Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Curtains » Figurative
He is seated upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; he stretches out the heavens as a curtain and spreads them out as a tent to dwell in:
Their tents and their flocks shall they take away; they shall take to themselves their curtains and all their vessels and their camels; and they shall invoke fear on every side against them.
Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;
Destruction upon destruction is cried, for the whole land is destroyed; suddenly are my tents destroyed, and my curtains in a moment.
My tent is destroyed, and all my cords are broken: my sons were taken from me, and they are lost; there is no one to stretch forth my tent any more and to set up my curtains.
Jeremiah » The prophet » Lamentations of » Over jerusalem
Oh that my head were waters and my eyes a fountain of tears that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness that thou may be saved. How long shalt thou entertain the thoughts of thy iniquity within thee? For the voice is heard from him who brings the news from Dan and from him who causes to hear the affliction from Mount Ephraim. Say ye of the Gentiles; behold, cause it to be heard upon Jerusalem, Watchmen come from a far country and shall give out their voice upon the cities of Judah. read more.
As the watchmen of the heritages, they were upon her round about because she has been rebellious against me, saith the LORD. Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness because it is bitter, because it reaches unto thine heart.
As the watchmen of the heritages, they were upon her round about because she has been rebellious against me, saith the LORD. Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness because it is bitter, because it reaches unto thine heart.
Because of my strong sorrow, my heart is faint in me. Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people that comes from a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? Is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images and with vanities of a strange god? The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved. read more.
For the destruction of the daughter of my people I am devastated; I am in darkness; astonishment has taken hold on me.
For the destruction of the daughter of my people I am devastated; I am in darkness; astonishment has taken hold on me.
Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous, but I said, Truly this is my sickness, and I must bear it. My tent is destroyed, and all my cords are broken: my sons were taken from me, and they are lost; there is no one to stretch forth my tent any more and to set up my curtains. For the pastors are become carnal and have not sought the LORD; therefore they did not understand, and all their flocks scattered. read more.
Behold, the voice of the rumour is come, and a great commotion out of the land of the north wind to make the cities of Judah desolate and a den of dragons.
Behold, the voice of the rumour is come, and a great commotion out of the land of the north wind to make the cities of Judah desolate and a den of dragons.
Tents » Fastened by cords to stakes or nails
Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;
My tent is destroyed, and all my cords are broken: my sons were taken from me, and they are lost; there is no one to stretch forth my tent any more and to set up my curtains.
Then Jael, Heber's wife, took the tent stake, and putting a hammer in her hand, went softly unto him and smote the stake into his temples and fastened it into the ground, for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.