Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Afflictions » Moments of Discouragement » From God
Keep in mind that the Lord your God has been disciplining you just as a man disciplines his son.
“Don’t call me Naomi. Call me Mara,” she answered, “for the Almighty has made me very bitter.
my spirit drinks their poison.
God’s terrors are arrayed against me.
He seized me by the scruff of the neck
and smashed me to pieces.
He set me up as His target;
I eat ashes like bread and mingle my drinks with tears because of Your indignation and wrath; for You have picked me up and thrown me aside.
“Son of man, I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you with a fatal blow. But you must not lament or weep or let your tears flow.
Afflictions » From God
Keep in mind that the Lord your God has been disciplining you just as a man disciplines his son.
“Don’t call me Naomi. Call me Mara,” she answered, “for the Almighty has made me very bitter.
my spirit drinks their poison.
God’s terrors are arrayed against me.
He seized me by the scruff of the neck
and smashed me to pieces.
He set me up as His target;
I eat ashes like bread and mingle my drinks with tears because of Your indignation and wrath; for You have picked me up and thrown me aside.
“Son of man, I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you with a fatal blow. But you must not lament or weep or let your tears flow.
Arrow » Figurative
my spirit drinks their poison.
God’s terrors are arrayed against me.
I lie down with those who devour men.
Their teeth are spears and arrows;
their tongues are sharp swords.
He is like
He will feed on enemy nations
and gnaw their bones;
he will strike them with his arrows.
while My sword devours flesh—
the blood of the slain and the captives,
the heads of the enemy leaders.”
they put the
to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.
and Your hand has pressed down on me.
the peoples fall under you.
the arrow that flies by day,
shoot Your arrows and rout them.
is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.
He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow. He pierced my kidneys with His arrows.
When I shoot deadly arrows of famine at them, arrows for destruction that I will send to destroy you, inhabitants of Jerusalem, I will intensify the famine against you and cut off your supply of bread.
at the flash of Your flying arrows,
at the brightness of Your shining spear.
Arrows » Illustrative » Of severe afflictions
my spirit drinks their poison.
God’s terrors are arrayed against me.
and Your hand has pressed down on me.
Arrows » Sometimes poisoned
my spirit drinks their poison.
God’s terrors are arrayed against me.
Trials » From God
Keep in mind that the Lord your God has been disciplining you just as a man disciplines his son.
“Don’t call me Naomi. Call me Mara,” she answered, “for the Almighty has made me very bitter.
my spirit drinks their poison.
God’s terrors are arrayed against me.
He seized me by the scruff of the neck
and smashed me to pieces.
He set me up as His target;
I eat ashes like bread and mingle my drinks with tears because of Your indignation and wrath; for You have picked me up and thrown me aside.
“Son of man, I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you with a fatal blow. But you must not lament or weep or let your tears flow.