Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Despair » General references to
And in those days people will seek death and will not find it; and they will long to die [to escape the pain], but [will discover that] death evades them.
Moses told this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their impatience and despondency, and because of their forced labor.
Verse Concepts
You shall be driven mad by the sight of the things you see.
Verse Concepts
“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,
And are spent without hope.
So I say, “My strength has perished
And so has my hope and expectation from the Lord.”
Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up and our hope is lost. We are completely cut off.’
Verse Concepts
Since neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small storm kept raging about us, from then on all hope of our being saved was [growing worse and worse and] gradually abandoned.
Verse Concepts
Despair » Saints sometimes tempted to
“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,
And are spent without hope.
So I say, “My strength has perished
And so has my hope and expectation from the Lord.”
Life » Of the spirit » Weariness of
I will give free expression to my complaint;
I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
When the sun came up God prepared a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he fainted and he wished to die, and said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
Verse Concepts
“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,
And are spent without hope.
Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am tired of living because of the daughters of Heth [these insolent wives of Esau]. If Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Heth, like these daughters of the land, what good will my life be to me?”
“Why is the light given to him who is in misery,
And life to the bitter in soul,
“What strength do I have left, that I should wait [and hope]?
And what is ahead of me, that I should be patient and endure?
So I hated life, for the work which had been done under the sun caused me only great sorrow; because all is futility and chasing after the wind.
Verse Concepts
Then I returned and considered all the oppressions that are practiced under the sun: And I beheld the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors was power, but they [too] had no comforter. So I praised and thought more fortunate those who have been long dead than the living, who are still alive.
Life » Uncertainty of physical » Like a flying shuttle
“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,
And are spent without hope.
“For we are only of yesterday and know nothing,
Because our days on earth are [like] a shadow [just a breath or a vapor].
Life » Brief » Like a flying shuttle
“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,
And are spent without hope.
“For we are only of yesterday and know nothing,
Because our days on earth are [like] a shadow [just a breath or a vapor].
natural Life » Is compared to » A weaver's shuttle
“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,
And are spent without hope.
Time » Brevity of » Like a flying shuttle
“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,
And are spent without hope.
“For we are only of yesterday and know nothing,
Because our days on earth are [like] a shadow [just a breath or a vapor].
Weaving » Weaver's shuttle
“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,
And are spent without hope.