Thematic Bible: Often sent as a punishment
Thematic Bible
Serpents » Often sent as a punishment
ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague;
I will unleash on them wild beasts with fangs,
as well as venomous snakes that slither in the dust.
Then the Lord sent poisonous snakes among the people, and they bit them so that many Israelites died.
Let us not test Christ as some of them did and were destroyed by snakes.
Verse Concepts
Swords » Often sent as a punishment
Our guilt has been terrible from the days of our fathers until the present. Because of our iniquities we have been handed over, along with our kings and priests, to the surrounding kings, and to the sword, captivity, plundering, and open shame, as it is today.
Verse Concepts
because He was enraged with His heritage.