Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



and all the foreign people, all the kings of the land of Uz, all the kings of the land of the Philistines (even Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron and the remnant of Ashdod); Verse ConceptsMixed MultitudeSurvivors Of The Nations

“I will also cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod,
And him who holds the scepter, from Ashkelon;
I will even unleash My power upon Ekron,
And the remnant of the Philistines will perish,”
Says the Lord God.
Verse ConceptsSurvivors DestroyedGod's HandGod KillingGod's Hands In OppositionGod Will Kill The PeoplesGod Killing Individuals

For Gaza will be abandoned
And Ashkelon a desolation;
Ashdod will be driven out at noon
And Ekron will be uprooted.
Verse ConceptsNoonArchaeologyEmpty CitiesPlucking Outcrusades

Baldness has come upon Gaza;
Ashkelon has been ruined.
O remnant of their valley,
How long will you gash yourself?
Verse ConceptsBaldness, Figurative UseBaldnessHairsHeadsKnivesMourningSilenceGashing Bodies

“How can it be quiet,
When the Lord has given it an order?
Against Ashkelon and against the seacoast—
There He has assigned it.”
Verse ConceptsNot Being StillNot StillGod's Orders

And the coast will be
For the remnant of the house of Judah,
They will pasture on it.
In the houses of Ashkelon they will lie down at evening;
For the Lord their God will care for them
And restore their fortune.
Verse ConceptsLiving In HousesCoastlandsLying Down To RestSurvivors FavouredGod's Interventionfatemindfulness

Ashkelon will see it and be afraid.
Gaza too will writhe in great pain;
Also Ekron, for her expectation has been confounded.
Moreover, the king will perish from Gaza,
And Ashkelon will not be inhabited.
Verse ConceptsAgony, God's JudgmentdrynessHope, Of The WickedHope, Nature OfPessimismEmpty CitiesPhysical PainFear Will ComeWithout HopePleasurableness

Baldness has come upon Gaza;
Ashkelon has been ruined.
O remnant of their valley,
How long will you gash yourself?
Verse ConceptsBaldness, Figurative UseBaldnessHairsHeadsKnivesMourningSilenceGashing Bodies

Now it will come about that instead of sweet perfume there will be putrefaction;
Instead of a belt, a rope;
Instead of well-set hair, a plucked-out scalp;
Instead of fine clothes, a donning of sackcloth;
And branding instead of beauty.
Verse ConceptsBaldness, Figurative UseClothHairsSackcloth And AshesSmellsPeople RottingFragranceMarks On PeopleAppearance Of HairNo BeautyWomen's BeautyHairmakeupbranding

For every head is bald and every beard cut short; there are gashes on all the hands and sackcloth on the loins. Verse ConceptsBarbersBaldnessBeardsHairsHeadsKnivesMourningGashing Bodies

They will gird themselves with sackcloth and shuddering will overwhelm them; and shame will be on all faces and baldness on all their heads. Verse ConceptsBaldnessHeadsKnivesMourningShavingFoul ClothesShame Will Come

Baldness has come upon Gaza;
Ashkelon has been ruined.
O remnant of their valley,
How long will you gash yourself?
Verse ConceptsBaldness, Figurative UseBaldnessHairsHeadsKnivesMourningSilenceGashing Bodies

Now it will come about that instead of sweet perfume there will be putrefaction;
Instead of a belt, a rope;
Instead of well-set hair, a plucked-out scalp;
Instead of fine clothes, a donning of sackcloth;
And branding instead of beauty.
Verse ConceptsBaldness, Figurative UseClothHairsSackcloth And AshesSmellsPeople RottingFragranceMarks On PeopleAppearance Of HairNo BeautyWomen's BeautyHairmakeupbranding

For Gaza will be abandoned
And Ashkelon a desolation;
Ashdod will be driven out at noon
And Ekron will be uprooted.
Verse ConceptsNoonArchaeologyEmpty CitiesPlucking Outcrusades

Baldness has come upon Gaza;
Ashkelon has been ruined.
O remnant of their valley,
How long will you gash yourself?
Verse ConceptsBaldness, Figurative UseBaldnessHairsHeadsKnivesMourningSilenceGashing Bodies