Thematic Bible: Mills
Thematic Bible
Mills » Illustrative » (ceasing,) of desolation
And the sound of harp-players and musicians and flute-players and trumpet-players will never be heard in you again. And no workers of any trade will be found in you again, and the sound of a [flour] mill [grinding] will never be heard in you again.
Verse Concepts
Mills » Male captives often employed at
Mills » Stones used in » Often thrown down on enemies during sieges
Mills » Female servants usually employed at
Two women will be grinding grain at a millstone [Note: This was a hand-operated device where two persons sat across from each other and rotated a circular stone over kernels of grain]; one will be taken, while the other one will be left.
Verse Concepts
Mills » Stones used in » Not to be taken in pledge
Mills » Stones used in » Large
Then a mighty angel picked up a rock the size of a huge millstone and threw it into the ocean, saying, "This is how the great city of Babylon will be violently thrown down and will never be found again.
Verse Concepts
Mills » Illustrative » (grinding at,) of degradation, &c
Mills » Used for grinding » Manna (in the wilderness)
Mills » Stones used in » Heavy
But that person who causes one of these little ones [i.e., humble followers of the Lord] who believes in me to be led astray [from God], he would have been better off to have had a huge millstone tied around his neck and dumped into a deep ocean [Note: This "millstone" was a heavy circular stone rolled over grain to crush it and was moved by an animal walking in a circle].
Verse Concepts