Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Ingratitude to God » Prosperity likely to produce
For when I shall have brought them into the land which I swore to their fathers, flowing with milk and honey, and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and grown fat; then will they turn to other gods, and serve them, and despise me, and break my covenant.
But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked. You have grown fat. You have grown thick. You have become sleek. Then he forsook God who made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
"How can I pardon you? Your children have forsaken me, and sworn by what are no gods. When I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery, and assembled themselves in troops at the prostitutes' houses. They were as fed horses roaming at large: everyone neighed after his neighbor's wife. Shouldn't I punish them for these things?" says Yahweh; "and shouldn't my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? read more.
"Go up on her walls, and destroy; but don't make a full end. Take away her branches; for they are not Yahweh's. For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me," says Yahweh.
"Go up on her walls, and destroy; but don't make a full end. Take away her branches; for they are not Yahweh's. For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me," says Yahweh.
national Sins » Denunciations against
"Woe to the rebellious children," says Yahweh, "who take counsel, but not from me; and who make an alliance, but not with my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin,
Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, the Mighty One of Israel, says: "Ah, I will get relief from my adversaries, and avenge myself of my enemies;
Shouldn't I punish them for these things?" says Yahweh; "and shouldn't my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
"I have made you a tester of metals [and] a fortress among my people; that you may know and try their way. They are all grievous rebels, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly. The bellows blow fiercely; the lead is consumed of the fire: in vain do they go on refining; for the wicked are not plucked away. read more.
Men will call them rejected silver, because Yahweh has rejected them."
Men will call them rejected silver, because Yahweh has rejected them."