Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Backsliding » Guilt and consequences of
But Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
Verse Concepts
A wolf from an arid plain will ravage them.
A leopard
Anyone who leaves them will be torn to pieces
because their rebellious acts are many,
their unfaithful deeds numerous.
The Amalekites and Canaanites are right in front of you, and you will fall by the sword. The Lord won’t be with you, since you have turned from following Him.”
Verse Concepts
the Lord will banish them with the evildoers.
between you and your God,
and your sins have made Him hide His face from you
so that He does not listen.
Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we live in the night. We grope along a wall like the blind; we grope like those without eyes. We stumble at noon as though it were twilight; [we are] like the dead among those who are healthy. We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but there is none; for salvation, [but] it is far from us.
Why is Jerusalem always turning away?
They take hold of deceit;
they refuse to return.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
You have turned your back,
so I have stretched out My hand against you
and destroyed you.
I am tired of showing compassion.
Crookedness » Crookedness, general references to
the Lord will banish them with the evildoers.
this is their defect
but a devious and crooked generation.
and whose ways are devious.
and there is no justice in their ways.
They have made their roads crooked;
no one who walks on them will know peace.
Duplicity » Crookedness, general references to
the Lord will banish them with the evildoers.
this is their defect
but a devious and crooked generation.
and whose ways are devious.
and there is no justice in their ways.
They have made their roads crooked;
no one who walks on them will know peace.
Peace » The church shall enjoy
and provide arbitration for many peoples.
They will turn their swords into plows
and their spears into pruning knives.
Nations will not take up the sword against other nations,
and they will never again train for war.
the Lord will banish them with the evildoers.
with the wild animals, the birds of the sky,
and the creatures that crawl on the ground.
I will shatter bow, sword,
and weapons of war in the land
and will enable the people to rest securely.