Thematic Bible: Often as a punishment


Thematic Bible



But if you will not listen to me to make the Sabbath day holy, and not to bear a burden and enter in at the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in its gates, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched."'" Verse ConceptsSabbath, In OtBurning JerusalemSabbath Observed

They burnt God's house, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all its palaces with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels of it. Verse ConceptsFortificationsBattering ramsPalacesWallsConflagrationsDestruction Of Jerusalem's Wall

Let their habitation be desolate. Let no one dwell in their tents. Verse ConceptsEmpty Places

He knew their palaces, and laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and its fullness, because of the noise of his roaring. Verse ConceptsDestruction Of CitiesDestruction Of StrongholdsCities Under AttackPeople Appalled

'For death has come up into our windows, it is entered into our palaces; to cut off the children from outside, and the young men from the streets.' Verse ConceptsClimbingRoadsYouthYoung People SufferingThe Fact Of DeathDeath Of A Childjumping

Wolves will cry in their fortresses, and jackals in the pleasant palaces. Her time is near to come, and her days will not be prolonged. Verse ConceptsPerils Of LuxuryPalacesAnimals, Types OfShort Time Till The End

Thorns will come up in its palaces, nettles and thistles in its fortresses; and it will be a habitation of jackals, a court for ostriches. Verse ConceptsNettlesCitadelsThornsBramblesOstriches

For the palace will be forsaken. The populous city will be deserted. The hill and the watchtower will be for dens forever, a delight for wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks; Verse ConceptsChaosTowersEmpty CitiesWild DonkeysDwellings Of CreaturesOther Dwellings Of CreaturesChaos As Judgment

Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "An adversary will overrun the land; and he will pull down your strongholds, and your fortresses will be plundered."