Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
physical Bondage » In prison » In stocks
“You also put my feet in the stocks [as punishment]
And [critically] observe all my paths;
You set a circle and limit around the soles of my feet [which I must not overstep],
Suddenly he went after her, as an ox goes to the slaughter [not knowing the outcome],
Or as one in stocks going to the correction [to be given] to a fool,
And the next day Pashhur brought Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then Jeremiah said to him, “The Lord does not call your name Pashhur, but Magor-missabib (terror on every side).
Verse Concepts
“The Lord has made you [Zephaniah] priest instead of Jehoiada the [deputy] priest, to be the overseer in the house of the Lord over every madman who prophesies, to put him in the stocks and in the iron collar,
Verse Concepts
He, having received such a [strict] command, threw them into the inner prison (dungeon) and fastened their feet in the stocks [in an agonizing position].
Verse Concepts
Feet » Of criminals » Placed in stocks
“You also put my feet in the stocks [as punishment]
And [critically] observe all my paths;
You set a circle and limit around the soles of my feet [which I must not overstep],
He, having received such a [strict] command, threw them into the inner prison (dungeon) and fastened their feet in the stocks [in an agonizing position].
Verse Concepts
human Limitations » Man subject to » Feet in the stocks
“You also put my feet in the stocks [as punishment]
And [critically] observe all my paths;
You set a circle and limit around the soles of my feet [which I must not overstep],
“He has walled up my way so that I cannot pass,
And He has set darkness upon my paths.
Man » Limitations of » Feet in the stocks
“You also put my feet in the stocks [as punishment]
And [critically] observe all my paths;
You set a circle and limit around the soles of my feet [which I must not overstep],
“He has walled up my way so that I cannot pass,
And He has set darkness upon my paths.
Reasoning » With God
“But I wish to speak to
And I desire to argue with God.
Listen diligently to my speech, and let my declaration be in your ears. Behold now, I have prepared my case; I know that I shall be justified and vindicated. Who is he who will argue against and refute me? For then I would hold my peace and expire. read more.
Only [O Lord] grant two conditions to me, and then will I not hide myself from You: Withdraw Your hand and take this bodily suffering far from me; and let not my [reverent] dread of You terrify me. Then [Lord] call and I will answer, or let me speak, and You answer me. How many are my iniquities and sins [that so much sorrow should come to me]? Make me recognize and know my transgression and my sin. Why do You hide Your face [as if offended] and alienate me as if I were Your enemy? Will You harass and frighten a [poor, helpless] leaf driven to and fro, and will You pursue the chaff of the dry stubble? For You write bitter things against me [in Your bill of indictment] and make me inherit and be accountable now for the iniquities of my youth. You put my feet also in the stocks and observe critically all my paths; You set a circle and limit around the soles of my feet [which I must not overstep]. And he wastes away as a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
Only [O Lord] grant two conditions to me, and then will I not hide myself from You: Withdraw Your hand and take this bodily suffering far from me; and let not my [reverent] dread of You terrify me. Then [Lord] call and I will answer, or let me speak, and You answer me. How many are my iniquities and sins [that so much sorrow should come to me]? Make me recognize and know my transgression and my sin. Why do You hide Your face [as if offended] and alienate me as if I were Your enemy? Will You harass and frighten a [poor, helpless] leaf driven to and fro, and will You pursue the chaff of the dry stubble? For You write bitter things against me [in Your bill of indictment] and make me inherit and be accountable now for the iniquities of my youth. You put my feet also in the stocks and observe critically all my paths; You set a circle and limit around the soles of my feet [which I must not overstep]. And he wastes away as a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
Stocks » Feet fastened in, as a punishment
“You also put my feet in the stocks [as punishment]
And [critically] observe all my paths;
You set a circle and limit around the soles of my feet [which I must not overstep],
Suddenly he went after her, as an ox goes to the slaughter [not knowing the outcome],
Or as one in stocks going to the correction [to be given] to a fool,
‘He puts my feet in the stocks [to hinder and humiliate me];
He [suspiciously] watches all my paths,’ [you say].