Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Afflictions of the The Wicked » Are ineffectual of themselves, for their conversion
The people did not return to the one who struck them, they did not seek reconciliation with the Lord who commands armies.
"It did no good for me to punish your people. They did not respond to such correction. You slaughtered your prophets like a voracious lion."
I struck all the products of your labor with blight, disease, and hail, and yet you brought nothing to me,' says the Lord.
Correction » Correction despised
And have you forgotten the exhortation addressed to you as sons? "My son, do not scorn the Lord's discipline or give up when he corrects you.
The people did not return to the one who struck them, they did not seek reconciliation with the Lord who commands armies.
"It did no good for me to punish your people. They did not respond to such correction. You slaughtered your prophets like a voracious lion."
"I destroyed your crops with blight and disease. Locusts kept devouring your orchards, vineyards, fig trees, and olive trees. Still you did not come back to me." The Lord is speaking!
They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their sufferings and because of their sores, but nevertheless they still refused to repent of their deeds.
Why do you insist on being battered? Why do you continue to rebel? Your head has a massive wound, your whole body is weak.
So he poured out his fierce anger on them, along with the devastation of war. Its flames encircled them, but they did not realize it; it burned against them, but they did notice.
Lord, I know you look for faithfulness. But even when you punish these people, they feel no remorse. Even when you nearly destroy them, they refuse to be corrected. They have become as hardheaded as a rock. They refuse to change their ways.
I thought, 'Certainly you will respect me! Now you will accept correction!' If she had done so, her home would not be destroyed by all the punishments I have threatened. But they eagerly sinned in everything they did.
Prophets » Martyrs
"It did no good for me to punish your people. They did not respond to such correction. You slaughtered your prophets like a voracious lion."
"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!
because they poured out the blood of your saints and prophets, so you have given them blood to drink. They got what they deserved!"
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!
They were stoned, sawed apart, murdered with the sword; they went about in sheepskins and goatskins; they were destitute, afflicted, ill-treated
who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets and persecuted us severely. They are displeasing to God and are opposed to all people,
He sent another, and that one they killed. This happened to many others, some of whom were beaten, others killed.