Thematic Bible: Of the sensibilities


Thematic Bible



Ephraim, O Ephraim my dear delightful son! Indeed, as often as I have spoken against him, I certainly still remember him. My heart yearns for him. I will surely have mercy on him, declares Jehovah.


Right away he rushed off to his room and cried because of his love for Benjamin.

With a heart full of love for her son the real mother said: Please, Your Majesty, do not kill the child! Give it to her! But the other woman said: Do not give it to either of us cut it in two.

I am seething within and cannot relax! Days of affliction confront me.

I am poured out like water. All my bones are out of joint. My heart has melted within me like wax (I am weak).

My beloved extended his hand through the latch opening of the door. My heart yearned for him.

O my anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain. My heart pounds in side of me. My heart is pounding! I cannot keep quiet because I hear a ram's horn sounding the alarm for war.

See, O Jehovah, I am in trouble. The inmost parts of my body are deeply moved. My heart is turned in me for I have been rebellious. Outside the children are put to the sword, and in the house there is death.