Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Adversity » Sometimes the result of sin and folly
then I will do this to you: I will bring terror on you—wasting disease and fever that will cause your eyes to fail and your life to ebb away. You will sow your seed in vain because your enemies will eat it.
Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will not eat any of it. Your donkey will be taken away from you and not returned to you. Your flock will be given to your enemies, and no one will help you.
you will serve your enemies the Lord will send against you, in famine, thirst, nakedness, and a lack of everything. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.
You will find no peace among those nations, and there will be no resting place for the sole of your foot. There the Lord will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despondent spirit.
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.
for themselves will multiply;
I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood,
and I will not speak their names with my lips.
who knows what distress these two can bring?
They will look toward the earth and see only distress, darkness, and the gloom of affliction, and they will be driven into thick darkness.
Blood » Idolaters made drink-offerings of
for themselves will multiply;
I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood,
and I will not speak their names with my lips.
Drink offering » Idolaters often used blood for
for themselves will multiply;
I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood,
and I will not speak their names with my lips.
Idolatry » Other customs of » Libations of blood
for themselves will multiply;
I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood,
and I will not speak their names with my lips.
and the detestable things
from between their teeth.
Then they too will become a remnant for our God;
they will become like a clan in Judah
and Ekron like the Jebusites.