Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



For I have eaten the ashes [in which I sat] as if they were bread and have mingled my drink with weeping Because of Your indignation and Your wrath, for You have taken me up and cast me away.

If his children forsake My law and walk not in My ordinances, If they break or profane My statutes and keep not My commandments, Then will I punish their transgression with the rod [of chastisement], and their iniquity with stripes.

For we [the Israelites in the wilderness] are consumed by Your anger, and by Your wrath are we troubled, overwhelmed, and frightened away. Our iniquities, our secret heart and its sins [which we would so like to conceal even from ourselves], You have set in the [revealing] light of Your countenance. For all our days [out here in this wilderness, says Moses] pass away in Your wrath; we spend our years as a tale that is told [for we adults know we are doomed to die soon, without reaching Canaan].


You answered them, O Lord our God;
You were a forgiving God to them,
And yet an avenger of their evil practices.
Verse ConceptsSin, God's Judgment OnGod AnsweredA Forgiving GodGod Executes Vengeance


The Israelites ascribed things to the Lord their God which were not true. They built for themselves high places [of worship] in all their towns, from [the lonely] lookout tower to the [populous] fortified city. Verse ConceptsSecrecySecret SinsConcealment, Of SinActing In Secret


Woe (judgment is coming) to those who [try to] deeply hide their plans from the Lord,
Whose deeds are done in a dark place,
And who say, “Who sees us?” or “Who knows us?”
Verse ConceptsConcealment, Of SinVeilsSecret SinsDarkness Of EvilNot Seeing PeopleUnseenHiding SinsWoe To The WickedDarknesshiding

Then He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, each man in his [secret] room of carved images? For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us; the Lord has abandoned the land.’” Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceShrinesSecret SinsConcealment, Of SinGod Not SeeingActing In SecretLooking And SeeingScofferselders


“In the dark they dig into [the penetrable walls of] houses;
They shut themselves up by day;
They do not know the light [of day].
Verse ConceptsSecret Sinsthieves

for it is disgraceful even to mention the things that such people practice in secret. Verse ConceptsNations DescribedSecret SinsActing In SecretCurbing SpeechShame Of Bad Conductspeakingdisobedience


You have placed our wickedness before you,
Our secret sins [which we tried to conceal, You have placed] in the [revealing] light of Your presence.
Verse ConceptsFaultsLight, SpiritualSecrecySin, Known To GodAcknowledge, SinSecret SinsGod Giving LightsecretsLight As A Symbol Of God





Then the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and He said to me, “Say, ‘Thus says the Lord, “This is what you think, house of Israel, for I know your thoughts. Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingGod's Knowledge Of PeopleExposure Of SinThe Spirit Of The LordMan's ThoughtsThoughts Of The WickedGod Knowing the Human Heart


Then He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, each man in his [secret] room of carved images? For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us; the Lord has abandoned the land.’” Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceShrinesSecret SinsConcealment, Of SinGod Not SeeingActing In SecretLooking And SeeingScofferselders


for it is disgraceful even to mention the things that such people practice in secret. Verse ConceptsNations DescribedSecret SinsActing In SecretCurbing SpeechShame Of Bad Conductspeakingdisobedience

“So do not be afraid of them, for nothing is hidden that will not be revealed [at the judgment], or kept secret that will not be made known [at the judgment]. Verse ConceptsDisclosuresVeilsAcquiring KnowledgeHidden ThingsDo Not Fear Mensecrets

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For there is nothing hidden that will not become evident, nor anything secret that will not be known and come out into the open. Verse ConceptsCharacterSecret ThingsFrom Darkness To LightAcquiring KnowledgeHidden ThingsAvoiding SecrecyDisclosuressecretshiding

Nothing is [so closely] covered up that it will not be revealed, or hidden that it will not be known. Whatever you have spoken in the darkness shall be heard and listened to in the light, and what you have whispered in [people's] ears and behind closed doors will be proclaimed upon the housetops.


