Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Hunting » Fowling
Now then, do not let my blood fall to the ground away from the presence of the Lord; for the king of Israel has come out to search for a single flea, just as when one hunts a [defenseless] partridge in the mountains.”
Verse Concepts
For man also does not know his time [of death]; like fish caught in a treacherous net, and birds caught in the snare, so the sons of men are ensnared in an evil time when a dark cloud suddenly falls on them.
Verse Concepts
Indeed, it is useless to spread the baited net
In the sight of any bird;
Does a bird fall into a trap on the ground when there is no bait in it?
Does a trap spring up from the ground when it has caught nothing at all? [Of course not! So it is that Israel has earned her impending judgment.]
The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords;
They have spread a net by the wayside;
They have set traps for me. Selah.
Keep me from the trap which they have laid for me, and the snares of evildoers. Let the wicked fall together into their own nets, while I pass over them and escape.
Without cause my enemies
Hunted me down like a bird;
Net » Figurative
They
My very life was bowed down.
They dug a pit before me;
Into the midst of it they themselves have fallen. Selah.
You brought us into the net;
You laid a heavy burden [of servitude] on
The wicked desire the plunder of evil men,
But the root of the righteous yields richer fruit.
For man also does not know his time [of death]; like fish caught in a treacherous net, and birds caught in the snare, so the sons of men are ensnared in an evil time when a dark cloud suddenly falls on them.
Verse Concepts
The fishermen will lament (cry out in grief),
And all those who cast a hook into the Nile will mourn,
And those who spread nets upon the waters will languish.
And I discovered that [of all irrational sins none has been so destructive in beguiling one away from God as immoral women for] more bitter than death is the woman whose heart is [composed of] snares and nets, and whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God will escape from her, but the sinner will be taken captive by her [evil].
Verse Concepts
And it will come about that fishermen will stand beside it [at the banks of the Dead Sea]; from Engedi to Eneglaim there will be dry places to spread nets. Their fish will be of very many kinds, like the fish of the Great [Mediterranean] Sea.
Verse Concepts
“For the wicked is thrown into a net by his own feet (wickedness),
And he steps on the webbing [of the lattice-covered pit].
The nations have sunk down in the pit which they have made;
In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.
A man who flatters his neighbor [with smooth words intending to do harm]
Is spreading a net for his own feet.
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My eyes are continually toward the Lord,
For He will bring my feet out of the net.
The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords;
They have spread a net by the wayside;
They have set traps for me. Selah.
He lurks in a hiding place like a lion in his lair;
He lies in wait to catch the afflicted;
He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his net.
When they go, I will spread My net over them;
I will bring them down like birds of the heavens [into Assyrian captivity].
I will chastise them in accordance with the proclamation (prophecy) to their congregation.
Know then that God has wronged me and overthrown me
And has closed His net around me.
You will draw me out of the net that they have secretly laid for me,
For You are my strength and my stronghold.
Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
While I pass by and safely escape [from danger].
My eyes are continually toward the Lord,
For He will bring my feet out of the net.
The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords;
They have spread a net by the wayside;
They have set traps for me. Selah.
He lurks in a hiding place like a lion in his lair;
He lies in wait to catch the afflicted;
He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his net.
When they go, I will spread My net over them;
I will bring them down like birds of the heavens [into Assyrian captivity].
I will chastise them in accordance with the proclamation (prophecy) to their congregation.
Know then that God has wronged me and overthrown me
And has closed His net around me.
You will draw me out of the net that they have secretly laid for me,
For You are my strength and my stronghold.
For without cause they hid for me their net; a pit of destruction without cause they dug for my life. Let destruction befall [my foe] unawares; let the net he hid for me catch him; let him fall into that very destruction.
Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
While I pass by and safely escape [from danger].
Her island in the midst of the sea will become a dry place to spread nets, for I have spoken,’ says the Lord God, ‘and she will become a prey and a spoil for the nations.
Verse Concepts
I will make you [Tyre] a bare rock; you will be a dry place on which to spread nets. You will never be rebuilt, for I the Lord have spoken,” says the Lord God.
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