Thematic Bible: Sudden destruction of the wicked


Thematic Bible



The nations rage like the raging of many waters.
He rebukes them, and they flee far away,
driven before the wind like chaff on the hills
and like tumbleweeds before a gale.
Verse ConceptsChaffWindWhirlwindsLight As ChaffRoar Of NationsGod Requite Them!

when terror strikes you like a storm
and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
when trouble and stress overcome you.
Verse ConceptsStormsWhirlwindsSudden DestructionPeople AppalledHurricanesOvercoming AdversityBeing OverwhelmedThe Storms Of Life

They are barely planted, barely sown,
their stem hardly takes root in the ground
when He blows on them and they wither,
and a whirlwind carries them away like stubble.
Verse ConceptsBreath Of GodRootsWhirlwindsPeople WitheredMetaphorical Planting

Look, a storm from the Lord!
Wrath has gone out,
a churning storm.
It will whirl about the heads of the wicked.
Verse ConceptsStormsWhirlwindsHurricanesGod Controls Storms

Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns—
whether green or burning—
He will sweep them away.
Verse ConceptsWhirlwindsThornsGod Not DelayingWeed

You will winnow them
and a wind will carry them away,
a gale will scatter them.
But you will rejoice in the Lord;
you will boast in the Holy One of Israel.
Verse ConceptsWinnowingDirection

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