Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Backsliders » Worldly success
And it came to pass after Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed himself down before them, and burned incense to them.
And they drew back and dealt treacherously like their fathers: they turned like a deceitful bow.
What shall I do unto thee, Ephraim? What shall I do unto thee, Judah? For your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that early passeth away.
and them that turn back from after Jehovah, and that do not seek Jehovah, nor inquire for him.
Backsliding » God is displeased at
And they drew back and dealt treacherously like their fathers: they turned like a deceitful bow.
God heard, and was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:
Bow » Figurative
And they drew back and dealt treacherously like their fathers: they turned like a deceitful bow.
And I saw: and behold, a white horse, and he that sat upon it having a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went forth conquering and that he might conquer.
But his bow abideth firm, And the arms of his hands are supple By the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob. From thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:
His arrows encompass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
My glory shall be fresh in me, and my bow be renewed in my hand.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jizreel.
Thy bow was made naked, The rods of discipline sworn according to thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.
the Bow » Illustrative » (when deceitful,) of the hypocrite
And they drew back and dealt treacherously like their fathers: they turned like a deceitful bow.
They return, but not to the Most High: they are like a deceitful bow. Their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.