9 occurrences

'Collapse' in the Bible

When there is a prolonged blast of the horn and you hear its sound, have all the people give a mighty shout. Then the city wall will collapse, and the people will advance, each man straight ahead.”

Verse ConceptsFortificationsShoutingWallsBattle CriesThings Falling

Joab’s troops came and besieged Sheba in Abel of Beth-maacah. They built an assault ramp against the outer wall of the city. While all the troops with Joab were battering the wall to make it collapse,

Verse ConceptsBattering ramsSiegesWallsSiege MoundsPeople Attacking Their Own

Any hope of capturing him proves false.Does a person not collapse at the very sight of him?

Verse ConceptsVisionWithout Hope

this iniquity of yours will belike a spreading breach,a bulge in a high wallwhose collapse will come in an instant—suddenly!

Verse ConceptsSin, God's Judgment OnWallsAfflictions Of The WickedThe Insecurity Of The WickedSudden DestructionSuddenlyThings Falling

Its collapse will be like the shatteringof a potter’s jar, crushed to pieces,so that not even a fragment of potterywill be found among its shattered remains—no fragment large enough to take fire from a hearthor scoop water from a cistern.”

Verse ConceptsPotterBreaking ContainersWeed

Were they ashamed when they acted so abhorrently?They weren’t at all ashamed.They can no longer feel humiliation.Therefore, they will fall among the fallen.When I punish them, they will collapse,says the Lord.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsRegretCorrupted ConsciencesThe Insecurity Of The WickedBlushingPeople StumblingRed FacesUnknown ThingsAbsence Of RegretFeeling Lost

Were they ashamed when they acted so abhorrently?They weren’t at all ashamed.They can no longer feel humiliation.Therefore, they will fall among the fallen.When I punish them, they will collapse,”says the Lord.

Verse ConceptsBlushingDecadencePeople StumblingRed FacesUnknown Things

The fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the animals of the field, every creature that crawls on the ground, and every human being on the face of the earth will tremble before Me. The mountains will be thrown down, the cliffs will collapse, and every wall will fall to the ground.

Verse ConceptsSeaMountains RemovedGod ShakingBoth Men And Animals AffectedPutting Things DownBirdsFish

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