Thematic Bible: Message despised


Thematic Bible




Therefore, as flames of fire devour straw, as dry grass collapses in flames, so their root will be rotten, and their blossom will blow away like dust, because they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, and have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. Verse ConceptsRejecting God's WordDecayGrassRejection Of GodStrawRejection Of God's WordWord Of GodRootsPeople RottingBurning Plants

To whom will I speak and give a warning so they'll listen? Look, their ears are closed, and they cannot hear. Look, this message from the LORD is contemptible to them; they don't delight in it. Verse ConceptsConvincingDeafnessHearingIndifferenceOffencePleasureRejection Of GodRejection Of God's WordWord Of GodSpiritual DeafnessRejecting God's WordRefusing To HearWitnessing


As Jehudi would read three or four columns, the king would cut it with a scribe's knife and throw it into the fire which was in the stove, until all the scroll was burned in the fire in the stove. Verse ConceptsKnifesKnivesPensScrollsRejection Of God's WordRejecting God's WordThree Or FourReading The ScripturesBroken Things

Therefore, this is what the Holy One of Israel says: "Because you reject this message, and put your trust in oppression and enjoy it, and since you rely on it, Verse ConceptsRejecting God's WordRejection Of GodRejection Of God's Wordoppression

The wise men will be put to shame. They'll be dismayed and taken captive. Look, they have rejected the message from the LORD! So what kind of wisdom do they have? Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfdiscouragementRejection Of God's WordWord Of GodRejecting God's WordFalse WisdomForsaking God's ThingsShaming PeopleGod's Word Gives WisdomDisappointmentrelentlesswise

Indeed, as often as I speak, I cry out, and shout, "Violence and destruction!" For this message from the LORD has caused me constant reproach and derision. Verse ConceptsCriticism, against believersRejection Of GodRejection Of God's WordRejecting God's Wordjoking

You are destroying the word of God through your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many other things like that." Verse ConceptsAdding to the BibleRejection Of GodRejection Of God's WordWord Of GodRejecting God's WordThe Word Of Godculture

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