Thematic Bible: Standard
Thematic Bible
Standard » Figurative
prepare a way for the people!
Build it up, build up the highway;
clear away the stones!
Raise a banner for the peoples.
This is what the Lord God says:
Look, I will lift up My hand to the nations,
and raise My banner to the peoples.
They will bring your sons in their arms,
and your daughters will be carried on their shoulders.
Verse Concepts
and raise My banner to the peoples.
They will bring your sons in their arms,
and your daughters will be carried on their shoulders.
Run for cover! Don’t stand still!
For I am bringing disaster from the north—
a great destruction.
Standard » Banners used as
as beautiful as the moon,
bright as the sun,
awe-inspiring as an army with banners?
lovely as Jerusalem,
awe-inspiring as an army with banners.
and lift the banner in the name of our God.
May Yahweh fulfill all your requests.
Standard » Used » To call attention to news
against the walls of Babylon;
fortify the watch post;
set the watchmen in place;
prepare the ambush.
For the Lord has both planned and accomplished
what He has threatened
against those who live in Babylon.
proclaim and raise up a signal flag;
proclaim, and hide nothing.
Say: Babylon is captured;
Bel
Marduk is devastated;
her idols are put to shame;
her false gods, devastated.
Standard » An ensign used by each of the tribes of israel in camping and marching
“The Israelites are to camp by their military divisions, each man with his encampment and under his banner.
Verse Concepts
“The Israelites are to camp under their respective banners beside the flags of their ancestral houses. They are to camp around the tent of meeting at a distance from it:
Verse Concepts
Standard » Used in war
Standard » Used » To direct the route to cities which were well defended
Run for cover! Don’t stand still!
For I am bringing disaster from the north—
a great destruction.