Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Armies » Exercised savage cruelties on the vanquished
The Lord says:
I will not relent from punishing the Ammonites
for three crimes, even four,
because they ripped open
the pregnant women of Gilead
in order to enlarge their territory.
for three crimes, even four,
because they ripped open
the pregnant women of Gilead
in order to enlarge their territory.
They are cruel and show no mercy.
Their voice roars like the sea,
and they ride on horses,
lined up like men in battle formation
against you, Daughter Babylon.
Women are raped in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah. Princes are hung up by their hands; elders are shown no respect. Young men labor at millstones; boys stumble under [loads of] wood.
Captive » Cruelty to » Ravished
Women are raped in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah. Princes are hung up by their hands; elders are shown no respect. Young men labor at millstones; boys stumble under [loads of] wood.
I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem for battle. The city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women raped. Half the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city.
hands » Criminals often » Hung by
elders are shown no respect.
Old age » Disrespect for pleasure-seeking » Prodigality
From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking up the path, some small boys came out of the city and harassed him, chanting, “Go up, baldy! Go up, baldy!”
men younger than I am,
whose fathers I would have refused to put
with my sheep dogs.
elders are shown no respect.
War » Often attended by » Cruelty
and pour the sword’s power on them.
Let their wives become childless and widowed,
their husbands slain by deadly disease,
their young men struck down by the sword in battle.
Women are raped in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah. Princes are hung up by their hands; elders are shown no respect. Young men labor at millstones; boys stumble under [loads of] wood. read more.
The elders have left the city gate, the young men, their music.
The elders have left the city gate, the young men, their music.
sins of Youth » Special temptations of pleasure-seeking » Prodigality
From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking up the path, some small boys came out of the city and harassed him, chanting, “Go up, baldy! Go up, baldy!”
men younger than I am,
whose fathers I would have refused to put
with my sheep dogs.
elders are shown no respect.