Thematic Bible: No


Thematic Bible



They have no knowledge of the way of peace, and there is no sense of what is right in their behaviour: they have made for themselves ways which are not straight; whoever goes in them has no knowledge of peace.

Because, even because they have been guiding my people into error, saying, Peace; when there is no peace; and in the building of a division wall they put whitewash on it:

In those times there was no peace for him who went out or for him who came in, but great trouble was on all the people of the lands.


Shaking fear is coming; and they will be looking for peace, and there will be no peace.

For before those days there was no payment for a man's work, or for the use of a beast, and there was no peace for him who went out or him who came in, because of the attacker: for I had every man turned against his neighbour.

And of the way of peace they have no knowledge:






See, the Lord God is my helper; who will give a decision against me? truly, all of them will become old like a robe; they will be food for the worm.




And he saw that there was no man, and was surprised that there was no one to take up their cause: so his arm gave salvation, and he made righteousness his support.

And I saw that there was no helper, and I was wondering that no one gave them support: so my arm did the work of salvation, and my wrath was my support.

And I was looking for a man among them who would make up the wall and take his station in the broken place before me for the land, so that I might not send destruction on it: but there was no one.

Be not far from me, for trouble is near; there is no one to give help.

So that he made their hearts weighted down with grief; they were falling, and had no helper.

And I saw that there was no man, even no wise man among them, who might give an answer to my questions.


No man may be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other; or he will keep to the one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth.

Whoever is not with me is against me; and he who does not take part with me in getting people together, is driving them away.

He who is not with me is against me, and he who will not give me help in getting people together is driving them away.

He who is not against us is for us.


Are you better than No-amon, seated on the Nile streams, with waters all round her; whose wall was the sea and her earthwork the waters?

The Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: See, I will send punishment on Amon of No and on Pharaoh and on those who put their faith in him;

And I will make Pathros a waste, and put a fire in Zoan, and send my punishments on No. I will let loose my wrath on Sin, the strong place of Egypt, cutting off the mass of the people of No. And I will put a fire in Egypt; Syene will be twisting in pain, and No will be broken into, as by the onrush of waters.


Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain