Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Afflictions » Often severe
I said to him: Sir, you know. He said to me: These are the ones who came out of the great tribulation. They washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
One deep sea calls to another at the roar of your waterspouts. All the whitecaps on your waves have swept over me.
He has exhausted me. You have lain waste all my company. You have shriveled me up. It has become a witness. And my leanness rises up against me. It testifies to my face. His anger has torn me and hunted me down. He has gnashed at me with his teeth. My adversary glares at me. read more.
They have gaped at me with their mouth. They have slapped me on the cheek with contempt. They have massed themselves against me. God hands me over to ruffians. He tosses me into the hands of the wicked. I was at ease, but he shattered me. He has grabbed me by the neck and has shaken me to pieces. He has also set me up as his target. His arrows surround me. Without mercy he splits my kidneys open. He pours out my gall on the ground. He breaks through me with breach after breach. He runs at me like a warrior. I have sewed sackcloth over my skin and thrust my horn (strength) in the dust. My face is flushed from weeping. The shadow of death is on my eyelids.
They have gaped at me with their mouth. They have slapped me on the cheek with contempt. They have massed themselves against me. God hands me over to ruffians. He tosses me into the hands of the wicked. I was at ease, but he shattered me. He has grabbed me by the neck and has shaken me to pieces. He has also set me up as his target. His arrows surround me. Without mercy he splits my kidneys open. He pours out my gall on the ground. He breaks through me with breach after breach. He runs at me like a warrior. I have sewed sackcloth over my skin and thrust my horn (strength) in the dust. My face is flushed from weeping. The shadow of death is on my eyelids.
You let people ride over our heads. We went through fire and water, but then you brought us out and refreshed us.
For you threw me into the deep, in the heart of the seas. The current was all around me. All your waves, your huge breakers passed over me!
Bow » Figurative
They were disloyal and treacherous like their ancestors. They were like arrows shot from a defective bow.
I saw a white horse. He who sat on it had a bow. A crown was given to him and he conquered.
His bow stayed steady! His arms remained limber because of the help of the Mighty One of Jacob, because of the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,
His arrows surround me. Without mercy he splits my kidneys open. He pours out my gall on the ground.
My glory was fresh within me, and my bow ever new in my hand.
It will happen that I will break the bow (strength) of Israel in the valley of Jezrell.
Your bow was made quite bare. The oaths to the tribes were a sure word. You split the earth with your rivers.
Gall » Any bitter or poisonous substance, like bile
His arrows surround me. Without mercy he splits my kidneys open. He pours out my gall on the ground.