Thematic Bible: Often attended by
Thematic Bible
War » Often attended by » Famine
Our skin is as hot as [the heat of] an oven
Because of the burning heat of [the fever of] famine.
Therefore, thus says the Lord concerning the [false] prophets who are prophesying in My Name, although I did not send them—yet they keep saying, ‘Sword and famine shall not be in this land’: by sword and famine those prophets shall meet their end and be consumed.
Verse Concepts
These two tragedies have befallen you;
Who will show sympathy for you and mourn with you?
The desolation and destruction [on the land and city], famine and sword [on the inhabitants];
How shall I comfort you?
War » Often attended by » Cruelty
Therefore, give their children over to the famine;
Give them over to the power of the sword.
And let their wives become childless and widowed;
Let their men meet death [by virulent disease],
Their young men be struck down by the sword in battle.
They ravished the women in Zion, the virgins in the cities of Judah. They hung princes by their hands; the persons of elders were not respected. Young men carried millstones, and boys fell [staggering] under [burdens of] wood. read more.
The elders have ceased from [congregating at] the city's gate, the young men from their music.
The elders have ceased from [congregating at] the city's gate, the young men from their music.
War » Often attended by » Pestilence
Why will you die, you and your people, by the sword, by famine and by virulent disease, as the Lord has spoken to any nation which will not serve the king of Babylon?
Verse Concepts
The prophets who were before me and before you from ancient times prophesied against many lands and against great kingdoms, of war and of disaster and of virulent disease.
Verse Concepts
War » Often attended by » Devastation
Your land lies desolate [because of your disobedience],
Your cities are burned with fire,
Your fields—strangers are devouring them in your very presence;
It is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.