Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
physical Bondage » In prison » In stocks
and stand watch over all my paths,
setting a limit for the soles
like an ox going to the slaughter,
like a deer bounding toward a trap
The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The Lord does not call you Pashhur, but Magor-missabib,
Verse Concepts
‘The Lord has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada the priest to be the chief officer in the temple of the Lord, responsible for every madman who acts like a prophet. You must confine him in the stocks and an iron collar.
Verse Concepts
Receiving such an order, he put them into the inner prison and secured their feet in the stocks.
Feet » Of criminals » Placed in stocks
and stand watch over all my paths,
setting a limit for the soles
Receiving such an order, he put them into the inner prison and secured their feet in the stocks.
human Limitations » Man subject to » Feet in the stocks
and stand watch over all my paths,
setting a limit for the soles
He has veiled my paths with darkness.
Man » Limitations of » Feet in the stocks
and stand watch over all my paths,
setting a limit for the soles
He has veiled my paths with darkness.
Reasoning » With God
and argue my case before God.
Pay close attention to my words; let my declaration [ring] in your ears. Now then, I have prepared [my] case; I know that I am right. Can anyone indict me? If so, I will be silent and die. read more.
Only grant [these] two things to me, [God], so that I will not have to hide from Your presence: remove Your hand from me, and do not let Your terror frighten me. Then call, and I will answer, or I will speak, and You can respond to me. How many iniquities and sins have I committed? Reveal to me my transgression and sin. Why do You hide Your face and consider me Your enemy? Will You frighten a wind-driven leaf? Will You chase after dry straw? For You record bitter accusations against me and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth. You put my feet in the stocks and stand watch over all my paths, setting a limit for the soles of my feet. Man wears out like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment.
Only grant [these] two things to me, [God], so that I will not have to hide from Your presence: remove Your hand from me, and do not let Your terror frighten me. Then call, and I will answer, or I will speak, and You can respond to me. How many iniquities and sins have I committed? Reveal to me my transgression and sin. Why do You hide Your face and consider me Your enemy? Will You frighten a wind-driven leaf? Will You chase after dry straw? For You record bitter accusations against me and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth. You put my feet in the stocks and stand watch over all my paths, setting a limit for the soles of my feet. Man wears out like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment.
Stocks » Feet fastened in, as a punishment
and stand watch over all my paths,
setting a limit for the soles
like an ox going to the slaughter,
like a deer bounding toward a trap