Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible





The hope of Israel is Jehovah, All forsaking Thee are ashamed, And 'My apostates' in the earth are written, For they have forsaken Jehovah, A fountain of living waters. Verse ConceptsAbandonmentForsaking GodHope, As ConfidenceShameSpring Of WaterWellsMetaphorical SpringsJudgements WrittenConsequences Of Forsaking GodLiving WaterWells, Figurative Useisraeldust

Lo, God doth not reject the perfect, Nor taketh hold on the hand of evil doers. While he filleth with laughter thy mouth, And thy lips with shouting, Those hating thee do put on shame, And the tent of the wicked is not!

And ye are those forsaking Jehovah, Who are forgetting My holy mountain, Who are setting in array for Gad a table, And who are filling for Meni a mixture. And I have numbered you for the sword, And all of you for slaughter bow down, Because I called, and ye have not answered, I have spoken, and ye have not hearkened, And ye do the evil thing in Mine eyes, And on that which I desired not -- fixed. Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, My servants do eat, and ye do hunger, Lo, My servants do drink, and ye do thirst, Lo, My servants rejoice, and ye are ashamed,

The instructor of a scorner Is receiving for it -- shame, And a reprover of the wicked -- his blemish. Verse ConceptsInsultsMockerySpeech, Negative Aspects OfWasteScoffersAbusemockers

O Jehovah, let me not be ashamed, For I have called Thee, let the wicked be ashamed, Let them become silent to Sheol. Verse ConceptsThe DeadGrave, TheSheolCurbing SpeechI PraySinners Grasped By DeathDisappointment

Removed backward -- utterly ashamed, Are those trusting in a graven image, Those saying to a molten image, 'Ye are our gods.' Verse ConceptsFaith, Nature OfTrust, Lack OfTrusting IdolsFate Of IdolatersShame Of IdolatryFutile Faith

And the shameful thing hath devoured The labour of our fathers from our youth, Their flock and their herd, Their sons and their daughters. We have lain down in our shame, and cover us doth our confusion, For against Jehovah our God we have sinned, We, and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, Nor have we hearkened to the voice of Jehovah our God!

What profit hath a graven image given That its former hath graven it? A molten image and teacher of falsehood, That trusted hath the former on his own formation -- to make dumb idols? Woe to him who is saying to wood, 'Awake,' 'Stir up,' to a dumb stone, It a teacher! lo, it is overlaid -- gold and silver, And there is no spirit in its midst.

Their idols are silver and gold, work of man's hands, A mouth they have, and they speak not, Eyes they have, and they see not, Ears they have, and they hear not, A nose they have, and they smell not, read more.
Their hands, but they handle not, Their feet, and they walk not; Nor do they mutter through their throat, Like them are their makers, Every one who is trusting in them.

Removed backward -- utterly ashamed, Are those trusting in a graven image, Those saying to a molten image, 'Ye are our gods.' Verse ConceptsFaith, Nature OfTrust, Lack OfTrusting IdolsFate Of IdolatersShame Of IdolatryFutile Faith

The idols of the nations are silver and gold, Work of the hands of man. A mouth they have, and they speak not, Eyes they have, and they see not, Ears they have, and they give not ear, Nose -- there is no breath in their mouth! read more.
Like them are their makers, Every one who is trusting in them.

What profit hath a graven image given That its former hath graven it? A molten image and teacher of falsehood, That trusted hath the former on his own formation -- to make dumb idols? Verse ConceptsCreativitydistrustGod, Uniqueness OfIdolatry, Objections ToMaterialism, As An Aspect Of SinSculptureUnreliabilityIdols Not ExistingTrusting IdolsMisteachingDumbnessUseless IdolsIdolatryDumbimageHinduismFutile Faith

Removed backward -- utterly ashamed, Are those trusting in a graven image, Those saying to a molten image, 'Ye are our gods.' Verse ConceptsFaith, Nature OfTrust, Lack OfTrusting IdolsFate Of IdolatersShame Of IdolatryFutile Faith