Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Afflictions of the The Wicked » Are ineffectual of themselves, for their conversion
"But the people have not returned to rely on him who struck them, nor have they sought the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.
"I've punished your children with no results, they have accepted no discipline. Your sword has devoured your prophets like a destroying lion."
I punished you and everything that you undertook with scorching wind, with mildew, and with hail, and you still did not return to me,' declares the LORD.
Correction » Correction despised
You have forgotten the encouragement that is addressed to you as sons: "My son, do not think lightly of the Lord's discipline or give up when you are corrected by him.
"But the people have not returned to rely on him who struck them, nor have they sought the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.
"I've punished your children with no results, they have accepted no discipline. Your sword has devoured your prophets like a destroying lion."
"I afflicted you with blight and fungus; and the locust swarm devoured the harvest of your gardens, your vineyards, your fig trees, and your olive trees, but you have not returned to me," declares the LORD.
and cursed the God of heaven because of their pain-filled sores. But they did not repent of their behavior.
"Why will you still be struck down? Why will you continue to rebel? Your whole head is sick, and your whole heart is faint.
so he drenched him with the heat that is his anger, the violence of war. It enveloped him in flames, but still he had no insight. It burned him up, but he didn't take it to heart."
LORD, don't your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they didn't flinch. You brought them to an end, but they refused to receive discipline. They made their faces harder than stone, and they refused to repent.
I have said, "If only you would fear me, if only you would take my instructions to heart.' Then their houses would not have been torn down. I have chastened them, but they were eager to corrupt everything they were doing."
Prophets » Martyrs
"I've punished your children with no results, they have accepted no discipline. Your sword has devoured your prophets like a destroying lion."
"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones to death those who have been sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
You have given them blood to drink because they spilled the blood of saints and prophets. This is what they deserve."
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones to death those who have been sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you people were unwilling!
They were stoned to death, sawed in half, and killed with swords. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins. They were needy, oppressed, and mistreated.
who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, who have persecuted us, and who please neither God nor any group of people,
Then the man sent another, and that one they killed. So it was with many other servants. Some of these they beat, and others they killed.