Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Ingratitude to God » Prosperity likely to produce
For when I shall have brought them into the land which I swore unto their fathers, that flows with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and grown fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.
But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked: you are grown fat, you are grown thick, you are covered with fatness; then he forsook God who made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
How shall I pardon you for this? your children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses. They were as fed horses in the morning: everyone neighed after his neighbor's wife. Shall I not punish for these things? says the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? read more.
Go you up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her branches; for they are not the LORD's. For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, says the LORD.
Go you up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her branches; for they are not the LORD's. For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, says the LORD.
national Sins » Denunciations against
Woe to the rebellious children, says the LORD, that take counsel, but not from me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:
Therefore says the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will rid myself of my adversaries, and avenge myself of my enemies:
Shall I not punish for these things? says the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
I have set you for a tester and a fortress among my people, that you may know and test their way. They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are bronze and iron; they are all corrupters. The bellows blow fiercely, the lead is consumed by the fire; the smelter refines in vain: for the wicked are not removed. read more.
Rejected silver shall men call them, because the LORD has rejected them.
Rejected silver shall men call them, because the LORD has rejected them.