8 occurrences

'Grain' in the Bible

These are the words of the Lord: For three crimes of Damascus, and for four, I will not let its fate be changed; because they have been crushing Gilead with iron grain-crushing instruments.

Verse ConceptsIronOppression, Nature OfProphets, Role OfSin, And God's CharacterSuffering, Nature OfSuffering, Of The InnocentTeethWord Of GodAbominations, Judgments OfThree Or FourSharp ToolsIron Objects

See, I am crushing you down, as one is crushed under a cart full of grain.

Verse ConceptsCrushingAccidentsCartsHeavy BurdensReapingOverloadcrushes

And I have kept back the rain from you, when it was still three months before the grain-cutting: I sent rain on one town and kept it back from another: one part was rained on, and the part where there was no rain became a waste.

Verse Conceptsdrought, physicalHarvestRainWeather, As God's JudgmentTwo To Four MonthsVariety Of Form

Saying, When will the new moon be gone, so that we may do trade in grain? and the Sabbath, so that we may put out in the market the produce of our fields? making the measure small and the price great, and trading falsely with scales of deceit;

Verse ConceptsFraudCovenant breakersCheatingDishonesty, Kinds OfBuying and sellingMarketsMonthNew Moon FestivalSabbath, In OtBalances, For BusinessStealingWeighingBig ThingsSmall ThingsBeginning Of PeriodsSabbath ViolatedThose Who Deceivedbalancemarketing

Getting the poor for silver, and him who is in need for the price of two shoes, and taking a price for the waste parts of the grain.

Verse ConceptsBuying and sellingSandalsTradeShoesPollutionsRubbishNot Helping The PoorPrice Set On Individuals

For see, I will give orders, and I will have Israel moved about among all the nations, as grain is moved about by the shaking of the tray, but not the smallest seed will be dropped on the earth.

Verse ConceptsSiftingGod ShakingSievingThings Falling

See, the days will come, says the Lord, when the ploughman will overtake him who is cutting the grain, and the crusher of the grapes him who is planting seed; and sweet wine will be dropping from the mountains, and the hills will be turned into streams of wine.

Verse ConceptsFutureAlcoholGrapesHillsPloughingAbundance, MaterialCultivationIncreasing FruitOvertakingPlenty Of WinePloughmenReapersTreading GrapesBlessings From The Mountains

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