Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Baldness » Artificial, a sign of mourning
Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyre. Every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled. Yet neither he nor his army had any pay for Tyre, for the service that he had served against it.
And in that day Jehovah of Hosts called to weeping and mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth.
Both the great and the small shall die in this land. They shall not be buried, nor shall men mourn for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them.
And they will be bald for you, and gird with sackcloth. And they shall weep for you with bitterness of soul, a bitter wailing.
And I will turn your feast into mourning, and all your songs into weeping; and I will bring up sackcloth on all loins, and baldness on every head. And I will make it like the mourning of an only son, and the end of it like a bitter day.
Make yourself bald, and cut off your hair for the sons of your delight; make your baldness large like the eagle; for they go into exile from you.
Happiness » Of the wicked » Leads to recklessness
And in that day Jehovah of Hosts called to weeping and mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth.
Head » Illustrative » (made bald,) of heavy judgments
One has gone up to the house, even to Dibon, the high places, to weep. Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba; baldness shall be on all their heads, every beard cut off.
And in that day Jehovah of Hosts called to weeping and mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth.
Make yourself bald, and cut off your hair for the sons of your delight; make your baldness large like the eagle; for they go into exile from you.
And it shall be, instead of sweet smell, there shall be an odor of decay; and instead of a sash, a rope; and instead of well-set hair, baldness; and instead of a rich robe, a wrapping of sackcloth; burning instead of beauty.
Isaiah » Prophecies, reproofs, and exhortations of » Concerning the conquest of jerusalem, the captivity of shebna, and the promotion of eliakim
The burden against the valley of vision. What ails you now, that you have gone up to the housetops? Crashings fill the noisy city, the joyous city. Your slain ones are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle. All your rulers fled together; they were bound without the bow; all found in you are bound together; they have fled from afar. read more.
Therefore I said, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly; do not hurry to comfort me because of the ruin of the daughter of my people. For it is a day of trouble, and of trampling down, and of doubt by Jehovah of Hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountain. And Persia carried the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield. And it happened, your choicest valleys were full of chariots; and the horsemen surely set in order at the gate. And he removed Judah's covering, and you looked in that day to the armor of the house of the forest. You have seen also the breaks in the city of David, that they are many; and you gathered the waters of the lower pool. And you have counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you have broken down the houses to fortify the wall. You also made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool; but you have not looked to its Maker, nor saw Him who formed it long ago. And in that day Jehovah of Hosts called to weeping and mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth. Then, lo, joy and gladness, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine, saying, Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die! And it was revealed in my ears by Jehovah of Hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you until you die, says the Lord Jehovah of Hosts. So says the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Go, go up to this treasurer, to Shebna who is over the house. Say, What is to you here? And who is here to you, that you have carved out a tomb for yourself here, as one who cuts himself out a tomb on high, who cuts out a home for himself in a rock? Behold, Jehovah will hurl you with a hurling, O man, and grasps you with a grasping. Whirling, He will whirl you like a ball into a large country; there you shall die, and there are the chariots of your glory, the shame of your lord's house. And I will drive you from your position, and he will pull you from your station. And in that day it shall be, even I will call My servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah. and I will clothe him with your robe, and will fasten your girdle on him, and I will give your authority into his hand. And he shall be a father to the people of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. And the key of the house of David I will lay on his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
Therefore I said, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly; do not hurry to comfort me because of the ruin of the daughter of my people. For it is a day of trouble, and of trampling down, and of doubt by Jehovah of Hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountain. And Persia carried the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield. And it happened, your choicest valleys were full of chariots; and the horsemen surely set in order at the gate. And he removed Judah's covering, and you looked in that day to the armor of the house of the forest. You have seen also the breaks in the city of David, that they are many; and you gathered the waters of the lower pool. And you have counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you have broken down the houses to fortify the wall. You also made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool; but you have not looked to its Maker, nor saw Him who formed it long ago. And in that day Jehovah of Hosts called to weeping and mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth. Then, lo, joy and gladness, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine, saying, Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die! And it was revealed in my ears by Jehovah of Hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you until you die, says the Lord Jehovah of Hosts. So says the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Go, go up to this treasurer, to Shebna who is over the house. Say, What is to you here? And who is here to you, that you have carved out a tomb for yourself here, as one who cuts himself out a tomb on high, who cuts out a home for himself in a rock? Behold, Jehovah will hurl you with a hurling, O man, and grasps you with a grasping. Whirling, He will whirl you like a ball into a large country; there you shall die, and there are the chariots of your glory, the shame of your lord's house. And I will drive you from your position, and he will pull you from your station. And in that day it shall be, even I will call My servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah. and I will clothe him with your robe, and will fasten your girdle on him, and I will give your authority into his hand. And he shall be a father to the people of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. And the key of the house of David I will lay on his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
Judgments » Should lead to » Contrition
And it happened when I heard these words, I sat down and wept. And I mourned for days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of Heaven.
And in every province, wherever the king's command and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping and wailing. And many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
And in that day Jehovah of Hosts called to weeping and mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth.
Sackcloth » Illustrative » (girding with,) of heavy afflictions
And in that day Jehovah of Hosts called to weeping and mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth.
And it shall be, instead of sweet smell, there shall be an odor of decay; and instead of a sash, a rope; and instead of well-set hair, baldness; and instead of a rich robe, a wrapping of sackcloth; burning instead of beauty.
Tremble, women at ease; be troubled, careless ones; strip yourselves and make yourselves bare, and bind sackcloth on your loins.