Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Despair » General references to
In those days people will seek death, but never find it. They will long to die, but death will escape them.
Then Moses reported this to the Israelis, but they did not listen to Moses due to their irritation and impatience because there was no deliverance and because of the cruel bondage.
My days pass as swiftly as a hand-loom; they come to their conclusion without hope.
So I say, "My strength is gone as is my hope in the LORD."
"These bones represent the entire house of Israel," the LORD explained to me. "Look how they keep saying, "Our bones are dried up, and our future is lost. We've been completely eliminated!'
For a number of days neither the sun nor the stars were to be seen, and the storm continued to rage until at last all hope of our being saved vanished.
Despair » Saints sometimes tempted to
My days pass as swiftly as a hand-loom; they come to their conclusion without hope.
So I say, "My strength is gone as is my hope in the LORD."
Life » Of the spirit » Weariness of
"I am disgusted with living, so I'm going to talk about my complaint freely. I'll speak out from the bitterness of my soul.
When the sun rose, God prepared a harsh east wind. The sun beat down on Jonah's head, he became faint, and he begged to die. "It is better for me to die than to live!" he said.
My days pass as swiftly as a hand-loom; they come to their conclusion without hope.
Rebekah also told herself, "Heth's daughters are making me tired of living. If Jacob marries one of Heth's daughters, and she turns out to be just like these other local women, what kind of life would there be left for me?"
"Do I have the strength to wait? And why should I be patient?
So I hated life, because whatever is done on earth causes me trouble it's all pointless, like chasing after the wind.
Next I turned to consider all kinds of oppression that exists on earth. Look at the tears of the oppressed there is no one to comfort them. Power is on the side of their oppressors; so they have no comforters. So I commended the dead who had already died as being happier than the living who are still alive.
Life » Uncertainty of physical » Like a flying shuttle
My days pass as swiftly as a hand-loom; they come to their conclusion without hope.
Because we are of yesterday and we know nothing, for our time on earth is only a shadow.
Life » Brief » Like a flying shuttle
My days pass as swiftly as a hand-loom; they come to their conclusion without hope.
Because we are of yesterday and we know nothing, for our time on earth is only a shadow.
natural Life » Is compared to » A weaver's shuttle
My days pass as swiftly as a hand-loom; they come to their conclusion without hope.
Time » Brevity of » Like a flying shuttle
My days pass as swiftly as a hand-loom; they come to their conclusion without hope.
Because we are of yesterday and we know nothing, for our time on earth is only a shadow.
Weaving » Weaver's shuttle
My days pass as swiftly as a hand-loom; they come to their conclusion without hope.