Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Judgments » Should lead to » Humiliation
And Joshua ripped his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the Ark of Jehovah until evening. He threw dust on his head. The elders of Israel did the same.
Gird yourselves with sackcloth, and lament, you priests! Wail, you ministers of the altar. Come, lie all night in sackcloth you ministers of my God! The meal offering and the drink offering are withheld from the House of your God.
Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said: Jehovah is righteous.
I am the man who has seen trouble by the rod of his fury. By him I have been made to go in the dark and not in the light. Truly against me his hand has been turned again and again all day long. read more.
My flesh and my skin have been used up by him and my bones broken. He built a wall against me, shutting me in with hardship and bitter sorrow. He kept me in dark places, like those who have been dead a long time. He built a wall around me so that I am unable to go out. He made a heavy chain for me. Even when I send up a cry for help, he shuts out my prayer. He blocked my way with cut stones. He twisted my roadways. He is like a bear waiting for me, like a lion in secret places. He has turned me on one side. I have been pulled to bits and lay desolate. With his bow bent, he made me the target for his arrows. He has let fly his arrows into the inmost parts of my body. I have become the laughingstock of all the peoples. I am their mocking song all the day. He has made my life nothing but pain. He gives me bitterness in full measure. He broke my teeth with crushed stones. I am bent low in the dust. Peace has been removed far away from me. I do not remember what good is. I said: My strength is cut off, and my hope from Jehovah. Remember my trouble and my wandering, the bitterroot and the poison. Remember and bow (bend) (come down to my level) down deep within me.
My flesh and my skin have been used up by him and my bones broken. He built a wall against me, shutting me in with hardship and bitter sorrow. He kept me in dark places, like those who have been dead a long time. He built a wall around me so that I am unable to go out. He made a heavy chain for me. Even when I send up a cry for help, he shuts out my prayer. He blocked my way with cut stones. He twisted my roadways. He is like a bear waiting for me, like a lion in secret places. He has turned me on one side. I have been pulled to bits and lay desolate. With his bow bent, he made me the target for his arrows. He has let fly his arrows into the inmost parts of my body. I have become the laughingstock of all the peoples. I am their mocking song all the day. He has made my life nothing but pain. He gives me bitterness in full measure. He broke my teeth with crushed stones. I am bent low in the dust. Peace has been removed far away from me. I do not remember what good is. I said: My strength is cut off, and my hope from Jehovah. Remember my trouble and my wandering, the bitterroot and the poison. Remember and bow (bend) (come down to my level) down deep within me.
The people of Nineveh believed God and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. The news reached the king of Nineveh. He left his throne, and took off his robe and covered himself with sackcloth. Then he sat in ashes.
Stones » Hewn (cut)
the masons, and the stonecutters, buy the timber and the stones used in the repairs, and pay all other necessary expenses.
To the woodworkers and the builders and the stonecutters; and for getting wood and cut stones for building the Temple.
Jehovah said to Moses: Cut two more stone tablets like the first ones. I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets that you smashed.
King Solomon command that they cut fine large stones for the foundation of the Temple.
From the foundation to the roof, all these buildings, including the large courtyard, were built with high-grade stone blocks. The stone blocks were cut to size and trimmed with saws on their inner and outer faces.
Jehovah said to me: 'Cut out for yourself two tablets of stone like the former ones. Come up to me on the mountain, and build an ark of wood for yourself.
An inner court was built in front of the Temple. They enclosed it with walls that had one layer of cedar beams for every three layers of stone.
So David gave orders to assemble the foreigners living in Israel. He appointed stonecutters from among them to prepare dressed stone for building the house of God.
These workers included carpenters and builders. They were to buy quarried stones and wood for the fittings and beams of the buildings that the kings of Judah had allowed to become run-down.
He blocked my way with cut stones. He twisted my roadways.