Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



Of oaks from Bashan they have made your oars. With ivory they have inlaid your deck with cypress wood from the coastlands of Cyprus. Verse ConceptsIvoryShipsOaks

It will also be against all the towering and mighty cedars of Lebanon and all the oaks of Bashan, Verse ConceptsOaks

Wail, You fir tree, for the cedar has fallen, because the majestic ones are destroyed. Wail you oaks of Bashan, for the strong forest has come down. Verse ConceptsFir TreesWailingFelling TreesDestruction Of PlantsOaksHarming Trees

There shall be abundance of grain throughout the land. Its fruit sways like Lebanon. Let it flourish, thriving like the grass of the field. Verse ConceptsCornGrainGrassLand ProducingBlessings From The Mountains

It will also be against all the towering and mighty cedars of Lebanon and all the oaks of Bashan, Verse ConceptsOaks

Wail, You fir tree, for the cedar has fallen, because the majestic ones are destroyed. Wail you oaks of Bashan, for the strong forest has come down. Verse ConceptsFir TreesWailingFelling TreesDestruction Of PlantsOaksHarming Trees


Even the cypress trees rejoice over you. The cedars of Lebanon say: 'Since you have fallen, no lumberjack has come to attack us.' Verse ConceptsCedarFir TreesFelling Trees

I will set apart destroyers against you, each with his weapons. They will cut down your choicest cedars and throw them on the fire. Verse ConceptsFelling TreesThose Who DestroyBurning Plants

Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon with beautiful branches and forest shade, and very high, and its top was among the clouds. Verse ConceptsBranches, Types OfCedarPride, Examples OfTreesThings On High

It will also be against all the towering and mighty cedars of Lebanon and all the oaks of Bashan, Verse ConceptsOaks

Behold, the Sovereign Lord Jehovah of Hosts will lop off the boughs with great power. The lofty trees will be cut down! The tall ones will be brought low. He will cut down the forest thickets with an ax. Lebanon will fall before the Mighty One.


He summoned the twelve and sent them forth in pairs. They were given authority over the unclean spirits. They were instructed to take nothing for their journey, with the exception of a walking staff. They were to take no bread, no wallet, no money in their purse and no extra sandals or coat. read more.
He said: When someone invites you to enter into a house, stay there until you leave. When someone will not listen to you leave that house and shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony to the householder.

The Day of Jehovah draws near upon all the nations. It will be done to you just as you have done. Your dealings will return upon you head! Just as you have drunk upon my holy mountain, so will all the nations drink! Continually: Yes they will drink, and swallow down, and will be as though they had never existed.

All who are proud will be humbled. Jehovah of Hosts will have his day against all who are arrogant and conceited. It will also be against all the towering and mighty cedars of Lebanon and all the oaks of Bashan, against all the high mountains and all the lofty hills, read more.
against every high tower and every fortified wall, and also against all the large ships of Tarshish and all the beautiful boats. Then arrogant people will be brought down. High and mighty people will be humiliated. On that day Jehovah alone will be honored.

Behold! The Day of Jehovah is coming! It will be cruel, with fury and burning anger. It will make the land desolation and exterminate the sinners from it. The stars of heaven and their constellations will not shine forth their light. The sun will be dark when it rises and the moon will not shine its light. I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will also end the arrogance of the proud. I will demean (disgrace) the arrogance of tyranny.

Come together, make everyone come together, you nation without shame! Before the decree takes effect. Before the day passes like the chaff. Before the fierce anger of Jehovah comes upon you. Yes, before the Day of Jehovah's anger comes upon you.

Jehovah of Hosts proclaims: The day is coming when all arrogant and evil people will burn like stubble. On that day they will burn up and there will be nothing left of them, either root or bough. The sun of righteousness with it's healing will shine on you who respect my name and obey me. You will be free and paw the ground like fat calves. When I act you will tread down the wicked. They will be like dust under your feet, Jehovah of Hosts said.

Jesus sent the twelve. He gave them orders not to go to the people of the nations and not to go to the Samaritans. He said: Go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Preach as you go! Announce the kingdom of heaven, for it is near. read more.
Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, and cast out demons. You received without paying, now give without being paid. Do not take gold, silver, or copper money in your money belt. Take no extra clothes, not even two coats, no extra shoes or walking stick for the laborer is worthy of his food. Go into a city or village and search for the worthy ones. Stay with them until you are ready to leave. When you enter the house, offer a blessing of peace. If the people are worthy, let your blessing stand. If they are not worthy, let your peace return to you. If someone will not welcome you and listen to the message, leave that house or town, shake the dust off your feet and move on. I tell you, it will be better for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that town.