You have placed our wickedness before you,
Our secret sins [which we tried to conceal, You have placed] in the [revealing] light of Your presence.
Verse ConceptsFaultsLight, SpiritualSecrecySin, Known To GodAcknowledge, SinSecret SinsGod Giving LightsecretsLight As A Symbol Of God


The Israelites ascribed things to the Lord their God which were not true. They built for themselves high places [of worship] in all their towns, from [the lonely] lookout tower to the [populous] fortified city. Verse ConceptsSecrecySecret SinsConcealment, Of SinActing In Secret


Woe (judgment is coming) to those who [try to] deeply hide their plans from the Lord,
Whose deeds are done in a dark place,
And who say, “Who sees us?” or “Who knows us?”
Verse ConceptsConcealment, Of SinVeilsSecret SinsDarkness Of EvilNot Seeing PeopleUnseenHiding SinsWoe To The WickedDarknesshiding

Then He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, each man in his [secret] room of carved images? For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us; the Lord has abandoned the land.’” Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceShrinesSecret SinsConcealment, Of SinGod Not SeeingActing In SecretLooking And SeeingScofferselders


“In the dark they dig into [the penetrable walls of] houses;
They shut themselves up by day;
They do not know the light [of day].
Verse ConceptsSecret Sinsthieves

for it is disgraceful even to mention the things that such people practice in secret. Verse ConceptsNations DescribedSecret SinsActing In SecretCurbing SpeechShame Of Bad Conductspeakingdisobedience


You have placed our wickedness before you,
Our secret sins [which we tried to conceal, You have placed] in the [revealing] light of Your presence.
Verse ConceptsFaultsLight, SpiritualSecrecySin, Known To GodAcknowledge, SinSecret SinsGod Giving LightsecretsLight As A Symbol Of God


You have placed our wickedness before you,
Our secret sins [which we tried to conceal, You have placed] in the [revealing] light of Your presence.
Verse ConceptsFaultsLight, SpiritualSecrecySin, Known To GodAcknowledge, SinSecret SinsGod Giving LightsecretsLight As A Symbol Of God

The sins of some people are conspicuous, leading the way for them into judgment [so that they are clearly not qualified for ministry]; but the sins of others appear later [for they are hidden and follow behind them]. Verse ConceptsThings ManifestJudgement DayJudgementJudging Others Actionsfollowingothers


The Israelites ascribed things to the Lord their God which were not true. They built for themselves high places [of worship] in all their towns, from [the lonely] lookout tower to the [populous] fortified city. Verse ConceptsSecrecySecret SinsConcealment, Of SinActing In Secret


Woe (judgment is coming) to those who [try to] deeply hide their plans from the Lord,
Whose deeds are done in a dark place,
And who say, “Who sees us?” or “Who knows us?”
Verse ConceptsConcealment, Of SinVeilsSecret SinsDarkness Of EvilNot Seeing PeopleUnseenHiding SinsWoe To The WickedDarknesshiding

Then He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, each man in his [secret] room of carved images? For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us; the Lord has abandoned the land.’” Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceShrinesSecret SinsConcealment, Of SinGod Not SeeingActing In SecretLooking And SeeingScofferselders


“In the dark they dig into [the penetrable walls of] houses;
They shut themselves up by day;
They do not know the light [of day].
Verse ConceptsSecret Sinsthieves

for it is disgraceful even to mention the things that such people practice in secret. Verse ConceptsNations DescribedSecret SinsActing In SecretCurbing SpeechShame Of Bad Conductspeakingdisobedience


You have placed our wickedness before you,
Our secret sins [which we tried to conceal, You have placed] in the [revealing] light of Your presence.
Verse ConceptsFaultsLight, SpiritualSecrecySin, Known To GodAcknowledge, SinSecret SinsGod Giving LightsecretsLight As A Symbol Of God