Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Mill » Upper and lower stones of
One must not take either lower or upper millstones as security on a loan, for that is like taking a life itself as security.
Pick up millstones and grind flour! Remove your veil, strip off your skirt, expose your legs, cross the streams!
Mills » Illustrative » (grinding at,) of degradation, &c
"Fall down! Sit in the dirt, O virgin daughter Babylon! Sit on the ground, not on a throne, O daughter of the Babylonians! Indeed, you will no longer be called delicate and pampered. Pick up millstones and grind flour! Remove your veil, strip off your skirt, expose your legs, cross the streams!
Mills » Used for grinding » Corn
Pick up millstones and grind flour! Remove your veil, strip off your skirt, expose your legs, cross the streams!
Shoes » Illustrative » (taken off,) of an ignominious and servile condition
Do not chase after other gods until your shoes wear out and your throats become dry. But you say, 'It is useless for you to try and stop me because I love those foreign gods and want to pursue them!'
Pick up millstones and grind flour! Remove your veil, strip off your skirt, expose your legs, cross the streams!