Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Hairs » Cut off in affliction
"Cut off your hair and throw it away; let your lamentations rise on the barren heights, because the LORD has rejected and abandoned the generation that is subject to his wrath.
Holy spirit » Withdrawn from incorrigible sinners
Do not cast me from your presence; do not take your Holy Spirit from me.
Even if they rear their children, I will, in turn, make them childless in fact, woe to them when I turn away from them!
Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If one blind person leads another blind person, both will fall into a ditch."
They will go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they will not find him; he has withdrawn from them.
For this reason, God delivered them to sexual impurity as they followed the lusts of their hearts and dishonored their bodies with one another.
So the LORD said, "My Spirit won't remain with human beings forever, because they're truly mortal. Their lifespan will be 120 years."
For this reason, God delivered them to degrading passions as their females exchanged their natural sexual function for one that is unnatural.
So he told the gardener, "Look here! For three years I've been coming to look for fruit on this tree but I haven't found any. Cut it down! Why should it waste the soil?'
Furthermore, because they did not think it worthwhile to keep knowing God fully, God delivered them to degraded minds to perform acts that should not be done.
"Cut off your hair and throw it away; let your lamentations rise on the barren heights, because the LORD has rejected and abandoned the generation that is subject to his wrath.
How can one person chase a thousand of them and two put a myriad to flight, unless their Rock delivers them and the LORD gives them up?
"Because I called out to you and you refused to respond I appealed, but no one paid attention because you neglected all my advice and did not want my correction, I will laugh at your calamity. I will mock when what you fear comes, read more.
when what you dread comes like a storm, and your calamity comes on like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you. "Then they will call out to me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently, but they will not find me.
when what you dread comes like a storm, and your calamity comes on like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you. "Then they will call out to me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently, but they will not find me.
Ephraim has become entwined with idols; leave him alone! While drinking to excess, they prostitute themselves. They're in love with dishonor.
Lamentations » Examples of » For the miseries of israel
Daughter of my people, put on sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as one mourns at the death of an only son. For the destroyer will come on us suddenly.
"Cut off your hair and throw it away; let your lamentations rise on the barren heights, because the LORD has rejected and abandoned the generation that is subject to his wrath.
So, put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, because the burning anger of the LORD has not turned away from us."
"Grieve like a virgin, who, dressed in her mourner's clothes, cries out in memory of the man she was going to marry.
"Hear this accusation that I am bringing against you: "A dirge, house of Israel:
"When this happens, someone will compose a proverb about you, lamenting sorrowfully, "We are completely ruined! He has given my people's heritage to others. How he has removed it from me, dividing up our fields!'
Mourning » Cutting or plucking off the hair and beard
When I heard this, I tore both my garment and robe, plucked hair from both my head and my beard, and collapsed in shock!
"Cut off your hair and throw it away; let your lamentations rise on the barren heights, because the LORD has rejected and abandoned the generation that is subject to his wrath.