Thematic Bible: Withheld as judgment


Thematic Bible



The wrath of God will burn against you so that he will restrain the heavens and it won't rain. The ground won't yield its produce and you'll be swiftly destroyed from the good land that the LORD is about to give you. Verse Conceptsdrought, physicalRainUnfruitfulnessWeather, As God's JudgmentElements, Control OfDispleasureDivine Power Over Nature

"When heaven remains closed, and there is no rain because they have sinned against you, and they pray in the direction of this place, confessing your name and turning from their sin when you afflict them, Verse ConceptsLack Of RainSigns Of RepentanceSin Brings ImpoverishmentSin Producing Afflictions

The LORD will change the rain on your land to powder and dust. It will come down from the sky until you are exterminated." Verse ConceptsDust, Figurative Usedust

"I therefore have withheld the rain from you three months before the harvest, causing rain to come upon one city, but not upon another, and upon one field but not upon another, so that it would wither. Verse Conceptsdrought, physicalHarvestRainWeather, As God's JudgmentTwo To Four MonthsVariety Of Form

"I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for a sacrificial temple to me. Whenever I close the skies so there is no rain, or whenever I command locusts to lay waste to the land, or whenever I send epidemics among my people, Verse ConceptsCommands, in OTClosing Up

This is why the rain has been withheld and there are no spring showers. Yet you have a harlot's look and you refuse to be ashamed. Verse ConceptsSpringBeing AshamedWeather, As God's JudgmentHarlotsShowersLack Of RainNatural Disasterswhores

If anyone from the families of the earth will not come to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, there will be no rain for them. Verse ConceptsClimbingLack Of RainFamiliesWorshiping GodCelebrationGoing To ChurchSpilling Your Seed On The Groundjerusalemreunitingcelebrating

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