Of oaks from Bashan they have made your oars. With ivory they have inlaid your deck with cypress wood from the coastlands of Cyprus. Verse ConceptsIvoryShipsOaks

It will also be against all the towering and mighty cedars of Lebanon and all the oaks of Bashan, Verse ConceptsOaks

Wail, You fir tree, for the cedar has fallen, because the majestic ones are destroyed. Wail you oaks of Bashan, for the strong forest has come down. Verse ConceptsFir TreesWailingFelling TreesDestruction Of PlantsOaksHarming Trees

Jehovah, you have abandoned your people, the descendants of Jacob, because they are filled with Eastern influences. They practice witchcraft like the Philistines, and they make deals with foreigners. Their land is full of silver and gold. There is no limit to their treasures. Their land is also full of horses. There is no limit to their chariots. Their land is full of idols. They worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made. read more.
Man has been humbled. Everyman has been humiliated. Do not forgive them. Go in among the rocks and hide underground because of Jehovah's terrifying presence and the magnificence of his majesty. The arrogant people will be humbled. High and mighty people will be brought down. On that day Jehovah alone will be exalted. All who are proud will be humbled. Jehovah of Hosts will have his day against all who are arrogant and conceited. It will also be against all the towering and mighty cedars of Lebanon and all the oaks of Bashan, against all the high mountains and all the lofty hills, against every high tower and every fortified wall, and also against all the large ships of Tarshish and all the beautiful boats. Then arrogant people will be brought down. High and mighty people will be humiliated. On that day Jehovah alone will be honored. Then idols (false gods) will disappear completely. People will go into caves in the rocks and into holes in the ground because of Jehovah's terrifying presence and the honor of his majesty when he rises to shake the earth. That day people will throw their silver and gold idols, that they made for themselves to worship, to the moles and the bats.


Pay close attention to the things heard so we do not drift away. If the word spoken through angels was steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward (penalty). How shall we escape, if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first presented by the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard him.

Be careful, then, and do not refuse to hear him who speaks. Those who refused to hear the one who gave the divine message on earth did not escape. How much less shall we escape then, if we turn away from the one who speaks from heaven! Verse ConceptsFaith, As A Body Of BeliefsComplacencyGospel, Responses ToImpenitence, Results OfSalvation, Necessity And Basis OfWatchfulness, Of BelieversRejection Of God's CallEscaping EvilNo EscapeGod Speaks From Heaven

I keep my promise for thousands of generations and forgive evil and sin. But I will not fail to punish children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generation for the sins of their fathers. Verse ConceptsIniquity, God's Attitude TowardPunishment, Nature OfUnforgivenessParents SinSins Of The FathersA Forgiving God

You serpents! You offspring of vipers! How will you escape from being destroyed in the ever-burning fires of the Valley of Hinnom? (Greek: Gehenna, the trash fires in the valley just outside of Jerusalem) Verse ConceptsHell, As Incentive To ActionSerpentsSnakesWicked Described AsGehennaDenunciationsThings Like SnakesEscaping From GodHellHypocritesHypocrisyRacecondemnationvampires

They said to the mountains and rocks: Fall on us, and hide us from the presence of him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath has come; and who will be able to stand?

Go in among the rocks and hide underground because of Jehovah's terrifying presence and the magnificence of his majesty. Verse ConceptsGlory, Revelation OfGod, Majesty OfGod, The LordRocksGlory Of GodCellarsStones For ProtectionHiding From GodTerror Of GodHoles In The Ground

All who are proud will be humbled. Jehovah of Hosts will have his day against all who are arrogant and conceited. It will also be against all the towering and mighty cedars of Lebanon and all the oaks of Bashan, against all the high mountains and all the lofty hills, read more.
against every high tower and every fortified wall, and also against all the large ships of Tarshish and all the beautiful boats. Then arrogant people will be brought down. High and mighty people will be humiliated. On that day Jehovah alone will be honored. Then idols (false gods) will disappear completely. People will go into caves in the rocks and into holes in the ground because of Jehovah's terrifying presence and the honor of his majesty when he rises to shake the earth.

They will go into caves in the rocks and into cracks in the cliffs because of Jehovah's terrifying presence and the honor of his majesty when he rises to shake the earth. Verse ConceptsEarth, Judgment OfPeople In CavesTremblingTerror Of God

Son of man, suppose a country sins against me by being unfaithful to me. I will stretch out my hand (use my power) against it, cut off its food supply, send a famine to it, and destroy its people and animals. Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in that country, they would, by their righteousness, rescue only themselves,' declares the Lord Jehovah.

