Thematic Bible: Withheld as judgment


Thematic Bible



and the anger of Jehovah be kindled against you, and he shut up the heavens, so that there shall be no rain, and the land shall not yield its fruit; and ye perish quickly from off the good land which Jehovah giveth you. Verse Conceptsdrought, physicalRainUnfruitfulnessWeather, As God's JudgmentElements, Control OfDispleasureDivine Power Over Nature

When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them: Verse ConceptsLack Of RainSigns Of RepentanceSin Brings ImpoverishmentSin Producing Afflictions

Jehovah will make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed. Verse ConceptsDust, Figurative Usedust

And I also have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest; and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered. Verse Conceptsdrought, physicalHarvestRainWeather, As God's JudgmentTwo To Four MonthsVariety Of Form

If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; Verse ConceptsCommands, in OTClosing Up

Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; yet thou hast a harlot's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed. Verse ConceptsSpringBeing AshamedWeather, As God's JudgmentHarlotsShowersLack Of RainNatural Disasterswhores

And it shall be, that whoso of all the families of the earth goeth not up unto Jerusalem to worship the King, Jehovah of hosts, upon them there shall be no rain. Verse ConceptsClimbingLack Of RainFamiliesWorshiping GodCelebrationGoing To ChurchSpilling Your Seed On The Groundjerusalemreunitingcelebrating

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