9 occurrences in 12 translations

'Empty' in the Bible

They will know that I am the Lord; my threats to bring this catastrophe on them were not empty.'

Verse ConceptsUseless LabourGod Can Harm People

For there will no longer be any false and empty vision or flattering divination within the house of Israel.

Verse ConceptsFlatteryFlattery, Used By The WickedDivinationCessationFalse VisionsFalse WaysThings StoppingOccultism Being Forbidden

Therefore, thus says the Lord God, “Because you have spoken empty and delusive words and have seen lies, therefore behold, I am against you,” says the Lord God.

Verse ConceptsGod Opposing

“So My hand will be against the [counterfeit] prophets who see (make up) empty and delusive visions and who give lying prophecies. They will have no place in the [secret] council of My people, nor will they be recorded in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter into the land of Israel, that you may know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord God.

Verse ConceptsDeceit Leading to JudgmentGod's HandEntering The KingdomFalse VisionsGod OpposingGod's Hands In Opposition

When they see empty visions about you while they're divining lies for you, to lay you on the necks of the wicked, who are fatally wounded, whose days have come, their time for punishment.

Verse ConceptsFalse VisionsFalse WaysProphesying Lies

Therefore, this is what the Lord God says:Woe to the city of bloodshed,the pot that has rust inside it,and whose rust will not come off!Empty it piece by piece;lots should not be cast for its contents.

Verse ConceptsPossessions DecayingPots For Cooking And EatingWoe To Israel And JerusalemTaking PossessionsWeedpot

Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed.

Verse ConceptsCopperHeatEmpty ThingsHot ThingsClean ObjectsWeed

therefore thus says the Lord God, “Most certainly in the fire of My jealousy (love for that which is Mine) I have spoken against the rest of the nations and against all Edom, who appropriated My land for themselves as a possession with wholehearted joy and with uttermost contempt, so that they might empty it out [and possess it] as prey.”

Verse ConceptsMotives, Examples OfNationalismConquestFire Of God's AngerRejoicing In EvilTaking Possession

The outer wall of the side chambers was five cubits thick, and there was an empty space between the Temple's side chambers

Verse ConceptsDimensions Of Walls

Bible Theasaurus

Abandon (107 instances)
Barren (62 instances)
Desert (358 instances)
Deserted (85 instances)
Devoid (13 instances)
Discharge (34 instances)
Slack (23 instances)
Spend (67 instances)
Vacate (1 instance)
Vacuous (1 instance)

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