Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Armies » Exercised savage cruelties on the vanquished
Thus says the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have ripped up the women with child in Gilead, that they might enlarge their border:
They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not show mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, everyone set in array, like a man for the battle, against you, O daughter of Babylon.
They ravished the women in Zion, and the maidens in the cities of Judah. Princes were hung up by their hands: the faces of elders were not honored. They took the young men to grind, and the children stagger under loads of wood.
Captive » Cruelty to » Ravished
They ravished the women in Zion, and the maidens in the cities of Judah. Princes were hung up by their hands: the faces of elders were not honored. They took the young men to grind, and the children stagger under loads of wood.
For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses plundered, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the remnant of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
hands » Criminals often » Hung by
Princes were hung up by their hands: the faces of elders were not honored.
Old age » Disrespect for pleasure-seeking » Prodigality
And he went up from there unto Beth-el: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth youths out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, you bald head; go up, you bald head.
But now they that are younger than I hold me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.
Princes were hung up by their hands: the faces of elders were not honored.
War » Often attended by » Cruelty
Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.
They ravished the women in Zion, and the maidens in the cities of Judah. Princes were hung up by their hands: the faces of elders were not honored. They took the young men to grind, and the children stagger under loads of wood. read more.
The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music.
The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music.
sins of Youth » Special temptations of pleasure-seeking » Prodigality
And he went up from there unto Beth-el: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth youths out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, you bald head; go up, you bald head.
But now they that are younger than I hold me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.
Princes were hung up by their hands: the faces of elders were not honored.