Thematic Bible: National character of
Thematic Bible
Jews, the » National character of » Unfaithful to covenant engagements
For thus said the Lord Jehovah: And doing with thee according as thou didst who despised the oath to break the covenant
Not according to the covenant which I cut out with their fathers in the day I laid hold upon their hand to bring them forth out of the land of Egypt; which they brake my covenant, and I was Lord over them, says Jehovah.
And Jehovah will say to me in the days of Josiah the king, Sawest thou what Israel turning back, did? She went up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and she will commit fornication there. And saying after she did all these, Thou shalt turn back to me. And she turned not back; and her faithless sister Judah will see it And I shall see for all the causes that Israel turning away committed adultery, I sent her away and I shall give a writing of her cutting off to her; and her faithless sister Judah was not afraid, and she will go and commit fornication, she also.
Jews, the » National character of » Fondness for traditionary customs
For this, say to the house of Israel, Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Are ye defiled in the way of your fathers? and commit ye fornication after their abominations?'
And saying to their sons in the desert Ye shall not go in the laws of your fathers, and their judgments ye shall not watch, and with their blocks ye shall not be defiled.:
But doing, we will do all the word which went forth from our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of the heavens, to pour out libations to her, as we did, we and our fathers, our kings and our chiefs in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: and we shall be filled with bread, and we shall be well, and see not evil.
Jews, the » National character of » Prone to formality in religion
And Jehovah will say, Because that this people drew near with their month, and honored me with their lips, and their heart was far from me, and their fear towards me shall be taught from the command of men.
And they will come to thee, according to the coming of the people, and they will sit before thee my people, and they heard thy words, and they did them not: for they making loves with their mouth, their heart went after their plunder.
Hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, This people draw near me with their mouth, and honour me with their lips; but their heart keeps off far from me. But they worship me in vain, teaching doctrines the commands of men.
Jews, the » National character of » Cowardly
I, I am he comforting you: who thou? and shalt thou be afraid of man he shall die, and of the son of man shall be given for grass?
And Pharaoh drew near, and the sons of Israel will lift up their eyes, and behold, Egypt encamped behind them; and they will be exceedingly afraid: and the sons of Israel will cry to Jehovah.
And wherefore does Jehovah bring us to this land to fall by the sword? our wives and our little ones shall be for a prey. Would it not be good for us to turn back to Egypt?
Jews, the » National character of » Covetous
And they desired fields, and they took by force; and houses, and they took away: and they oppressed a man and his house, and a man and his inheritance.
And they will come to thee, according to the coming of the people, and they will sit before thee my people, and they heard thy words, and they did them not: for they making loves with their mouth, their heart went after their plunder.
For from their little even to their great, every one plundering, plundered; and from the prophet and even to the priest every one did falsehood.
Jews, the » National character of » Pride of descent, &c
Ye do the works of your father. Then said they to him, We have not been born of fornication; for we have one Father, God.
They answered him, We are Abraham's seed, and have never served any; how sayest thou, That ye shall be free?
Thus said Jehovah, According to this I will corrupt the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.
Jews, the » National character of » Ignorant of the true sense of scripture
And not as Moses put a veil upon his face, that the sons of Israel should not look intently to the end of that left unemployed: But their minds were hardened: for until this day the same veil upon the reading of the old covenant. remains not uncovered;for in Christ it is left unemployed. But even to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies upon their heart
For they dwelling in Jerusalem, and their rulers, not having known him, and the voices of the prophets which being read in every sabbath, having judged, they filled up.
Jews, the » National character of » Prone to rebellion
Remembering, thou shalt not forget that thou didst provoke Jehovah thy God to anger in the desert: from the day thou didst go out from the land of Egypt till your coming to this place, ye were rebelling against Jehovah.
Jews, the » National character of » Attachment to customs of the law
I am truly a Jew, a man born in Tarsus, of Cilicia, and brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, instructed according to the exactness of the fathers' law, being zealous of God, as all ye are this day.
And they were taught about thee, that thou teachest apostasy from Moses, all the Jews among the nations, saying, they are not to circumcise children, nor walk in the customs.
For we have heard him saying; That Jesus the Nazarite shall abolish this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered to us.
Jews, the » National character of » Prone to backsliding
Wherefore did this people of Jerusalem turn away a continual turning away? they laid hold upon deceit; they refused to turn back.
Did a nation change their gods, and they no gods? and my people changed their glory for what will not profit Be astonished, ye heavens, at this, and shudder; be ye greatly desolate, says Jehovah. For my people did two evils: they forsook me the fountain of living waters, to hew out for them wells, broken wells which will not hold water.
Jews, the » National character of » Ungrateful to God
Hear, ye heavens, and give ear thou earth, for Jehovah spake: for I caused to grow and lifted up sons, and they rebelled against me.
And Jeshurun will be fat and will tread down: Thou wert fat, thou wert thick, thou wert covered; And he will reject God having made him, And he will despise the Rock of his deliverance.
Jews, the » National character of » Distrustful of God
And Jehovah will say to Moses How long will this people reject me and how long will they not believe in me by all the signs which I did in the midst of them?
For they believed not in God, and they trusted not in his salvation.
Jews, the » National character of » Self-righteous
Saying, Come near to thyself; thou shalt not touch upon me, for I was clean to thee. These a smoke in my wrath, a fire burning all the day.
For not knowing the justice of God, and seeking to establish their own justice, they have not been subjected to the justice of God.
Jews, the » National character of » Prone to idolatry
Being comforted with gods under every green tree, slaughtering the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?
And their land will be full of nothings; they will worship to the work of their hand, to what their fingers made:
Jews, the » National character of » Stubborn and stiffnecked
Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers, also you.
And Jehovah will say to Moses, I saw this people, and behold, it a people of a hard neck
Jews, the » National character of » Fondness for their brethren
And it will be in these days, and Moses will become great, and he will go forth to his brethren, and he will see their burdens: and he will see a man, an Egyptian, smiting a man, a Hebrew, from his brethren. And he will turn hither and thither, and will see that there is no man, and he will smite the Egyptian, and hide him in the sand.
Jews, the » National character of » Attachment to moses
Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses' disciples. We know that God has spoken to Moses; but this, we know not whence he is.
Jews, the » National character of » Love of country
My tongue shall cleave to in palate, if I remember thee not; if I bring not up Jerusalem upon the head of my joy.