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Listen to Jehovah the God of Hosts, the Almighty: Wailing will be in all the broad ways. They will say in all the streets, Alas! Alas! They will call the farmer to mourning, and the professional mourner to lamentation and crying. All vineyards will lament. For I will pass through your midst, said Jehovah. Woe to you who desire the day of Jehovah! What will the day of Jehovah mean to you? It is darkness, and not light. read more.
Like a man who ran from a lion, and a bear met him! So he went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him. Will the day of Jehovah be darkness with no light? Will it be very dark, and no brightness in it?

I saw Jehovah standing beside the altar. He said: Strike the capitals that the thresholds may shake! Break them in pieces on the head of all of them and I will slay the last of them with the sword. Not one of them will get away. Not one of them will escape! Though they dig into the grave my hand will take them. Though they climb to heaven I will bring them down. Though they hide on top of Mount Carmel I will search and find them and take them from there. Though they hide from my sight on the bottom of the sea I will command the serpent to bite them. read more.
Though they go into the captivity of their enemies I will command the sword, and it will slay them. I will set my eyes against them for evil, and not for good.

He that despised Moses' Law died without mercy under two or three witnesses. What about those who despise the Son of God? Those who treat as a cheap thing the blood of God's covenant that purified them from sin? Those who insult the Spirit of grace? Think how much worse the punishment they deserve will be!

I know how skillful your lumbermen are, so send me cedar, cypress, and juniper logs from Lebanon. I am ready to send my men to assist yours.

You defy Jehovah and through your servants you say: 'With my many chariots I ride up the high mountains, up the slopes of Lebanon. I cut down its tallest cedars and its finest cypresses. I travel to its most distant borders and its most fertile forests. Verse ConceptsExamples Of ConfidenceClimbingChariotsCedarWorldly Ambition ExamplesFalse Confidence, Examples OfFelling Trees

Jehoash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying: The thorn-tree in Lebanon sent to the cedar in Lebanon, saying: 'Give your daughter to my son for a wife.' A beast from the woodland in Lebanon went by, crushing the thorn under his feet. Verse ConceptsCedarFablesThornsSarcasmThistlesOld Testament ParablesGiving In Marriage

The thorn bush answered: 'If you really want to make me your king, then come and take shelter in my shade. If you do not, fire will blaze out of my thorny branches and burn up the cedars of Lebanon.' Verse ConceptsCedarShadowsBramblesBurning PlantsPerforming The Truth

It will also be against all the towering and mighty cedars of Lebanon and all the oaks of Bashan, Verse ConceptsOaks

Lebanon is not sufficient for altar fires, nor its animals enough for burnt offerings. Verse ConceptsFirewoodShortage Other Than Food


Even the cypress trees rejoice over you. The cedars of Lebanon say: 'Since you have fallen, no lumberjack has come to attack us.' Verse ConceptsCedarFir TreesFelling Trees

They have made all your planks of fir trees from Senir. They have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you. Verse ConceptsCedarFir TreesBoardsCedar Wood

Jehovah's trees drink their fill, the cedars of Lebanon which he planted, Verse ConceptsCedar

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The voice of Jehovah breaks the cedars. Jehovah splinters the cedars of Lebanon. Verse ConceptsCedarFelling TreesThe Beauty Of Nature

I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily and he will take root like the cedars of Lebanon. Verse ConceptsdewPlantsHoly Spirit, Types OfRosesChange And Growthfriendliness

It will also be against all the towering and mighty cedars of Lebanon and all the oaks of Bashan, Verse ConceptsOaks

Wail, You fir tree, for the cedar has fallen, because the majestic ones are destroyed. Wail you oaks of Bashan, for the strong forest has come down. Verse ConceptsFir TreesWailingFelling TreesDestruction Of PlantsOaksHarming Trees

It will also be against all the towering and mighty cedars of Lebanon and all the oaks of Bashan, Verse ConceptsOaks

Jehoash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying: The thorn-tree in Lebanon sent to the cedar in Lebanon, saying: 'Give your daughter to my son for a wife.' A beast from the woodland in Lebanon went by, crushing the thorn under his feet. Verse ConceptsCedarFablesThornsSarcasmThistlesOld Testament ParablesGiving In Marriage

It will also be against all the towering and mighty cedars of Lebanon and all the oaks of Bashan, Verse ConceptsOaks

He spoke of trees and plants, from the Lebanon cedars to the hyssop that grows on walls. He talked about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish. Verse ConceptsCedarHyssopPlantsRelation Of Animals To ManBeauty Of NatureFishPets

Its shade covered the mountains. Its branches covered the mighty cedars. Verse ConceptsCedarThe Mountains Of Israel

Jehovah's trees drink their fill, the cedars of Lebanon which he planted, Verse ConceptsCedar

The voice of Jehovah breaks the cedars. Jehovah splinters the cedars of Lebanon. Verse ConceptsCedarFelling TreesThe Beauty Of Nature