Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Battlements » On the walls
but do not finish them off.
Prune away her shoots,
for they do not belong to the Lord.
Ingratitude to God » Prosperity likely to produce
When I bring them into the land I swore to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill and prosper. They will turn to other gods and worship them, despising Me and breaking My covenant.
Verse Concepts
you became fat, bloated, and gorged.
He abandoned the God who made him
and scorned the Rock of his salvation.
Why should I forgive you? Your children have abandoned Me and sworn by those who are not gods. I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery; they gashed themselves at the prostitute's house. They are well-fed, eager stallions, each neighing after someone else's wife. Should I not punish them for these things? [This is]*The bracketed text has been added for clarity. the Lord's declaration. Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this? read more.
Go up among her vineyard terraces and destroy them, but do not finish them off. Prune away her shoots, for they do not belong to the Lord. They, the house of Israel and the house of Judah, have dealt very treacherously with Me. [This is]*The bracketed text has been added for clarity. the Lord's declaration.
Go up among her vineyard terraces and destroy them, but do not finish them off. Prune away her shoots, for they do not belong to the Lord. They, the house of Israel and the house of Judah, have dealt very treacherously with Me. [This is]*The bracketed text has been added for clarity. the Lord's declaration.
Judgments » Are frequently tempered with mercy
but do not finish them off.
Prune away her shoots,
for they do not belong to the Lord.
are on the sinful kingdom,
and I will destroy it
from the face of the earth.
However, I will not totally destroy
the house of Jacob
this is the Lord’s declaration—
I am about to bring a nation from far away against you, house of Israel. [This is]*The bracketed text has been added for clarity. the Lord's declaration. It is an established nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know and whose speech you do not understand. Their quiver is like an open grave; they are all mighty warriors. They will consume your harvest and your food. They will consume your sons and your daughters. They will consume your flocks and your herds. They will consume your vines and your fig trees. They will destroy with the sword your fortified cities in which you trust. read more.
"But even in those days"-[this is] the Lord's declaration-"I will not finish you off.
"But even in those days"-[this is] the Lord's declaration-"I will not finish you off.
For this is what the Lord says:
The whole land will be a desolation,
but I will not finish it off.
Verse Concepts
but I will not finish it off.