Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Anger of God » Should lead to repentance
Who gave Jacob to the robber, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the Lord? Have we not sinned against Him? They were not willing to walk in His ways, and they would not listen to His instruction. So He poured out on Jacob His furious anger and the power of war. It surrounded him with fire, but he did not know [it]; it burned him, but he paid no attention.
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,
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.
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.
Disobedience to God » Shall be punished
Who gave Jacob to the robber, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the Lord? Have we not sinned against Him? They were not willing to walk in His ways, and they would not listen to His instruction. So He poured out on Jacob His furious anger and the power of war. It surrounded him with fire, but he did not know [it]; it burned him, but he paid no attention.
Hardness (of heart) » Condemned
But because of your hardness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed.
but one who hardens his heart falls into trouble.
after many reprimands
will be shattered instantly—
beyond recovery.
and the power of war.
It surrounded him with fire, but he did not know it;
it burned him, but he paid no attention.
But encourage each other daily, while it is still called today, so that none of you is hardened by sin’s deception.
Heart » Whole » Hardness of
But because of your hardness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed.
but one who hardens his heart falls into trouble.
after many reprimands
will be shattered instantly—
beyond recovery.
and the power of war.
It surrounded him with fire, but he did not know it;
it burned him, but he paid no attention.
But encourage each other daily, while it is still called today, so that none of you is hardened by sin’s deception.
Isaiah » Prophecies, reproofs, and exhortations of » Reproves the jews for their spiritual blindness and infidelity
"Listen, you deaf! Look, you blind, so that you may see. Who is blind but My servant, or deaf like My messenger I am sending? Who is blind like [My] dedicated one, or blind like the servant of the Lord? Though seeing many things, you do not obey. Though [his] ears are open, he does not listen." read more.
The Lord was pleased, because of His righteousness, to magnify [His] instruction and make it glorious. But this is a people plundered and looted, all of them trapped in holes or imprisoned in dungeons. They have become plunder, with no one to rescue them, and loot, with no one saying "Give [it] back!" Who among you will pay attention to this? Let him listen and obey in the future. Who gave Jacob to the robber, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the Lord? Have we not sinned against Him? They were not willing to walk in His ways, and they would not listen to His instruction. So He poured out on Jacob His furious anger and the power of war. It surrounded him with fire, but he did not know [it]; it burned him, but he paid no attention.
The Lord was pleased, because of His righteousness, to magnify [His] instruction and make it glorious. But this is a people plundered and looted, all of them trapped in holes or imprisoned in dungeons. They have become plunder, with no one to rescue them, and loot, with no one saying "Give [it] back!" Who among you will pay attention to this? Let him listen and obey in the future. Who gave Jacob to the robber, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the Lord? Have we not sinned against Him? They were not willing to walk in His ways, and they would not listen to His instruction. So He poured out on Jacob His furious anger and the power of war. It surrounded him with fire, but he did not know [it]; it burned him, but he paid no attention.