wicked » Compared to chaff
His winnowing shovel is in His hand, and He will clear His threshing floor and gather His wheat into the barn. But the chaff He will burn up with fire that never goes out.”
Verse Concepts
like chaff
instead, they are like chaff that the wind blows away.
and as dry grass shrivels in the flame,
so their roots will become like something rotten
and their blossoms will blow away like dust,
for they have rejected
the instruction of the Lord of Hosts,
and they have despised
the word of the Holy One of Israel.
He rebukes them, and they flee far away,
driven before the wind like chaff on the hills
and like tumbleweeds before a gale.
like the early dew that vanishes,
like chaff blown from a threshing floor,
or like smoke from a window.