'Father' in the Bible
They say to a wooden idol, 'You are my father.' They say to a stone image, 'You gave birth to me.' Yes, they have turned away from me instead of turning to me. Yet when they are in trouble, they say, 'Come and save us!'
Even now you say to me, 'You are my father! You have been my faithful companion ever since I was young.
"I thought to myself, 'Oh what a joy it would be for me to treat you like a son! What a joy it would be for me to give you a pleasant land, the most beautiful piece of property there is in all the world!' I thought you would call me, 'Father' and would never cease being loyal to me.
No one will take any food to those who mourn for the dead to comfort them. No one will give them any wine to drink to console them for the loss of their father or mother.
Cursed be the man who made my father very glad when he brought him the news that a baby boy had been born to him!
"'For the Lord has spoken about Shallum son of Josiah, who succeeded his father as king of Judah but was carried off into exile. He has said, "He will never return to this land.
Does it make you any more of a king that you outstrip everyone else in building with cedar? Just think about your father. He was content that he had food and drink. He did what was just and right. So things went well with him.
They will come back shedding tears of contrition. I will bring them back praying prayers of repentance. I will lead them besides streams of water, along smooth paths where they will never stumble. I will do this because I am Israel's father; Ephraim is my firstborn son.'"
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Bible Theasaurus
- Beget (22 instances)
- Begetter (1 instance)
- Don (1 instance)
- Father (1255 instances)
- Fatherhood (1 instance)
- Forefather (47 instances)
- Founder (7 instances)
- Generate (1 instance)
- Mother (376 instances)
- Parent (5 instances)
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'ab
'ayin
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