Thematic Bible




Thematic Bible






"They do not know [how] to do right," {declares Yahweh}, "those who store up violence and destruction in their citadel fortresses."

But they do not know the thoughts of Yahweh, and they do not understand his plan, that he has gathered them as sheaves to his threshing floor.

They do not know [the] way of peace, and there is no justice in their firm paths. They have made their paths crooked for themselves; everyone {who walks} in it knows no peace.

Then I said, "[They are] just simple people, they are foolish, for they know not the way of Yahweh, the law of their God.



he who builds Zion with blood and Jerusalem with wickedness.

The vision of Isaiah son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, [and] Hezekiah, kings of Judah. Hear, heavens, and listen, earth, for Yahweh has spoken: "I reared children and I brought [them] up, but they rebelled against me. An ox knows its owner and a donkey the manger of its master. Israel does not know; my people do not understand. read more.
Ah, sinful nation, a people heavy [with] iniquity, offspring of evildoers, children who deal corruptly. They have forsaken Yahweh; they have despised the holy one of Israel. They are estranged [and gone] backward.

"Roam about through the streets of Jerusalem, and look please, and take note, and search at its public squares, if you can find a person [who] does justice, [who] seeks honesty, so that I may forgive it. And though they say, '{As Yahweh lives},' {therefore} they swear falsely." Yahweh, do not your eyes [look] for honesty? You have struck them, but they felt no pain, you have destroyed them, they refused to take discipline. They have hardened their faces more than rock, they have refused to turn back. read more.
Then I said, "[They are] just simple people, they are foolish, for they know not the way of Yahweh, the law of their God. Let me go to the great, and let me speak with them, for they know the way of Yahweh, the law of their God." However, they together have broken [the] yoke, they have torn to pieces [the] bonds.

Nevertheless, it is necessary [for] me to be on the way today and tomorrow and on the next [day], because it is not possible [for] a prophet to perish outside Jerusalem. "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How many times I wanted to gather your children together {the way} a hen [gathers] her own brood under [her] wings, and you were not willing!


Then I said, "[They are] just simple people, they are foolish, for they know not the way of Yahweh, the law of their God.


Why do you want to be beaten again? You continue [in] rebellion. [The] whole of [the] head [is] sick, and [the] whole of [the] heart [is] faint.

"For from the smallest of them to the greatest of them, {everyone} makes profit for unlawful gain. And from the prophet to the priest, {everyone} practices deceit.

"Roam about through the streets of Jerusalem, and look please, and take note, and search at its public squares, if you can find a person [who] does justice, [who] seeks honesty, so that I may forgive it. And though they say, '{As Yahweh lives},' {therefore} they swear falsely." Yahweh, do not your eyes [look] for honesty? You have struck them, but they felt no pain, you have destroyed them, they refused to take discipline. They have hardened their faces more than rock, they have refused to turn back. read more.
Then I said, "[They are] just simple people, they are foolish, for they know not the way of Yahweh, the law of their God. Let me go to the great, and let me speak with them, for they know the way of Yahweh, the law of their God." However, they together have broken [the] yoke, they have torn to pieces [the] bonds.





"They do not know [how] to do right," {declares Yahweh}, "those who store up violence and destruction in their citadel fortresses."

But they do not know the thoughts of Yahweh, and they do not understand his plan, that he has gathered them as sheaves to his threshing floor.

They do not know [the] way of peace, and there is no justice in their firm paths. They have made their paths crooked for themselves; everyone {who walks} in it knows no peace.

Then I said, "[They are] just simple people, they are foolish, for they know not the way of Yahweh, the law of their God.



Then I said, "[They are] just simple people, they are foolish, for they know not the way of Yahweh, the law of their God.


Then I said, "[They are] just simple people, they are foolish, for they know not the way of Yahweh, the law of their God.